Buenos Aires
Queridos Frank & Sheri
I finished studying the transcript of the interview. Thanks again to Jen for the extensive work. It was very interesting to read about this corner, this tribe of the grand Poly-Nation. Fascinating how different humans can approach the same question so variedly.
I’d greatly enjoy visiting you and have my proper Swiss side be irritated by your fluid flexibility. But that will have to wait till the financing is approved. For now I can only afford to meet with people that are in places I travel to anyway (Argentina, Switzerland & New York). Unlike the brave step of Sheri & Jessica to just go forward into things, we won’t be starting to film till the whole project is financed.
Meanwhile I’m trying to knit together as tightly as possible on a virtual level the network that will create this film. I am in the process of discovering what there is out there that can be played with to build the mosaic of this film. Therefore, I have a bunch of somewhat technical questions for the two of you:
Frank:
Who is the commune in Massachusetts where you were “channeling” Reed?
What is their stand on the question of Monogamy? Might they be a worthy point to visit for the film?
Are you still in contact with Suzie Block? Could you connect me to her? Do you have a copy of the tape of your stunt on her show?
In what video format were your performances filmed? What year was the first one filmed?
Are you in contact with Annie Sprinkle? Could you connect me to her?
Are you still in contact with One Taste? Could you connect me to them?
There are a lot of things that are foreign to me… being a foreigner… Balazzo; Noisefest; Kimo; Cherry; Leprechauns. Could you enlighten me?
Did you ever make an edited piece out of the “Erotic Play” materials?
Do you think your neighbors (70s / christian) would be willing to give us a short interview about what they think about you? That could be a sweet moment.
Sheri:
“Jessica – my director/co-creator – is looking for the interview as we speak (she’s in possession of them at this time).”
Great, on what format were they shot?
“Once I get them, I’ll let you know and if you want them sent somewhere, let me know.”
It would be very nice to get a copy. For now the quality doesn’t matter, just so I see how the interview feels on the visual level. Could you send it to my New York address below?
Do you remember what year the interview happened?
Do you have the whole interview as on the transcript or did you turn your camera off at some point?
Did you ever put together a mix of their performances?
You say in the interview that you did a bunch of other interviews. Could any of them also be interesting for our film, with other words, were any of them with other people that live in a constellation that goes beyond 2?
Did you ever do the animation you had planned?
“Glad that the interview’s ripples are seeing new oceans ;)”
Let’s hope I’m more fortunate in getting the financing together. So far it looks good. We got the strongest Swiss producer behind the project. But as you know, filmmaking is a tricky tiger to ride, you can be thrown off at any point of the ride….
Thanks for the link. I haven’t had the time yet to watch it. What do you know about Joy Davidson?
From the Heart
Tomi
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well, Tomi, the dust has settled after weeks of multiple shows and I survived! So I can now answer your questions…
the Massachusetts commune was THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE SPIRIT. They don’t exist anymore, except as an email list. Most of them were /are reactionary victims of life who thought /think I was /am a carnal devil… Which is ironic because when I was living there, i was still a virgin for most of the time I was there… But I cuddled/played with people on my bed… Hence carnal! There I had my first complete sexual encounters and got married [mainly to nail down the commitment]. The official rule on sex in the community was only in long term relationship. of course there was stretching that policy! [especially among the core group, which I was not in.] I left with my wife because we wanted to focus on our personal relationship and that was beginning to run into conflict with certain commune’s factions.
Btw, I was never comfortable with the concept of marriage which is connected to ownership. But “getting married ” is a way to define the commitment of the relationship.
when I lived there, 250 people lived there. About two years after I left I went back. I was there for about a hour. I was with two people of my tribal relationship which was then four. When I got on the community email list more than 30 years later, that was apparently still a big scandal for them… How I showed up with two women! Most people are just curious about how such a group relationship works. But the community members on the email list were extremely negative and hostile… Even though apparently there was another triad that came out of the community.
by the “stunt,” do you mean the music jam we did at Suzy’s? Both Suzy and we videod it. Suzy was my vice presidential candidate when I ran for president. Btw, here is one of the planks of my platform:
Government should leave marriage to churches. Instead, any two or more adults who have been living together for at least 2 years should be able to register as a “family.”
well, the first performances that were videod on reel to reel were our Fantasy Costume Parades and free concerts in 1977. but these tapes were stolen. Starting with THE OUTRAGEOUS BEAUTY REVUE, videos of most of my
phases are available. See http://www.eroplay.com/intimatetheater/intimate.html and http://www.eroplay.com/Cave/shaman.html#PerformAnchor. My feature videos are up at :http//www.eroplay.com/feisto/index.html.
Yes, I did used the Erotic Play footage! In fact I made two videos from it… I believe in recycling! Erotic Play turned out to be a documentary of the process of filming it. The Nude Cave is an abstract erotic video which I created the music for.
Annie and Suzy, this is Tomi!
For One Taste, I suggest you google them. I am not on good terms with them. But you should interview them.
as for our neighbor Betty, I suggest you wait until you are actually ready to interview her.
All of those strange words are names of clubs… Except for LEPRECHAUN [little green Irish people] which I used in the title of a saint Patrick day gig. and NOISEFEST is a festival of noise music in sacramento.
In Freedom,
Frank Moore