UbuWeb

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Founded in 1996: http://ubu.com
You can destroy commercial cinema as we know it. Burn down the multiplexes. Stop the mass distribution of mediocre movies. This is a warning to all cinemagoers: mainstream movie fans, we will bury you. #allavantgardeallthetime
Death to those who support mainstream cinema.
Nick Zedd, “Abnormal: The Sinema of Nick Zedd,” A collection of the filmmaker's works, and includes 11 of his films as well as outtakes, interviews, and rare concert footage of Zedd's music project, the noise band Zyklon-B: https://ubu.com/film/zedd_abnormal_01.html
UbuWeb Film & Video: Nick Zedd - Abnormal: The Sinema of Nick Zedd, Part 1

Instagram ate my utopia. #donttrustthecloud
“USCO Billiemaster” - Gerd Stern and Michael Callahan (1963 - 1975), documentary on 60 artists’ collective USCO: https://ubu.com/film/usco_billie.html #RIP #GerdStern
UbuWeb Film & Video: USCO - USCO Billiemaster - Gerd Stern and Michael Callahan (1963 - 1975)

I wanted to do a “bad book,” just the way I’d done “bad movies” and “bad art,” because when you do something exactly wrong, you always turn up something. -- Andy Warhol
“If your art isn’t successful, it means it isn’t bad enough.” — Walter Robinson #RIP
Poetica: Three Sound Poets: Jaap Blonk, Amanda Stewart, Christian Bok (2014) [MP3]: https://ubu.com/sound/Bok_Blonk_Stewart_ABC_Radio.html
UbuWeb Sound - Poetica: Three Sound Poets: Jaap Blonk, Amanda Stewart, Christian Bok (2014)

Conlon Nancarrow, “Collection of FM Broadcasts (1991 - 2008).” Broadcast works for multiple player pianos and live instrumentation [2hrs, MP3]: https://ubu.com/sound/nancarrow_FM.html
UbuWeb Sound - Conlon Nancarrow: Collection of FM Broadcasts (1991 - 2008)

The chance of getting in trouble for any act of solidarity is at its highest. Today, more than ever, I can hear cynicism doing its best to sound funny, skeptically claiming these acts don’t make sense. They do.

@valerix , @tmedak, and I have been involved in the Pirate Care project for some years now. Writing with and alongside networks of disobedient care has kept us from going insane. Thanks to Max Haiven and Pluto Press, sharing with hope:

https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745349800/pirate-care/

Pirate Care

In many places around the world, the freedom to simply care for one another is under attack by the powerful, and acts of solidarity are being made illegal. I...

Pluto Press