On the Camera Arts and Consecutive Matters: The Writings of Hollis Frampton

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Hollis Frampton Bruce Jenkins (Dean of Undergraduate Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

On the Camera Arts and Consecutive Matters

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The Writings of Hollis Frampton

Hollis Frampton, Bruce Jenkins (Dean of Undergraduate Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago), Bruce Jenkins (Dean of Undergraduate Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

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MIT Press
30 January 2015

Photographs: collections; Film theory & criticism

Series: Writing Art

The collected writings of artist and filmmaker Hollis Frampton, including all the essays from the long-unavailable Circles of Confusion along with rare additional material.

As Hollis Frampton's photographs and celebrated experimental films were testing the boundaries of ""the camera arts"" in the 1960s and 1970s, his provocative and highly literate writings were attempting to establish an intellectually resonant form of discourse for these critically underexplored fields. It was a time when artists working in diverse disciplines were beginning to pick up cameras and produce films and videotapes, well before these practices were understood or embraced by institutions of contemporary art. This collection of Frampton's writings presents his critical essays (many written for Artforum and October) along with additional material, including lectures, correspondence, interviews, and production notes and scripts. It replaces-and supersedes-the long-unavailable Circles of Confusion, published in 1983. Frampton ranged widely over the visual arts in his writing, and the texts in this collection display his unique approaches to photography, film, and video, as well as the plastic and literary arts. They include critically acclaimed essays on Edward Weston and Eadweard Muybridge as well as appraisals of contemporary photographers; the influential essay, ""For a Metahistory of Film,"" along with scripts, textual material, and scores for his films; writings on video that constitute a prehistory of the digital arts; a dialogue with Carl Andre (his friend and former Phillips Andover classmate) from the early 1960s; and two inventive, almost unclassifiable pieces that are reminiscent of Borges, Joyce, and Beckett.

By: Hollis Frampton
Introduction by: Bruce Jenkins (Dean of Undergraduate Studies School of the Art Institute of Chicago)
Edited by: Bruce Jenkins (Dean of Undergraduate Studies School of the Art Institute of Chicago)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 1.089kg
ISBN: 9780262527606
ISBN 10: 026252760X
Series: Writing Art
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 30 January 2015
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , Adult education , ELT Advanced , Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hollis Frampton (1936-1984) was a filmmaker, artist, and writer. Among his best-known works are (nostalgia), Zorns Lemma, and the unfinished epic film cycle Magellan. He was one of the founders of the Digital Arts Laboratory in the Center for Media Study at SUNY Buffalo. Bruce Jenkins is Professor of Film, Video, and New Media at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Bruce Jenkins is Professor of Film, Video, and New Media at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Reviews for On the Camera Arts and Consecutive Matters: The Writings of Hollis Frampton

This volume does more than excavate the literary remains of a major figure from the '70s. Indeed, Hollis Frampton's writings appear more relevant today than ever before. Tom Gunning Artforum