IIf no one delivers by Monday, Jonathan, I'll be able to. Eric
On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 10:44 AM Dominic Angerame < [email protected]> wrote: > Do you have the issue number. I have almost an entire collection of Film > Culture, that I plan on selling someday. Let me know the issue # and I > probably have it. > > Dominic > > On Jan 29, 2023, at 10:39 AM, Jonathan Walley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Frameworkers, > > This might be a lot to ask, but here goes. I’m trying to hunt down a > factoid, which, while a mere jot of information, would be a big help to me > as I finish an article with a deadline looming. I have catastrophically > misplaced my beloved copy of the Paul Sharits issue of *Film Culture* > (1978, 65-66), which contains the treasure. In “Paul Sharits and the > Critique of Illusionism: An Introduction,” Annette Michelson makes > reference to Sharits’ calculation of how long it would take for one of his > installations (I believe *Shutter Interface*) to run through every > possible permutation of frame relations - that is, given the number of > frames on each of the four reels running in loops, and the fact that the > four projectors are not actually running in perfect sync (and the loops are > not all the exact number of frames in length), how long would it take for > every possible four-frame combination to be projected, thus effectively > “ending” the piece (see attached image for clarification, I hope). > > To make this even trickier, the reference might be in a footnote. > Michelson refers to a letter from Sharits that does the math, and comes to > the conclusion that the piece could, theoretically, run for some massive > amount of time like millions of years or something. > > If there are no takers on this little research project, I completely > understand. But if anyone has the *Film Culture* issue handy and feels > like skimming it for me, I’d be forever in your debt. BTW, I cannot find a > copy of the Michelson article anywhere online. I know it also appears in a > catalog for *Projected Images* (Walker Art Centre, 1974), but I can’t > find that online either. > > Like I said, it’s a factoid, but it’s a key for me to unlock some other, > bigger point, hence my mania to find it. > > Thank you everyone, > Jonathan > > > > > <11A_FRI_Paul-Shartis-–-Shutter-Interface-1975-Achim-Hatzius-P4-600x400.jpg> > > > Dr. Jonathan Walley > Associate Professor and Chair > Department of Cinema > Denison University > https://denison.edu/people/jonathan-walley > > > > -- > Frameworks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org > > > -- > Frameworks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >
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