The image depicts a dried, skeletal frog against a dark background, capturing the creature's intricate bone structure and natural forms in a striking contrast. The muted earthy tones and the dramatic lighting create a sense of mystery and a haunting, almost sculptural quality to the subject. The minimalist composition and the focus on the frog's skeletal anatomy suggest an exploration of the underlying structures of life, reflecting the artist's interest in the natural world and its fragility. ...
Emerging from the New York Avant-garde film community of the 1960s, experimental filmmaker Hollis Frampton was a key figure in developing structuralism, a branch of film theory that investigates and challenges film as a form. Structuralism undermines film’s traditional narratives, instead using the consecutive juxtaposition of shots to form and shape meaning, a technique that Frampton believed is the essence of filmmaking. As well as being intrigued by philosophy and literature and how they shaped the medium of film, Frampton had an interest in computer science – an emerging field in the 1970s to which he significantly contributed – and this bled into his work: Frampton’s films borrowed and were structured around concepts from mathematics and science. ...
