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> From: "Stephen Partridge (Staff)" > Subject: Fwd: [Frameworks] Stephen Partridge contact info: and/or a question > about Monitor > Date: May 18, 2016 6:09:46 PM EDT > To: "jm...@sonic.net" <jm...@sonic.net> > > > >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> From: Stephen Partridge >> Subject: Fwd: [Frameworks] Stephen Partridge contact info: and/or a question >> about Monitor >> Date: 18 May 2016 23:06:16 BST >> To: frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com >> >> Yes I saw a comment from John Muse on Vimeo. I tried to reply to him via >> that platform but it didn’t work- I’ll try again >> >> so maybe he gets it this way? >> >> Monitor was made in 1974 when the vidicon cameras were not capable of much >> of a contrast ratio - >> theoretically about 8:1. People at the time referred to the image as 'grey >> on grey’. >> >> However i noticed that a black & white signal generator could produce a >> discernible range of greys as a Grey Scale with distinct shades of grey from >> almost black to peak white (1volt peak to peak). I wondered if this could be >> achieved in the studio with a video camera and experimented with the >> Mise-en-scène, table, wall and the monitor itself. >> I realised after a while that the scene was missing a mid grey or more >> correctly, not enough grey area from the table top, and therefore the >> camera’s AGC was not able to produce a deep enough black or a white enough >> white. I therefore put a piece of card on the wall behind the table, maybe >> about 3 metres behind, which produced a soft grey not too dissimilar in tone >> to the tabletop - but also rather ambiguous due to the focal length. >> >> After a bit of further shooting, serendipity happened!…. The sticky tape >> that held the card to the wall came unstuck at one corner and created the >> diagonal, which I immediately recognised as a more dynamic composition - >> offering the diagonal which was much more interesting, especially as I began >> to manipulated the Monitor through it’s choreographed sequences. >> >> >> regards to all interested >> Steve Partridge >> >> >> >> > > The University of Dundee is a registered Scottish Charity, No: SC015096 > >> >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: FrameWorks <frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com> on behalf of John >>> Muse <jm...@sonic.net> >>> Sent: 18 May 2016 19:50 >>> To: Experimental Film Discussion List >>> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Stephen Partridge contact info: and/or a question >>> about Monitor >>> >>> Hi, Simon. I have his email and will write him asap. Report to follow if >>> he replies. >>> >>> That line is definitely not the edge of the table; I thought so too, but >>> then students who were busily reenacting the piece (which required >>> un-mothballing a small monitor and an SD camera) discovered that they just >>> couldn't get the geometry right. Either a wall painted for the purpose or >>> wainscoting. Either way, that line folds the background into work in novel >>> way, particularly as it spins. Good compositional torque that. >>> >>> j >>> >>> On May 18, 2016, at 3:38 PM, Simon Payne <simonrpa...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear John, >>>> You can probably reach Stephen Partridge via his email address at the >>>> University of Dundee. I have always seen the diagonal line as the far edge >>>> of the table that the monitor is sitting on, so I'm intrigued by your >>>> suggestion that it's something more complicated. >>>> Best wishes, >>>> Simon Payne >>>> >>>> On 17 May 2016, at 22:07, John Muse <jm...@sonic.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Anyone want to share contact info for Stephen Partridge. I have a >>>>> question about his work Monitor https://vimeo.com/19121750 It's simple >>>>> really, and I posted it to "Steve Partridge" via the vimeo account. The >>>>> monitor sits on a table and behind it is a sharp diagonal line which cuts >>>>> through the feedback loop. The line appears to be on a wall: it might be >>>>> the edge formed between a light colored paint above and darker >>>>> wainscoting below--I can just make out some vertical lines in the darker >>>>> surface which may be a sign of wainscoting. The line would then be >>>>> diagonal because the table on which the monitor sits is at an angle to >>>>> the wall, the right corner of the table closer to the wall and the left >>>>> side of the table, which extends beyond the edge of the frame, farther. >>>>> Anyone have a better guess or definitive information? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> j/PrM >>>>> >>>>> ************************************************* >>>>> >>>>> john muse >>>>> visiting assistant professor of independent college programs >>>>> haverford college >>>>> http://www.finleymuse.com >>>>> http://www.haverford.edu/faculty/jmuse >>>>> http://haverford.academia.edu/JohnMuse >>>>> >>>>> ************************************************* >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> FrameWorks mailing list >>>>> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >>>>> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> FrameWorks mailing list >>>> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >>>> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > j/PrM ************************************************* john muse visiting assistant professor of independent college programs haverford college http://www.finleymuse.com http://www.haverford.edu/faculty/jmuse http://haverford.academia.edu/JohnMuse *************************************************
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