Visual Essays: Origins of Film was featured in a 2015 critical analysis publication the Remix age - Exhibition as Archive by Viva Paci, Film Forum, 2016.

The original and intermediate elements for "Visual Essays: Origins of Film " are archived at
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Archive, 1313 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, California, USA

• Visual Essays Pictorial Page
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• Writings on Visual Essays and Films

2015 Avant-Garde Film Screenings

AAEON by Al Razutis (1970) screened at group show



Al Razutis' 1970 optical printing classic AAEON was presented in a program of West-Coast Experimental Films joining other classic films and makers including Bruce Conner (Cosmic Ray, Crossroads), David Rimmer (Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper), and Pat O'Neill (7362, Runs Good) presented November 23, 2015 at The Cinematheque, Vancouver, Canada.

• AAEON film description
• CINEMATHEQUE films description
• AAEON - Razutis FaceBook Description

2015 AMERIKA Individual Films Screenings

Vortex & A Message From Our Sponsor by Al Razutis screened at Cinematheques in Canada.



Al Razutis' short films from 'Amerika' titled 'Vortex' and 'A Message From Our Sponsor' were screened in group shows of experimental films and makers in March and February at the Cinematheque, Montreal and The Cinematheque, Vancouver, Canada.

• A Message From Our Sponsor
• Vortex film description
• 'Amerika' DVD SALES PAGE
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DOC SCREENING: Sept. 5th, 7 p.m., at OPEN SPACE, Victoria, BC of BACKBONE documentary by Richard Martin features interviews and films by Al Razutis and Vancouver experimental filmmakers 70's - 80's.

"NOT ABOUT ART" June 12th 2014 Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, Calif. - a selection of short films by Al Razutis - Visual Alchemy. This program. organized by Mark Toscano, Academy Archives and EPFC, was attended by the film-maker for open Q & A's, and included works from the widely exhibited and collected films by Razutis 'Amerika' and 'Visual Essays: Origins of Film' and included his controversial avant-garde film 'Splice...'.

Special Film Screenings & Festivals:


'Ghost:Image' (Al Razutis) screenings:
    Paris, France, Musee du Louvre, Auditorium, March 14, 2014 -- ' Duos éphémères ', sound performance, curated by Pascal Raynaud, with a composed sound live set and original score by Gablé http://www.gableboulga.com/
    Paris, France, Programming structure Braquage, May 28, 2013
    Paris, France. Light Cone (Scratch) May 14, 2013
    Châteauroux, France, Maison de l’image apollo, April 7, 2013

'Lumiere's Train (Arriving at the station' (Al Razutis) screenings:
    BACKBONE @ RAFF 2014, Reel Artists Film Festival (TIFF Bell Lightbox) (February).
The doc by Richard Martin is an official selection of the 32nd edition of FIFA International Film Festival of Films on Art at the Cinematheque Quebecoise, Montreal (March). Also in 2014 is a screening in Ottawa at the Available Light Collective
    BACKBONE @ NW Film Center / Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, May 29th, and Nov. 8th, 2013.
    BACKBONE @ 2014 DOXA Film festival, Vancouver, May 4th and 12th, and Winnipeg Filmmakers Cinematheque Oct 24th, and at TIFF (Toronto) on November 7th, 2013

2012 FILM EXHIBITIONS - PRESENTATIONS

A Message from Our Sponsor - the once-banned film by Al Razutis 1980 - was featured at the following conference and screenings:

1 min. excerpt YouTube: PAARC Conference: @ Cineworks 2012:

'Institutions by Artists' screening and discussion, Al Razutis with Jennifer Cane - PAARC Conference, Vancouver, Canada, October 12, 2012 Streamed video of (SESSION ONE) FILM screening and CANE - RAZUTIS discussion with audience Q & A archived at: http://www.livestream.com/institutionsbyartists/video?clipId=pla_4070d7f5-cc7f-4cbf-a0ae-9422ef6bba0e -- Session One stream: J. Cane intro and FILM begins at 48 min.,   A. Razutis and J. Cane speaking at 58 min,   audience Q & A at 78 min. and end at 1 hr 25 - continuing to next sessions in this two and a half hour stream of SESSION ONE Friday Oct. 12th 10:30 AM at Worlds Art Centre, Vancouver. 'Art for Consenting Adults' - Anti-Censorship and Cineworks 1980 film package, curated by Jennifer Cane, Pacific Cinematheque, Vancouver, Canada, October 15, 2012, 8 p.m. Film makers David Rimmer, Chris Gallagher, Peter Lipskis, Richard Martin and Al Razutis were in attendance, and the organizing curator Jennifer Cane, and experimental film critic and historian Tony Reif, curator-theorist Amy Fung, and the Director Meg Thornton and current Board President Stephen Wichuk of Cineworks and Sylvia Jonescu Lisitza of Moving Images Distribution. These two organizations were founded by experimental and independent filmmakers in 1979-80 (the dates the screening referred to) and were a instrumental part of this event and the historical anti-censorship events that preceeded it. >> ALL FILM SCREENINGS - LIST 2014 - 1990'S

