"[W]hat has been peculiar about this recuperation of art's relation to film is that, in terms of the 'film' or 'cinema' part of the equation, it has consistently sidelined the kinds of film that would on the face of it appear most relevant to late-modern and contemporary artistic practice - that is, the various forms of avant-garde, experimental, poetic, materialist and structuralist cinema that have eschewed the conventions of the narrative feature." (Barry Schwabsky, Art, Film, Video - Separation or Synthesis?)

Schwabsky's point illustrates the very obstacle I'm facing at this moment. There are . . .

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