[Frameworks] Sharits question

[Eric Theise]

IIf no one delivers by Monday, Jonathan, I'll be able to.

Eric


On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 10:44 AM Dominic Angerame <
dominic.angerame at gmail.com> wrote:

> Do you have the issue number. I have almost an entire collection of Film
> Culture, that I plan on selling someday. Let me know the issue # and I
> probably have it.
>
> Dominic
>
> On Jan 29, 2023, at 10:39 AM, Jonathan Walley <walleyj at denison.edu> wrote:
>
> Hello Frameworkers,
>
> This might be a lot to ask, but here goes. I’m trying to hunt down a
> factoid, which, while a mere jot of information, would be a big help to me
> as I finish an article with a deadline looming. I have catastrophically
> misplaced my beloved copy of the Paul Sharits issue of *Film Culture*
> (1978, 65-66), which contains the treasure. In “Paul Sharits and the
> Critique of Illusionism: An Introduction,” Annette Michelson makes
> reference to Sharits’ calculation of how long it would take for one of his
> installations (I believe *Shutter Interface*) to run through every
> possible permutation of frame relations - that is, given the number of
> frames on each of the four reels running in loops, and the fact that the
> four projectors are not actually running in perfect sync (and the loops are
> not all the exact number of frames in length), how long would it take for
> every possible four-frame combination to be projected, thus effectively
> “ending” the piece (see attached image for clarification, I hope).
>
> To make this even trickier, the reference might be in a footnote.
> Michelson refers to a letter from Sharits that does the math, and comes to
> the conclusion that the piece could, theoretically, run for some massive
> amount of time like millions of years or something.
>
> If there are no takers on this little research project, I completely
> understand. But if anyone has the *Film Culture* issue handy and feels
> like skimming it for me, I’d be forever in your debt. BTW, I cannot find a
> copy of the Michelson article anywhere online. I know it also appears in a
> catalog for *Projected Images* (Walker Art Centre, 1974), but I can’t
> find that online either.
>
> Like I said, it’s a factoid, but it’s a key for me to unlock some other,
> bigger point, hence my mania to find it.
>
> Thank you everyone,
> Jonathan
>
>
>
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>
>
> Dr. Jonathan Walley
> Associate Professor and Chair
> Department of Cinema
> Denison University
> https://denison.edu/people/jonathan-walley
>
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