For further updates on screenings visit us on Facebook at - Amerika

SUMMER 2012 EXHIBITIONS - PRESENTATIONS at NSA Conference, California, USA

Presentation of Holography and Stereoscopy at NSA 2012 3D-Con, Costa Mesa, Calif. July 2012

Al Razutis exhibited holograms at the National Stereoscopic Association 3D-Con conference July 26-29, 2012, at the '3D Gallery' exhibition of stereoscopic 3D works. He also conducted a workshop in 'Holography and Stereoscopy: Relationships and Differences' at NSA 3D-Con. According to knowledgeable sources, this was the first time for holography to be included in an NSA conference.

This was an in-person appearance by Al Razutis, with on-site holograms and demonstrations, and it resulted in a number of stimulating discussions about 3D and holography and their mutual, and inter-related, futures.

Installation assistance provided by Danguole Varnas and Chuck Paxton; additional workshop holograms provided on loan by Gary Cullen.

Holography at 2012 NSA 3D-Con Al Razutis (pictured)

Workshop by Al Razutis on 'Holography and Stereoscopy' at 2012 NSA 3D-Con, July 28th, Costa Mesa, California

Razutis brought to the 3D Gallery exhibition a selection of six works spanning holographic techniques and subject matters, from a deep space transmission hologram ('Escher Falling') to a interferometric hologram ('Field') to portrait holograms and surrealist assemblages featuring holograms. He also conducted a hand-on workshop on the interrelated but distinct imaging processes 'Holography and Stereoscopy' citing their formal and perceptual relationships and their differences.

Razutis is trying to forge links between stereoscopic 3D imaging and arts and holography in both art and science. Holography, and holographic television, holographic data storage, and holographic environments (like the 'holodeck' of Star Treck) are the future to him. And the future language of holography is dependent on what happens in today's stereoscopic 3D film, photos, and interactive art.

Gallery exhibit in anaglyph (red/cyan) stereo 3D:




Exhibited holograms and more in stereoscopic 3D is at > Holograms in Stereo 3D.

More on Razutis' work in Holography is at > Holography - Archives.

Sales of Razutis' work in Holography is at > Holographic works - Sales.

More information on this conference is at > NSA 2012 Conference Home Page.

For updates on stereo 3D and holography visit us on Facebook at - Visual Alchemy




Sculptures by Razutis in group exhibition in Baja, Mexico, April 2012



Three metal sculptures by Al Razutis Dreamtime in Bloom 1 (2007), Dreamtime in Bloom 2(2007), and Tuning / Hatrack (2008) were exhibited at Roberta Booth's Los Zacatitos Desert Light Gallery opening on March 25th, 2012 in Los Cabos, BCS, Mexico.




For pictorial pages on these works by Razutis, see 2008 sculptures by Razutis page and 'Back to the Basics (Dreamtime in the ruins' (2007 holograms and sculpture) page.




Also view: 'Back to the Basics' installation shots (2007 sculpture).







ONGOING PROJECTS

3D Video Archiving - Posting - Production - Available on YOUTUBE


Razutis is currently editing stereoscopic 3D short subjects in his studio in Saturna Island, B.C. from historical (analog) and 3D HD video shot in Los Angeles and Southern California in April 2010 to present. This work is intended to continue throughout 2012 and result in new stereosopic 3D DVD releases by Razutis for present-day 3D HD home viewing systems and other displays.

Some of this work, beginning with archival material from the 90's and continuing to the present, is posted on YOUTUBE/XAR3D channel (accessible to all as archive and ongoing exhibition).

See 3D production for client services offered.

Background: Razutis' 3D film works date back to the 1980's and 3D videos date back to the 1990's with SCSC Festival (Los Angeles) award-winning 3D shorts which were also internationally exhibited as 3D Video Art short-subject works produced in the 1990's in 3D NTSC field-sequential video, and further back to earlier 80's and 70's works in stereoscopic film and stereo photography respectively. This analog 3D video art work was first presented in premiere showings both in Canada and the U.S. in the late 90's.

Razutis is currently available for work on stereoscopic 3D films, videos, and interactive media projects. Please visit 3D Video Production and Interactive speaking avatars for more information on these mediums and production capabilities.

