GME News
Yesterday, Jon Gartenberg was invited as a guest lecturer in Lynne Sach's NYU film production class on the cinematic oeuvre of Warren Sonbert. Below is an image of Jon with Lynne towards the end of the lecture.
Jon Gartenberg & Lynne Sachs
Jon Gartenberg presenting with Nicola Mazzanti (director of the Royal Belgian Film Archive) on the first night of the Warren Sonbert retrospective as part of the L'Age d'Or Film Festival in Brussels. Below is also an image of Warren Sonbert's film WHIPLASH on the monitor of the festival theater's lobby.
Jon Gartenberg & Nicola Mazzanti
Shot of WHIPLASH on TV monitor.
Having wrapped up last week, the 42nd Telluride Film Festival dedicated their entire festival this year to the late Peter von Bagh. Peter von Bagh's films HELSINKI, FOREVER, SPLINTERS and REMEMBRANCE are all available on DVD from GME for North American Institutional sales.
GME associates David Deitch and Alex Westhelle preparing for an illustrated talk on the life and career of photographer Raimondo Borea at PhotoShelter in Union Square, New York City on April 2, 2015. Presented under the auspices of ASPP, this unique event was very well attended.
GME’s specialty is working with deceased photographers’ estates, and President Jon Gartenberg also led a lively discussion about his company’s work in excavating, identifying, cataloguing, and repurposing the legacy of overlooked, but historically important, photographers.
The original announcement about this presentation is noted below:
David Deitch and Alex Westhelle handling original photos and documents from the estate of photographer Raimondo Borea.
© The Estate of Raimondo Borea
Archivists and dealers Jon Gartenberg and David Deitch of Gartenberg Media Enterprises discuss the life and work of Raimondo Borea, entertainment and NYC street photographer, active from the 1950’s through the early ’80s.
Mr. Borea’s work included celebrity portraits and on-set photography for NBC. He was also an active member and past president of ASPP. Images from the Borea collection: both original prints and projections will be on view. His daughter, Carla Borea,will share her memories and her wishes for the preservation of his legacy.
Mr. Gartenberg and Mr. Deitch will also discuss the issues and concerns in the handling of photographic legacies, and the preservation and marketing of an estate collection.
http://aspp.com/whats-left-behind-photographic-estate-raimondo-borea-new-york-april-2-2015/
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GME is proud to announce that we will be presenting on the life, work and legacy of photographer Raimondo Borea, one of our very own library projects. Hosted by The American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP), "What's Left Behind: The Photographic Estate Of Raimondo Borea" will be presented at the PhotoShelter, Thursday April 2 at 6:30pm.
Portrait of Raimondo Borea
INVISIBLE ADVERSARIES by Valie Export will be shown at Cornell Cinema on March 3rd at 7pm. This title was licensed to Cornell by GME for institutional use.
Jon Gartenberg will be moderating discussion between Shona Masarin and Cori Olinghouse for the program "Ghost Line And Other Celluloid Antics" which features Shona Masarin & Cori Olinghouse's new experimental dance short GHOST LINE as well as films by Buster Keaton, Hans Richter and James Broughton. Monday, February 2nd at 6pm, at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, part of the Dance on Camera 2015 series.
Nov. 21st, 4pm. In conjunction with Jon Gartenberg's program "A Panorama Of American Experimental Narratives In The New Millennium" at the 8th Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival in Greece is a roundtable discussion "Constructing American Experimental Narratives" with filmmakers featured in the program, Abigail Child and Julie Talen along with Jon. Free admission.
http://8aagff.tainiothiki.gr/en/parallel-events/constructing-american-experimental-narratives/
Jon Gartenberg will be part of a round table discussion with film theorist Laura Mulvey, artist Jenny Marketou, director of the Cinemateca Portuguesa Jose Manuel Costa & director of the festival Maria Komninos on the subject of film and audiovisual archives. Part of the 8th Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival, Greece. November 20th at 4pm, free admission.
http://8aagff.tainiothiki.gr/en/parallel-events/film-and-audiovisual
