1. Hutton was an educator. 2. For most people, appreciation of “pure” art, of “extremely disciplined style” is learned, not an inherent given of personality, biology, or whatever. Taste is a social construction,
3. Educating potential viewers so they can have such art experiences is (at least in part) an act of love, a social act that makes this a better world. Chuck Kleinhans > On Dec 3, 2016, at 11:03 AM, Bernard Roddy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Frameworkers! I don't know who you are, but . . . It's like the > letters my father writes that I never answer. They just keep coming, > even as I throw them directly in the trash. What, then, is it to > write someone, anyway? > > But Peter Hutton work screened at Nightingale. And I wonder, well: > > What does this have to do with higher education? That wasn't the > first thing, though. It was, is this still acceptable? It was funny, > after the show - all totally silent - I had to think of André Kertész > photographs. Is this even experimental? The girl in the seat in > front of me rested her head on her boyfriend's shoulder. It was an > experience resembling a service of some kind. The show was very well > attended. I'm not just saying that. And understandably so, because > the experience is hard to get! It's in film, for god's sake, and it > couldn't possibly be otherwise - it's pure, it's committed to this > extremely disciplined style. You could think, you could wait, and > there was never anything to distract you . . (I'm thinking of the > river film and the Polish city film) . . But then there's that what > does this have to do with higher education? Can this really be part > of a course of study? That's where I lose it. > > Bernie > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mailman-2Dmail5.webfaction.com_listinfo_frameworks&d=CwIGaQ&c=yHlS04HhBraes5BQ9ueu5zKhE7rtNXt_d012z2PA6ws&r=y2hybOip15_0MHKsie4eMM743nBh00sLtx4-ahFzSmg&m=JiLBS3AAMadfkJglpuKieU8d8imUaVDM21OEuoFovHA&s=rRyEkT_skAxGeL7iDIvr6Kv8yfS9v9XNUz2FXLcek3k&e= > _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