> Holograms in Stereo 3D         > 3D Video Art Home         > Writings - interviews on 3D




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'West-Coast Artists in Light' - Holographic Arts in 2D / Stereo 3D DVD:

A three-volume DVD on West-Coast Holographic Art, produced and directed by Al Razutis, is in post-production to be released in 2012, or when circumstances permit, as a single disc containing both 2D and stereoscopic 3D digital video formats of the artists' works and studios.






Part Three - recorded entirely with stereoscopic 3D video techniques in 1995-1999/2004-2011 - all videography and editing / post fx by Al Razutis, and was mastered at Paxton Holographics and with the assistance of the owner/laboratory head Chuck Paxton.

Financial assistance was provided by The Shearwater Foundation administered by Posey Jackson and later Dr. Andrew Pepper

Please visit West-Coast Artists in Light page for additional background on this project and image selections of the artist works in this video and DVD







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'Holographic Art' by Razutis with pulsed laser




2007 holographic art works and installations by Al Razutis were initiated and partially completed (masters, test plates) at Laser Reflections, Las Vegas 2007, with the participation of Ron Olson and Bernadette Olson. This collaboration ended in 2007.

2007 holographic works have featured a metal sculpture and holographic plates titled 'Back to the Basics' (Dreamtime in the ruins) and have continued with 'Pose' and 'Escher Falling' and other works by Razutis.

Ron Olson on the specs concerning the holography results.

This project is part of a series of new holograms and installations by Al Razutis to be completed in 2012. It is independently funded (no grants or foundation funding) and is intended to be presented as a new series of works by Razutis in venues to be announced.

> Pulsed Holograms in Stereo 3D

> Photo page: Creating the sculptures for this project <



> Main Holography page for Al Razutis - Visual Alchemy




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FEATURED WORKS

'3D-DIY Stereoscopic Moviemaking on an Indie Budget' by Ray Zone (Focal Press 2012)

The most recent book on stereoscopic 3D filmmaking by Ray Zone, noted 3D film historian and LA 3D producer, has hit the bookshelves and on-line stores in April 2012. This book comprehensively covers stereo 3D movie making from CG to HD production, to desktop pos-production and features interviews with a number of notable stereoscopic 3D film makers. < General information on book contents. Final chapter 23 excerpts: > 'Al Razutis: A Complete 3D Artist' For more on Razutis' 3D video works, visit 3D Video Art page.




'Stress Topography' Interferometric holograms on book cover:

On display: 'Stress Topography' , a classic suite of 1983-1985 interferograms as art by Al Razutis, was featured on the cover of the book 'Basics of Interferometry' (2nd edition 2006) by P. Hariharan, published by Academic Press. For pictures/descriptions of original interferometric holograms by Razutis visit: ''Stress Topography' page.





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SPEECH-INTERACTIVE AVATAR PROJECTS

Speech-interactive avatars by Al Razutis 2011 - 2009:


Al Razutis has concluded work on 3D speech-interactive avatars for Sonora Technologies Inc. and Digislide (Australia).

Earlier prototype developed by Razutis for Sonora Technologies was displayed at B.C. Showcase at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.

Speech-interactive avatar projects by Razutis continue his work in avatar speech interaction (1999-2000, Mission Corporation) and are available for interested clients on a contract basis.

For over ten years Razutis has been 'pushing for speech-interactive GUI capabilities' in computing and communications, to be delivered 'out of the lab' and into the markets. Intelligent, enterprising, and capable clients preferred.

> More information and demos - speech-interactive UI <

Contact Al Razutis at alrazutis@ymail.com to discuss your project interests.




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2010 EXHIBITIONS:

HOLOGRAPHIC ART & STEREOSCOPIC 3D EXHIBITION: 'DEJA VU'



An exhibition of Holograms, installations & stereoscopic 3D
by Al Razutis - Melissa Crenshaw - Gary Cullen, including holographic & 3D works in different medias, from the 1970's to the present.

Wall, sculpture and master transmission holographic works were presented, as well as projected stereoscopic '3D video art'. Many of these holographic works have been in prior international exhibitions.

3D works by invited guest artists Rick Gibson (Lenticular 3D portraits), and John Hart and Jerry Oldaker (3D Fractals in HD 3D) were exhibited. Also included in this exhibition were historical and contemporary stereoscopic 3D works. Cameras and viewing devices from the 1800's/1900's (from the collection of Gary Cullen) as well as legacy and current 3DTV displays completed and contextualized the exhibition.

Presented on October 16 to 22, 2010, in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

'Deja Vu' installation views

'Deja Vu' individual works with exhibition cards

> Razutis Holography page           > Razutis - Holograms available for sale

> Deja Vu Holograms in Stereo 3D

For updates on stereo 3D and holography visit us on Facebook at - Visual Alchemy

Visit the Archives: 1996 - The 3D Show That Wasn't, Edison Electric, Vancouver




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