Heyya Framers, So based on his notes, it seems that many of Paul Sharits' multi-projector pieces (Shutter Interface, Dream Displacement, among others) are primarily conceived as installations. However, as many of you know, there are also "theatrical" versions of these films, using two projectors instead of four, and foregoing other alterations to the machines. (There's a bunch of these over at Filmmakers Coop.)
The question: Would you say its correct that Sharits made these black box versions to simply give the films an expanded (hoho) life, especially during a time period when film projection was a rarer sight in galleries? So not necessarily the intended version, but a different (and obviously more accessible) way to showcase his ideas. I hear this might be a sensitive subject; but the way I see it is that he did make the prints, and as long as it's presented appropriately no problem. We'll be showing the two-projector version of Shutter Interface in Austin next week (which i had the pleasure of seeing at Hallwalls some years back), so just preparing. -- ekrem serdar austin, tx
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