We’re pleased to present newly preserved and digitized works from the 1970s by Cindy Neal, an independent Chicago-based videomaker. After attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she worked at Videopolis and then became the director and curator of exhibitions at the Chicago Editing Center starting in 1978, which later became the Center for New Television. Her work in the 1970s included experimental forms of video image processing, a… Continue reading →
Description: Cindy Neal is a Chicago-based independent videomaker. After attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she worked at Videopolis and then became the director and curator of exhibitions at the Chicago Editing Center starting in 1978, which later became the Center for New Television. Her work and videographic style in the 1970s included experimental forms of video image processing, as well as works of video journalism. Her… Continue reading →
Chicago, Cindy Neal, Image Processing
00:00 Color bars and black. 00:14 Clouds & Crickets begins, an abstract kaleidoscope of colors and shapes set to soft music. 02:30 Black. 02:45 Arrow begins. Music fades in and out periodically throughout the piece. 10:40 Fade to black. 10:51 Fire begins, an abstract kaleidoscope of colors and shapes with a sound track influenced by traditional Asian folk music. 13:24 END… Continue reading →
00:00 Videographer Cindy Neal walks down Roscoe Street to a shoe repair shop. She enters and immediately begins recording footage of Sam working on shoes. 01:30 A customer comes in. Continue footage of Sam at work. He is stitching the sole of a shoe. He hammers nails into the sole and then polishes and buffs the shoe. He repeats this process on a second shoe. 07:10 He says this work is left over from Saturday. “They all came in at once.… Continue reading →
Chicago Politics, Eleanor Boyer, Guerrilla TV, Image Union, Roots of Video, Video Makers Choice
…. 00:50 “Jane Byrne Election Night” Produced by Scott Jacobs for “The Video News,” with Cindy Neal and Lilly Ollinger. [Note: This version of “Jane Byrne Election Night” was re-edited by Image Union for this episode. For the official director’s cut, visit: https://vimeo.com/139883277] We follow Jane Byrne on February 27, 1979 at the Ambassador Hotel. Byrne is just finding out that she may have won the pri… Continue reading →
00:00 March 15, 1976. Videographer Cindy Neal is at a restaurant called New Japan. She is in the kitchen with the chef, a forty-year-old man who is finely chopping cabbage. 01:06 The chef says to be happy in a job, a person needs to approach doing the job to the best of their ability. Too many people, he says, complain about their work. When you master a job you can find happiness. If you don’t have knowledge you won’t be happy. He t… Continue reading →
…;movies” (such as “Othello” starring talking ducks). 18:50 “North Star Racers” by Cindy Neal. Color video. Short documentary about dogsled racing set to music. It is composed mainly of shots of the dogs pulling the sleds, but also has a small amount of interviews with the people who race the dogs. “I’ve got a friend who’s in the paratroopers, and he says the next best thing to jumping out of an airp… Continue reading →
Chicago, Chicago Politics, Image Union
…opening. 0:40 “Jane Byrne Election Night.” Produced by Scott Jacobs for “The Video News” with Cindy Neal and Lilly Ollinger. [Note: This version of “Jane Byrne Election Night” was re-edited by Image Union for this episode. For the official director’s cut, visit: https://vimeo.com/139883277] We follow Jane Byrne on February 27, 1979 at the Ambassador Hotel. Byrne is just finding out that she may have won the ele… Continue reading →