Rene Daalder
Rene Daalder (born René Daalder 3 March 1944 in Texel, North Holland; died 31 December 2019, sometimes credited as Renee Daalder) was a Dutch writer and director. He lived in Los Angeles. Originally a protégé of Russ Meyer, Daalder has worked with Jan de Bont, Frans Bromet, and Rem Koolhaas.
He is regarded as a pioneer of virtual reality and digital motion picture technologies.[1]
Movies
[edit]His movies include the teenage horror classic Massacre at Central High (1976); the punk-rock musical Population: 1 (1986); Habitat (1997); and Hysteria (1997). He also directed the music video for Supertramp's "Brother Where You Bound".[2] In October 2008, Population: 1, which features Tomata du Plenty of The Screamers, was released on DVD. He also wrote and directed a documentary on Bas Jan Ader entitled Here is Always Somewhere Else, which was released on DVD in November 2008.
Other projects
[edit]At the end of 2007, Rene Daalder launched SpaceCollective in collaboration with Folkert Gorter. The community-driven website, where information and ideas are being exchanged about the current state of our species, our planet and the universe, has over 2500 contributors. A growing number of universities, architecture and design schools are conducting projects on the website.
In 2008 Rene proposed a new genre of art called “Gravity Art” based on the idea of gravity as a medium.[3] Bas Jan Ader is seen as the founder of this genre, for the themes of his work of falling and letting go.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Biography Rene Daalder". Retrieved October 7, 2010.
- ^ Melhuish, Martin (1986). The Supertramp Book. Toronto, Canada: Omnibus Press. p. 192. ISBN 0-9691272-2-7.
- ^ “Gravity Art” Telic Arts Exchange, 26 April 2008 Archived 16 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Matthias Planitzer, “Bas Jan Ader and gravity on the art of letting go”, Castor & Pollux, 26 July 2009
