Here Fred Camper's art in reproduced Web versions, including "Accretions" and "Adjacencies" and "Permutations," and writing by Fred Camper on art, photography,and film, including articles on Claude Monet, Stan Brakhage, Robert Breer, Kenji Mizoguchi, Ernie Gehr, Andy Warhol, Orson Welles, Roberto Rossellini, Otto Preminger, Vincente Minnelli, Chuck Jones, Gerhard Richter, and other material on film and art.
Fred Camper: My Films Art Bio Contact
My film Suicide Note (1976-84) has been restored and will be having
its premiere in a US city this fall, to be announced in a few weeks.
I expect to attend my building's Open Studios events for the rest
of 2026, including the one on August 21. On the fourth floor, 53
works from my Weeks and Months project can be seen when
the building is open. Enter through the lot near 3420 S. Racine.
My work is in two locations, one near 4F4052.
I have just posted an extensive artist's statement on my films. I released
eleven new films and related prints on May 17. They are silent, and
consist of Interactions, Journals, Revisits, and Haikus. They are 4K, and
are best seen projected. Here's an index page for my own films. There's a statement on Interactions
I like very much by a young Brazilian, Pedro Accioly.
Recently published: my essay analyzing films by Lang and Ray, in English
and Portuguese. My book Seeking Brakhage has been reviewed favorably.
I have a jeremiad titled Our Flattening Culture, on our disastrous present.
and the restorative power of art, in the journal Logos, also in Portuguese
Two friends have made videos about my art, Dreams of Lost Wholeness
by Brian Hischier, and fred's unthreadings by Yoel Meranda.
Fred Camper filmography Other Resources
Writing and Lectures: Writing on Film; Writing on Art; Lecture-Screenings, Courses Taught.
Film Resources: Favorite Filmmakers, Filmmaker Links (which sadly I have not been updating):
[Stan Brakhage (& Brakhage Stills); Brian Frye; Ernie Gehr; Warren Sonbert]
Other: About Me, Travel, Rants, Obits, Links Last significant update July 25, 2026