Sad, but predictable and perhaps even typical. I hope you spoke up at the session, Bernie, and went Medieval on the speaker's Ass-umptions..
> "Anachronic Grosseteste: Frampton, Irwin, and the Medium of Moving Light," by > Luke A. Fidler, affiliated with Northwestern University, was a paper on > Hollis Frampton presented at a College Art Association session yesterday. > The writer apparently has a degree in Medieval scholarship, and in the course > of his paper offered a critique, if we can call it that, of the artist's use > of Medieval sources. We were even shown via PowerPoint Frampton's > translation of some Latin text. It was strange to hear about Frampton in > this context, where nothing ever moves on screen, but it was important to the > speaker that Frampton be identified as a kind of giant. The reputation of > the artist served the interests of the speaker, and the paper really sucked. _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks