[Frameworks] Hutton

[Francisco Torres]

 ''. .  It's like the
letters my father writes that I never answer.''
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2016-12-07 15:24 GMT-04:00 Re X <roeenney at gmail.com>:

> Looking forward to the Hutton retrospective starting tonight in NYC!! It
> runs through Monday at Anthology.
>
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Mark Street <mstreet430 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I can't imagine a screening more 'educational' (and edifying and
>> inspiring) than a series of Peter Hutton's films.
>>
>> Mark Street
>> www.markstreetfilms.com
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Shumona Goel <shumonagoel at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> As a student of Peter Hutton's, I remember distinctly, the first time I
>>> saw Peter's films projected on film. The auditorium was full and remained
>>> in pindrop silence through the evening length screening.
>>>
>>> One the many things that has stayed with me since that screening, was
>>> how he had shot a lamp post lit up at night. It was a long take, nothing
>>> moved. I think there was some snow in the frame. He shot at 8 frames per
>>> second and over time, you could see the movement of the light from the lamp
>>> post.
>>>
>>> Amazing.
>>>
>>> On Dec 4, 2016 10:11 PM, "Tim Halloran" <televisual at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "...an act of love..." Nicely stated.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers.
>>>>
>>>> Tim
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>
>>>> > On Dec 3, 2016, at 12:11 PM, Chuck Kleinhans <
>>>> chuckkle at northwestern.edu> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > 1.  Hutton was an educator.
>>>> >
>>>> > 2.  For most people, appreciation of “pure” art, of “extremely
>>>> disciplined style” is learned, not an inherent given of personality,
>>>> biology, or whatever.  Taste is a social construction,
>>>> >
>>>> > 3.  Educating potential viewers so they can have such art experiences
>>>> is (at least in part) an act of love, a social act that makes this a better
>>>> world.
>>>> >
>>>> > Chuck Kleinhans
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >> On Dec 3, 2016, at 11:03 AM, Bernard Roddy <tactilecorpus at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Frameworkers!  I don't know who you are, but . . .  It's like the
>>>> >> letters my father writes that I never answer.  They just keep coming,
>>>> >> even as I throw them directly in the trash.  What, then, is it to
>>>> >> write someone, anyway?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> But Peter Hutton work screened at Nightingale.  And I wonder, well:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> What does this have to do with higher education?  That wasn't the
>>>> >> first thing, though.  It was, is this still acceptable?  It was
>>>> funny,
>>>> >> after the show - all totally silent - I had to think of André Kertész
>>>> >> photographs.  Is this even experimental?  The girl in the seat in
>>>> >> front of me rested her head on her boyfriend's shoulder.  It was an
>>>> >> experience resembling a service of some kind.  The show was very well
>>>> >> attended.  I'm not just saying that.  And understandably so, because
>>>> >> the experience is hard to get!  It's in film, for god's sake, and it
>>>> >> couldn't possibly be otherwise - it's pure, it's committed to this
>>>> >> extremely disciplined style.  You could think, you could wait, and
>>>> >> there was never anything to distract you . .  (I'm thinking of the
>>>> >> river film and the Polish city film) . .  But then there's that what
>>>> >> does this have to do with higher education?  Can this really be part
>>>> >> of a course of study?  That's where I lose it.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Bernie
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