Hapax Legomena (Hollis Frampton; US, 1971–72)

Description

New 16mm Prints!
Introduction/Michael Zryd, associate professor of cinema and media studies in the School of Art, Media, Performance, and Design at York University

Hapax Legomena is Hollis Frampton’s great serial work. The seven films of the series work independently, but function within the series to designate several arcs: the history of visual media (moving from still photography through the written script, film, video, animation/pixilation, and television to the dynamic frame); the parameters of sound and film (the series alternates silence and sound—spoken voice, sound montage, nonsync sound-on-tape, and electronic synthesizer); and finally, what Frampton describes as “oblique autobiography,” from the stories told over burning photographs in (nostalgia) to his bodily rhythms inscribed in the vibrations of the hand-held camera of Special Effects.

(nostalgia) (1971, 36 mins, B&W, 16mm, From Film-Maker’s Coop)

Poetic Justice (1972, 31:30 mins@24 fps, B&W, Silent, 16mm, From Film-Maker’s Coop)

Critical Mass (1971, 25:30 mins, B&W, 16mm, From Film-Maker’s Coop)

Travelling Matte (1971, 33:30 mins@16 fps, B&W, Silent, 16mm, From Film-Maker’s Coop)

Ordinary Matter (1972, 36 mins@16 fps, B&W, Silent, 16mm, From Film-Maker’s Coop)

Remote Control (1972, 29 mins@16 fps, B&W/Color, Silent, 16mm, From Film-Maker’s Coop)

Special Effects (1972, 10:30 mins, B&W, 16mm, From Film-Maker’s Coop)

Total running time: 202 mins; there will be a 10-minute intermission between Critical Mass and Travelling Matte.


• All seven prints are newly struck from preservation negatives prepared by a collaborative project funded by the National Film Preservation Foundation and led by Bill Brand and the New York University Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program, along with The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Anthology Film Archives.

More Info

Link

http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/film/FN21981

Call

(510) 642-1412

Call

510.642.5249 (Box Office)

Email

Contact Form (account required)