Thanks, Peter and Herb, for these clarifications. Looking back at Sharits' instructions, the only confusing thing is he asks the projectionist to follow a separate diagram of how to project Version B, and this diagram is not included. But I agree that you can work out how to do Version B from his verbal description, albeit with some keystoning.
Andy Andy Ditzler www.filmlove.org www.johnq.org Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Emory University On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Herb Shellenberger <[email protected]>wrote: > What Peter said. "Version B" was accomplished at a screening here with > relatively little difficulty a few years ago just by tilting the > projectors, which were running in the middle of the stadium seating, rather > than from the booth, to the side a little at timed intervals. The > instructions give the times. I believe the keystoning was pretty minor, but > that's not the point anyway. Seeing the gradually overlapping images was > really interesting, especially when they were fully on top of each other. > Peter Kubelka's Monument Film screening at NYFF 2012 also used the > technique of projecting flicker films directly on top of each other. > > > > As to Ekrem's original question, I don't have anything to add > unfortunately. > > *Herb Shellenberger* > *Programs Office Manager* > [image: cid:[email protected]] > 3701 CHESTNUT STREET | PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104 > phone: 215.895.6575 | fax: 215.895.6562 > email: [email protected] | web: www.ihousephilly.org > > > > > > *From:* FrameWorks [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Peter Mudie > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 01, 2014 9:56 AM > > *To:* Experimental Film Discussion List > *Subject:* Re: [Frameworks] Paul Sharits multi-projection question > > > > Andy - you slowly move the left projector to the right and the right > projector to the left until the frames align as one. > > Peter > > (Perth) > > > > *From: *Andy Ditzler <[email protected]> > *Reply-To: *Experimental Film Discussion List < > [email protected]> > *To: *Experimental Film Discussion List <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [Frameworks] Paul Sharits multi-projection question > > > > Dear Ekrem, > > > > I rented and showed Shutter Interface to my students last fall, and will > do so again in a few months. In preparation, I talked to some folks who > have also taught the film (hi Jeanne Liotta!) and went looking through all > the Sharits writings I could find for any reference to the difference > between gallery and theater versions, but found very little on this. I have > the same rationale - he made the two-projector version and it remains > rentable, so I rent it and show it. It's a super-accessible work. > > > > A couple of things - the written instructions you get from Film Coop > inside the film can are ambiguous. Use version "A." Version B mentions the > effect of making the two frames slowly merge on screen - but gives no > instructions for how to accomplish this. (Maybe someone here can clarify?) > And the soundtrack needs some extra care, since each projector will have > its own sound. So if you are running it through the house PA, you will need > to configure the channels so it's stereo sound, not mono. I couldn't access > the house PA for this, so my solution was to bring two powered monitor > speakers of my own, and run 1/4" out from each Eiki projector to its > corresponding speaker. More work, but as you know that's what you're > getting into with expanded cinema anyway. By the way, the sound happens > only on the black frames. If you know that as you're watching the work, > it's even cooler. > > > > It's a fantastic projection experience and we all loved it. I left some > room behind the projectors for the students to go and observe the color > frames as they moved through the projector. If you can see that as you > observe the screen, there's no more spectacular lesson in the nature of > film projection (that is, the "conversion" of still frames to "motion"). > > > > Andy Ditzler > > www.filmlove.org > > www.johnq.org > > Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Emory University > > > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 1:02 AM, Ekrem Serdar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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