(IIACI.COM) ELEGY FOR JULES, A Janeann Dill Film

(IIACI.COM) "Not a biggie!" as Jules would say ... with this piece I send gentle thoughts for a dear soul and mentor. March 2009 marks the beginning of Jules Engel's 100th Birthday year. He died in 2003 at ninety-four after having just completed a suite of eleven lithographs; a master artist and mentor for over three generations of students.

I created this little digital film for cellphone distribution. It is without screen titles (yet) but I am the experimental animation artist-digital photographer-filmmaker and Brian Evans is the collaborating composer/arranger of the sound track. This little digital film falls into the genre of 'visual music' l i t e r a l l y : the software took "visual slices" of my photographic images and assigned value/hue, ranging from black to white, to assign a value/hue of sound to approximate the visuals. The timing of the visual images determined the timing of the sound.

[See www.iiaci.com for documentary film on Engel.]

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[iiaci]

Oh! What a lovely surprise to find you! :-) Thank you for the elegance of your comment. I treasure this response and could hear the sound of his voice when reading it, too. How much he loved you and your family, Gar, looking forward to his "August" with you. I send you a big hug and am sad we won't see you at his 100th celebration. :-( I will be uploading the trailer for his documentary on YouTube as soon as it is ready in a week or so and you will see again our dear mentor ...

[garlasalle]

beautiful piece, Janeann. I can just hear Jules saying "that's really beautiful, Honey."

Gar LaSalle

MFA '76

CalArts film/video