[Frameworks] Paul Sharits multi-projection question

[Ekrem Serdar]

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
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/pipermail/frameworks/attachments/20140401/986ec974/attachment.html>