September 24, 2022

The Early Films of Peter Tscherkassky are Screening at Light Industry

September 24, 2022/ Jon Gartenberg

After a decade in Greenpoint, Light Industry has moved to East Williamsburg and begin their fall season with a selection of early films by Peter Tscherkassky. The works assembled here stand as some of the most vital cinematic experiments of the late 20th century, appealing, at once, to the eye through the virtuosity of their formal construction, and to the theoretical imagination through their rigorous conceptual strategies.

September 07, 2022

THEMATIC COURSE SUGGESTIONS FROM GME AND MORE AS WE HEAD INTO FALL

September 07, 2022/ Jon Gartenberg

Looking ahead to the fall semester, GME would like to remind you of some of our popular titles that can be utilized for thematic teaching purposes, while also preparing you for a selection of new titles from Kino Lorber, Re:voir, Index Edition, Edition Filmmuseum, and others, soon to be released as downloadable DSL files and Disk/DSL bundles through GME Streamline.

April 04, 2022

Peter Tscherkassky’s TRAIN AGAIN Screening at Lincoln Center's Art of the Real Showcase

April 04, 2022/ Jon Gartenberg

GME distributed found footage filmmaker Peter Tscherkassky returns to Film at Lincoln Center with a propulsive investigation of the twinned histories of cinema and trains, splicing and superimposing historical images of locomotion in a collage of jarring mechanical and rhythmic power. TRAIN AGAIN (Austria, 2021, 20 min, 35mm) is screening with Thai filmmaker Anocha Suwichakornpong’s feature COME HERE at 9pm on Tuesday, April 5th.

February 02, 2022

Recap of GME Streamline's Presentation of the Complete INDEX Edition Collection Now Available as DVD/DSL Bundles Featuring New Releases by Maria Lassnig & Mara Mattushka

February 02, 2022/ Jon Gartenberg

GME is pleased to present the complete INDEX Edition Collection from Austria, now available to our North American university colleagues as DVD/DSL bundles. The label INDEX Edition was founded in 2004 by sixpackfilm and Medienwerkstatt Wien. Its aim is to make available previously hard to find moving image works in digital editions. Similar to a small publishing house for quality literature, INDEX Edition releases and distributes audiovisual publications relevant to the history of Austrian (as well as Eastern European) film, video, and media art.

January 14, 2022

RECAP OF FALL GME STREAMLINE DIGITAL SITE LICENSES RELEASES

January 14, 2022/ Jon Gartenberg

Through GME Streamline this past season we have presented limited, free streams of select titles, including Steve Bilich's NATIVE NEW YORKER, Peter Tscherkassky's OUTER SPACE, and Leopold Lindtberg's SWISS TOUR. We are currently streaming TATITUDE (2009, 4 Minutes), by Vivian Ostrovsky from her collection PLUNGE. These films are representative samples of the recently added Re:voir and Index Edition collections and single title releases now available through GME Streamline and GME DVD and Blu-ray distribution. Collectively, they constitute a wealth of cinematic history that we now make available as DVD/DSL bundle releases and direct HD digital file downloads.

December 15, 2021

RECAP OF GME STREAMLINE FALL DIGITAL SITE LICENSES RELEASES

December 15, 2021/ Jon Gartenberg

Through GME Streamline this past season we have presented limited, free streams of select titles, including Steve Bilich's NATIVE NEW YORKER, Peter Tscherkassky's OUTER SPACE, and Leopold Lindtberg's SWISS TOUR. We are currently streaming TATITUDE (2009, 4 Minutes), by Vivian Ostrovsky from her collection PLUNGE. These films are representative samples of the recently added Re:voir and Index Edition collections and single title releases now available through GME Streamline and GME DVD and Blu-ray distribution. Collectively, they constitute a wealth of cinematic history that we now make available as DVD/DSL bundle releases and direct HD digital file downloads.

December 01, 2021

Peter Tscherkassky's Film Soundtracks by Dirk Schaefer Available as Special Limited Editions on Purge.XXX

December 01, 2021/ Jon Gartenberg

The original soundtracks by Dirk Schaefer for the films of Peter Tscherkassky. Newly mastered and available for the first time, this box set covers the partnership of Schaefer and Tscherkassky, from 2005’s INSTRUCTIONS FOR A LIGHT AND SOUND MACHINE to 2021’s TRAIN AGAIN. Each 12" double vinyl album comes with a 7" flexi disc of Tscherkassky’s own soundtrack for 1999’s OUTER SPACE.

September 23, 2021

GME Presents the Complete INDEX Edition Collection Now Available as DVD/DSL Bundles Featuring New Releases by Maria Lassnig & Mara Mattushka

September 23, 2021/ Jon Gartenberg

GME is pleased to present the complete INDEX Edition Collection from Austria, now available to our North American university colleagues as DVD/DSL bundles. The label INDEX Edition was founded in 2004 by sixpackfilm and Medienwerkstatt Wien. Its aim is to make available previously hard to find moving image works in digital editions. Similar to a small publishing house for quality literature, INDEX Edition releases and distributes audiovisual publications relevant to the history of Austrian (as well as Eastern European) film, video, and media art.

June 24, 2021

DVD/DSL BUNDLES AND DOWNLOADABLE FILES AVAILABLE FROM GME STREAMLINE

June 24, 2021/ Jon Gartenberg

As a reminder about GME's initial foray into the distribution of approximately 100 digital site licenses (DSL) available for films in our catalog, whether as DVD/DSL bundles or directly downloadable HD DSL files from our server, we present the following selection of inital GME Streamline offerings. Many more titles will soon become available from GME Streamline in both formats, in addition to new titles reflecting our recent partnership with Kino Lorber, new artists to be announced this fall, and additional resources from various, international boutique publishers.

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