The iotaCenter (founded 1994) is a Los Angeles-based cinema and visual media non-profit organization.

Overview

The iotaCenter is concerned primarily with abstract animation and

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, as well as the work of west coast experimental filmmakers. The iotaCenter publishes DVDs of work by artists such as

Jules Engel Jules Engel (born Gyula Engel, March 11, 1909 – September 6, 2003) was an American filmmaker, painter, sculptor, graphic artist, set designer, animator, film director, and teacher. He was the founding director of the experimental animation ...

Stephanie Maxwell Stephanie Angela Maxwell is an animator, filmmaker and Professor Emeritus in the School of Film and Animation at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She specializes in hand-painted experimental abstract animation. Her techniques include direc ...

and Robert Darroll, and promotes the work of

Adam Beckett Adam Beckett (1950 in Los Angeles – 1979 in Val Verde) was an animator, special effects artist and teacher, most notable for his work on ''Star Wars''. Work Beckett developed a unique technique that involved creating a loop of images that contin ...

and

Larry Cuba Larry Cuba (born 1950) is a computer-animation artist who became active in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Born in 1950 in Atlanta, Georgia, he received A.B. from Washington University in St. Louis in 1972 and his Master's Degree from California In ...

. The organization is made largely of artists, researchers, film preservationists and fans of the art form. The Board of Directors is currently composed of Jeremy Speed Schwartz, Larry Cuba, Sara Petty, Roberta Friedman, Pam Turner, Angela Diamos, Audri Phillips and

Max Hattler Max Hattler is a German video artist and experimental filmmaker. He created the kaleidoscopic political short films "Collision" (2005) and "Spin" (2010), abstract stop motion works "Shift" (2012) and "AANAATT" (2008), and psychedelic animation ...

. The Visual Music Village is a

Ning Ning may refer to: Places * Ning County, county in Gansu, China * Ning River, tributary of Mei River, originating and running through Xingning, China * Ningxia, abbreviated as Ning, Hui autonomous region of China * Nanjing, abbreviated as Ning, cap ...

-based social networking site organized by The iotaCenter. The iotaCenter formerly maintained a viewing and research library in

Culver City Culver City is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,779. Founded in 1917 as a "whites only" sundown town, it is now an ethnically diverse city with what was called the "third-most ...

, California, which has since closed. Over 2,400 items from the iotaCenter's collection, mostly 16mm film elements, are held at the Academy Film Archive. A number of films from the collection, including titles by Hy Hirsh and Jane Belson, have been preserved by the archive.

References

External links

Official iotaCenter website
Film archives in the United States Film organizations in the United States Cinema of Southern California Organizations based in Culver City, California

Iota Iota (; uppercase: Ι, lowercase: ι; ) is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Yodh. Letters that arose from this letter include the Latin alphabet, Latin I and J, the Cyrillic І (І, і), Yi (Cy ...

Organizations established in 1994

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