do not call it fixity..., 1996

do not call it fixity… is an experimental dancefilm that explores the idea of temporal and spatial fracturing in light, text and movement. Poetically brief, it uses text, inspired by TS Eliot’s poem, ‘Burnt Norton’ to elucidate its theme of fixed and non-fixed movement. Created originally for the camera, the form and intent of do not call it fixity… is an exploration of light, dance, music and editing.

Performed by: Tara Butler

Music: Jay Alan Zimmerman
Double Bass musician: Rick Ostrovsky

Produced in association with The Calgary Association of Independent Filmmakers and New York University

6:20 minutes long

FESTIVALS + SCREENINGS

GEORGES POMPIDOU CENTRE
Videodanse 96: Retrospective
Paris, France
November 1996

KUNSTKANAAL TELEVISION ARTS NETWORK
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Spring 1998

CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL
Winner of Third Prize, experimental category
British Columbia, Canada
November 1997

FESTIVAL DER NATIONEN
Ebensee, Austria
June 1997

GRAND PRIX INTERNATIONAL VIDEO DANSE
Winner of SABAC music award
Stockholm, Sweden
May 1997

MOSTRA DE VIDEO INDEPENDENT
Barcelona, Spain
May 1997

INTERNATIONAL GOLDEN CALF AWARDS
Finalist in Experimental Film Festival
Los Angeles, USA
May 1997

VI MOSTRA VIDEO DANSA BARCELONA
International Retrospective
Barcelona, Spain
February 1997

INTERNATIONALE JUVENALE FILM FESTIVAL
Third Prize
Klagenfurt, Austria
1997

MONDIAL DE LA VIDEO
Brussels, Belgium
November 1996

$100 FILM FESTIVAL
Calgary, Canada
November 1996

CINE-POETRY FEST
San Francisco, USA
October 1996

DANCE SCREEN 96: IMZ
Lyon, France
June 1996

FIRST RUN FILM FESTIVAL
New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts
New York, USA
March 1996

DANCE ON CAMERA FESTIVAL
New York, USA
February 1996

MOVING PICTURES FESTIVAL OF DANCE ON FILM & VIDEO
Toronto, Canada
October 1995