Stephen Broomer
@stephenbroomer.bsky.social
filmmaker & writer. video essayist. host of art & trash. publisher, black zero. programmer, ad hoc. sessional lecturer, cinema studies institute, university of toronto. he/him.
Stan Brakhage for the people! A program tonight at Ad Hoc at Innis College, on 16mm - Eyes and Unconscious London Strata!
March 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Stan Brakhage for the people! A program tonight at Ad Hoc at Innis College, on 16mm - Eyes and Unconscious London Strata!
On Thursday night at Ad Hoc, I presented four documentaries on art by Jim Davis. You can watch the whole programme, intro and films, at @artandtrash.bsky.social’s Patreon and YouTube channels. The Dynamic Arts: Documentaries by Jim Davis
youtu.be/LrA9if2cthA
youtu.be/LrA9if2cthA
February 24, 2025 at 4:25 AM
On Thursday night at Ad Hoc, I presented four documentaries on art by Jim Davis. You can watch the whole programme, intro and films, at @artandtrash.bsky.social’s Patreon and YouTube channels. The Dynamic Arts: Documentaries by Jim Davis
youtu.be/LrA9if2cthA
youtu.be/LrA9if2cthA
This winter at the Cinema Studies Institute at Innis College - Ad Hoc presents six screenings! Three screenings of classic experimental films in 16mm and three screenings of digital-born works by local artists!
February 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This winter at the Cinema Studies Institute at Innis College - Ad Hoc presents six screenings! Three screenings of classic experimental films in 16mm and three screenings of digital-born works by local artists!
Cinema on duty!
January 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Cinema on duty!
I made Spirits in Season (16mm, 12 mins.) at Lily Dale Assembly, the Spiritualist commune in upstate New York, in fall 2011. Here I am pictured next to the Inspiration Stump with my Bolex. The film features an original soundtrack by the great Nate Wooley.
January 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I made Spirits in Season (16mm, 12 mins.) at Lily Dale Assembly, the Spiritualist commune in upstate New York, in fall 2011. Here I am pictured next to the Inspiration Stump with my Bolex. The film features an original soundtrack by the great Nate Wooley.
Tondal’s Vision (2018)
January 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Tondal’s Vision (2018)
2024 year-in-review: huge thanks to all the producers and home video companies that involved me in their releases this year!
December 31, 2024 at 8:44 PM
2024 year-in-review: huge thanks to all the producers and home video companies that involved me in their releases this year!
Untitled, 1960, by the great calligraphic abstractionist Mark Tobey. Eight years earlier, Robert Gardner made this wonderful film about Tobey: youtu.be/QjggfwjKp40
December 26, 2024 at 6:02 AM
Untitled, 1960, by the great calligraphic abstractionist Mark Tobey. Eight years earlier, Robert Gardner made this wonderful film about Tobey: youtu.be/QjggfwjKp40
An Xmas quartet...
December 24, 2024 at 5:37 PM
An Xmas quartet...
An excerpt from Screams from the Sky: Taking the Scenic Route with The Psychotronic Man, now available at @artandtrash.bsky.social!
December 20, 2024 at 11:36 PM
An excerpt from Screams from the Sky: Taking the Scenic Route with The Psychotronic Man, now available at @artandtrash.bsky.social!
Premiering tonight at @artandtrash.bsky.social - my long-gestating video essay on Robert Montgomery's Lady in the Lake. Here's a little preview!
November 29, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Premiering tonight at @artandtrash.bsky.social - my long-gestating video essay on Robert Montgomery's Lady in the Lake. Here's a little preview!
From my long-gestating feature The Star Rover. "I could never live out completely one full experience, one point of consciousness in time and space. My dreams, if dreams they may be called, were rhymeless and reasonless." #experimentalfilm #16mm
November 21, 2024 at 4:26 AM
From my long-gestating feature The Star Rover. "I could never live out completely one full experience, one point of consciousness in time and space. My dreams, if dreams they may be called, were rhymeless and reasonless." #experimentalfilm #16mm
I've been writing this critical study on the life and works of Canadian collage filmmaker Arthur Lipsett since 2016. It's now slated for release in May 2025 from Wilfrid Laurier University Press!
