John Porter, Toronto, Canada
Super 8 Filmmaker, Photographer, Performer, Writer, since
1968
Filmmaking - Screening
- Photography - CineZine
- Family
New!
- John's Canoe Trip film lost for 37 years, never shown, found
2008!
New!
- John's photos in WRECK: journal of art history, visual art,
& theory!
New
- John reviewed by Nicky Hamlyn in previous Film Quarterly Magazine!
New
- "super8porter" interview in smallformat magazine
- 8 pages, 28 photos!
Upcoming Shows - Recent Shows - Recent Press - Biography
Photos - 12-minute Documentary about John (2000)
The John Porter Film Activity Book (1998)
Review Essay (1986) by Peter Rist, Ph.D.
300
Films since 1968
Made and shown on super 8, 8mm & 16mm
New Films - "Top 25" - Film Frame Blow-ups
500 Screenings, Performances, since 1971
100 Solo Shows since 1979 - Recent Shows
Sample Show - Tour of Europe 2007
Fifth Column Screenings 1983-1992
Monthly Open Screenings
31 consecutive months at
CineCycle, Feb
04 - Aug 06
35mm, 16mm, 9.5mm, 8mm, Super 8, VHS, DVD, MiniDV.
(also at The Funnel and A Space, Toronto, in the 1980s)
1,000 Photographs since 1978
Hand-printed, b&w, documentary portraits of film artists
at events.
Includes thorough photo history of
The Funnel Experimental Film Theatre, Toronto, 1978-1988.
Captions from John's 100-photo exhbition in 2007
CineZine
John's Journal of Alternative Film
Activity
Events,
Histories,
Opinions,
Reviews,
Maps,
Photographs, Politics, Technical Info, Charts.
Film/Art Archives
Reference Material Inventory
John's Family History
in Toronto since 1830
John's
Uncle George Johnston - poet, photographer, filmmaker!
John's Mother the Painter - Story
w/ Photos - Paintings
John's Lost Cousins in Toronto! Father's Solar System Theory!
