You might want to look at the literature on James Turrell, in my mind one of the great artists ever. For light as material, nothing comes close to “The Light Inside” at the Houston Art Museum
From: Esperanza Collado Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 12:14 PM To: Experimental Film Discussion List Subject: Re: [Frameworks] texts on Light Thanks for your helpful indications, Jonathan and Lola. Some of the writings/works you mentioned are familiar to me, although probably not the exact pieces you are referring to. Jonathan, thanks for all the details, I'll have a look at the material available online by Gibson/Recoder and get back to you if I cant find much. I found Broughton's SEEING THE LIGHT on pdf. Here it is, in case you're interested: http://www.scribd.com/doc/54281438/Broughton-James-Seeing-Light It seems quite similar to MAKING LIGHT OF IT, at least to your description, but will look for the latter too. All the references seem very inspiring indeed... Hope you're well too. Lola, I will write to you shortly! Many thanks again, and all the best, Esperanza. 2013/3/4 Jonathan Walley <wall...@denison.edu> Dear Esperanza, Sandra Gibson and Luis Recoder's artists' statements (many of which can be found online) typically deal with the nature of projected light. I have a few things they've written if you'd like me to send them to you. And Moholy's writings are absolutely relevant to this question. Richard Kostelanetz's collection of Moholy's writings (published in 1970) is great: Moholy's essays "From Pigment to Light (1926)," "Light: a Medium of Plastic Expression (1923)," "Light: A New Medium of Expression (1939)," "Light Architecture (1936)," and "Problems of the Modern Film (1930)" are all worth reading in relation to light (projected and otherwise) as a material substance. James Broughton's book MAKING LIGHT OF IT (1977?), is filled with poetic meditations on light as substance. Not all of these are directly about light as sculptural matter, but they do treat light as something material, and so lay the groundwork for a more explicitly sculptural conception of light. They are also a pleasure to read. Hope you're well. Best, Jonathan On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:04 AM, Esperanza Collado <esperanzacolla...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Frameworkers, > > Could you please recommend theory writings or artists' texts about projected > light or just light as a sculptural matter? > So far I can only think of McCall's writings and the Luminist Suprematism > article Karin Schneider wrote on Kubelka's work. > > many thanks, > > e. > > > > -- > Esperanza Collado > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > www.esperanzacollado.org > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > -- Jonathan Walley Associate Professor Department of Cinema Denison University wall...@denison.edu _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks -- Esperanza Collado - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.esperanzacollado.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2238 / Virus Database: 2641/5647 - Release Date: 03/04/13
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