The good news... we don't have to look too far into contemporary (and historical) expanded cinema and video instillation work that bursts outside or and/or creates new frames of light...
Warren On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Chuck Kleinhans <[email protected]>wrote: > In some of his early writings Eisenstein argued for both "portrait" and > "landscape" mode in films (and editing that would allow for both within the > same work) and pointed out the possibilities of circular framing of motion > picture images. > > There are lots of examples of non-framed or differently framed works in > projection based art, especially with multiple or overlapping projections; > counter culture light shows (usually with live music) did this back in the > 1960s (and a nod to Jordan Belson, RIP). I've seen Carolee Schneeman present > Kitsch'e Last Meal as a two-projector piece with the projectors mounted > vertically rather than the usual side-by side. > > Photography editors and visual designers often think and work in terms of > multiple and different sized/arranged images. Even photo blogs like Tumblr > offer a (standardized, cookie cutter) choice of grids for displaying a photo > essay (or a gif essay for that matter). I haven't noticed anyone playing > with that or designing for it very creatively, but it's there as a > possibility. > > Chuck Kleinhans > > > > > > On Oct 21, 2011, at 9:24 AM, Tom Whiteside wrote: > > Rob’s brilliant question raises another point that has long interested me > – why don’t we make/look at circular images? Lenses have always created > circular images, but early photography put square corners on images (cut > into the circles) in order to, one thinks, mimic the conventions of canvas > stretched over frames. Yes there are a few round paintings and other shapes > (walls of caves for starters), but the long history of image making has been > all about arranging images inside the corners.**** > ** ** > - Tom**** > ** ** > What frame ratio do people think is best for a painting and should it be > cropped later to fit the ready-made picture-frame? > > Rob > > > **** > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
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