November 20, 2024 at 2:17 AM
I've been writing this critical study on the life and works of Canadian collage filmmaker Arthur Lipsett since 2016. It's now slated for release in May 2025 from Wilfrid Laurier University Press!
Next Monday, November 25, my graduate students are putting on a free public screening of films made at the Funnel Film Collective in Toronto in the 1970s and 80s. Featuring work by John Porter, Judith Doyle, Blaine Spiegel, David Anderson, Martha Davis, Annette Mangaard and Midi Onodera!
November 19, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Next Monday, November 25, my graduate students are putting on a free public screening of films made at the Funnel Film Collective in Toronto in the 1970s and 80s. Featuring work by John Porter, Judith Doyle, Blaine Spiegel, David Anderson, Martha Davis, Annette Mangaard and Midi Onodera!
One more day for patrons to vote on the next series of Detours - sign up for free and have your voice counted! patreon.com/artandtrash
November 19, 2024 at 3:17 AM
One more day for patrons to vote on the next series of Detours - sign up for free and have your voice counted! patreon.com/artandtrash
Bonus features include a selection of Rick’s short films, a new video essay, and an hour-long interview with the filmmaker.
November 18, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Bonus features include a selection of Rick’s short films, a new video essay, and an hour-long interview with the filmmaker.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 1
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 1
November 18, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 1
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 1
Legendary Toronto film curator Jim Shedden visits my Film Preservation graduate students as they prepare for their final exhibition in the course Issues in Film Curation and Exhibition. Here Jim is pictured showing off his remarkable zine/poster of Toronto cultural history.
November 14, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Legendary Toronto film curator Jim Shedden visits my Film Preservation graduate students as they prepare for their final exhibition in the course Issues in Film Curation and Exhibition. Here Jim is pictured showing off his remarkable zine/poster of Toronto cultural history.
Working on a new film, shot in Winnipeg this past weekend.
November 12, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Working on a new film, shot in Winnipeg this past weekend.
Returning to the classroom this week after eight months away!
September 2, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Returning to the classroom this week after eight months away!
“Who knows how some people turn into strange ones?” Plastic Masks: Possibly in Michigan as Urban Legend, airs this Friday as episode 33 of Art & Trash!
May 16, 2024 at 1:32 AM
“Who knows how some people turn into strange ones?” Plastic Masks: Possibly in Michigan as Urban Legend, airs this Friday as episode 33 of Art & Trash!
New audio commentary over at Art & Trash - on Wallace Berman’s Aleph, one of the all-time great experimental films.
www.patreon.com/posts/102183...
www.patreon.com/posts/102183...
April 27, 2024 at 3:32 AM
New audio commentary over at Art & Trash - on Wallace Berman’s Aleph, one of the all-time great experimental films.
www.patreon.com/posts/102183...
www.patreon.com/posts/102183...
With Jim Shedden, introducing Valie Export’s Invisible Adversaries, at Ad Hoc! With thanks to Innis College and the Cinema Studies Institute. Photo by Mike Wood.
February 1, 2024 at 3:28 AM
With Jim Shedden, introducing Valie Export’s Invisible Adversaries, at Ad Hoc! With thanks to Innis College and the Cinema Studies Institute. Photo by Mike Wood.
The Snowman (1995, Phil Solomon) - this film was an essential component of the final exhibition given by my film preservation students this past fall, which focused on correspondences between avant-garde and amateur movies.
January 31, 2024 at 4:28 PM
The Snowman (1995, Phil Solomon) - this film was an essential component of the final exhibition given by my film preservation students this past fall, which focused on correspondences between avant-garde and amateur movies.