Artificial Light
Dec 31, 1969 · 25m
Director
Hollis FramptonOverview
Artificial Light repeats variations on a single filmic utterance twenty times. The same phrase is a series of portrait shots of a group of young New York artists talking, drinking wine, laughing, smoking, informally. The individual portrait-shots follow each other with almost academic smoothness in lap-dissolves ending in two shots of the entire group followed by a dolly shot into a picture of the moon... There is a chasm between the phrase and its formal inflections. That chasm is intellectual as well as formal. Frampton loves an outrageous hypothesis; his films, all of them, take the shape of logical formulae. -- P. Adams Sitney, Film Culture Reader
Cast of Artificial Light
Crew of Artificial Light
About Artificial Light
What is Artificial Light about?
Artificial Light repeats variations on a single filmic utterance twenty times. The same phrase is a series of portrait shots of a group of young New York artists talking, drinking wine, laughing, smoking, informally. The individual portrait-shots follow each other with almost academic smoothness in lap-dissolves ending in two shots of the entire group followed by a dolly shot into a picture of…
When was Artificial Light released?
Artificial Light was released on December 31, 1969.
How long is Artificial Light?
Artificial Light runs 25 minutes.
Who directed Artificial Light?
Artificial Light was directed by Hollis Frampton.
Who is in the cast of Artificial Light?
The cast of Artificial Light includes Lee Lozano.