[Frameworks] square corners

[Chuck Kleinhans]

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.
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> -          Tom
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> What frame ratio do people think is best for a painting and should it be cropped later to fit the ready-made picture-frame?
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> Rob
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