İlhan Mimaroğlu Papers, 1926-2012

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Series VI: Film and photography, circa 1980s-1990s, undated

Series VI contains films and still photographs by Mimaroğlu. The majority of the items on film are components of works that were never completed, with the exception of The Street That Isn't. Frequent subjects of still photography include the musicians and composers with whom Mimaroğlu worked, and graffiti on the streets of New York City.


Series VI.1: Films, circa 1980s-1990s, undated



Box 23 Item 270 The Question Intro music, Nesuhi's Instant Lee Konitz, circa 1980s, 1 open reel audiotapes



Box 24 Item 329 İlhan Mimaroğlu: Film tracks, circa 1980s-1990s, 1 open reel audiotapes

1. The Question: intro talk, Cage talk, music; intro music, Ostinato, Haydn parody. 2. The Street That Isn't: music tracks



Box 11 Item 1 Ilhan Mimaroğlu, "The Street That Isn't", circa 1980s-1990s, 1 film reels

Completed film. 18 FPS-Sound-ca. 11'30", Sup. 8 Camera original. Includes Kin-o-Lux instructions.


Box 11 Item 2 Box 11 Item 3 Box 11 Item 4 "The Street That Isn't" outtakes, circa 1980s-1990s, 3 film reels

"Out-takes + Other Bits." Sequence of components unclear.


Box 11 Item 5 Perch - rough assembly, circa 1980s-1990s, 1 film reels


Box 11 Item 6 Box 11 Item 7 The Question, circa 1980s-1990s, 2 film reels



Box 24 Item 353 Composers talking on the soundtrack of the incomplete film project The Question by İlhan Mimaroğlu, circa 1980s-1990s, 1 digital audio tapes

1. İlhan Mimaroğlu (introductory comment). 2. John Cage. 3. Frederic Rzewski. 4. Ann McMillan. 5. Virgil Thomson. 6. Vladimir Ussachevsky. 7. Gunther Schuller. 8. George Flynn. 9. Frank Abbinanti. 10. Barton McLean. 11. Priscilla McLean. 12. Sorrel Doris Hays. 13. Morton Subotnick. 14. Otto Luening. 15. Francis Schwartz. 16. Ned Rorem. 17. İlhan Mimaroğlu (closing comment)



Box 11 Item 8 Composers I, circa 1980s-1990s, 1 film reels


Box 11 Item 9 "The Sun Also Sets, edited 2:34"; "2 Pledge 2:23", circa 1980s-1990s, 1 film reels

[two films on same reel?]


Box 11 Item 10 "Faces – Rough", circa 1980s-1990s, 1 film reels


Box 11 Item 11 Tanks- Sankyo + Doris + Suzy, undated, 1 film reels

"Some Tanks ok- select"


Box 11 Item 12 Sankyo Test Color Hays 4, undated, 1 film reels


Box 11 Item 13 Rzewski 36 NG, undated, 1 film reels


Box 11 Item 14 52nd St. Jazz – Xmas, undated, 1 film reels


Box 11 Item 15 Logo Out to Test Print Roll, undated, 1 film reels


Box 11 Item 16 Staten Island Ferry – Chinon – Hays Dissolve – Sankyo – Kchr., undated, 1 film reels


Box 11 Item 17 Sahl Reflection, undated, 1 film reels


Box 11 Item 18 Ext-Chinon, US Imp. Wall, Subway Doors, a-v., some VG, undated, 1 film reels


Box 11 Item 19 Individual titles, undated, 1 film reels


Box 11 Item 20 Hays piano – fade?, undated, 1 film reels


Box 11 Item 21 Staged scene – Titles, undated, 1 film reels


Box 11 Item 22 NY Party, [John] Cage Copy, Cage book, all NG, undated, 1 film reels


Box 11 Item 23 [John] Cage 2, NG, undated, 1 film reels


Box 11 Item 24 [John] Cage Env., undated, 1 film reels


Box 11 Item 25 [John] Cage Dirt on Film, undated, 1 film reels


Box 11 Item 448 75/02, circa 1980s-1990s, 1 open reel videotapes (1/2")


Box 11 Item 449 A Film by İlhan Mimaroğlu, circa 1980s-1990s, 1 videotapes