3rd September 2011

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  Stills from three generations of J.J. Murphy’s Print Generation   1974 | 50 minutes | Color | Sound  | 16mm “The film begins with glimpses of a series of shimmering red points of light which, through succeeding generations, begin to reveal the definition of a figure or an object. The sparkling reds - actually the last vestige of light held by a tiny crystal of emulsion - transform into whites, then the shock of blue-green is discovered, separating next into blue and green and combining for secondary colors in what by now is a recognizable representation. Once the images are brought up to full color, the movie heads back toward abstraction. A viewer, having built a picture from an abstract pattern of dots, now must literally choose what is seen, whether to hold memory’s trace of the representation or swim into the dancing crystalline waters of emulsion. It’s a wonderful choice, a fine film.” - Anthony Bannon, Buffalo Evening News

 

Stills from three generations of J.J. Murphy’s Print Generation

 

1974 | 50 minutes | Color | Sound  | 16mm

“The film begins with glimpses of a series of shimmering red points of light which, through succeeding generations, begin to reveal the definition of a figure or an object. The sparkling reds - actually the last vestige of light held by a tiny crystal of emulsion - transform into whites, then the shock of blue-green is discovered, separating next into blue and green and combining for secondary colors in what by now is a recognizable representation.

Once the images are brought up to full color, the movie heads back toward abstraction. A viewer, having built a picture from an abstract pattern of dots, now must literally choose what is seen, whether to hold memory’s trace of the representation or swim into the dancing crystalline waters of emulsion. It’s a wonderful choice, a fine film.” - Anthony Bannon, Buffalo Evening News

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  6. smallgauge said: OK I just read your earlier post. Apparently you are well aware of how awesome Print Generation looks.
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