Frames versus Lapidarium
Collections of film frames have important affinities and similarities with two concepts from art and cultural history. Firstly,
the cabinet d'amateur - a collection of images exhibited to a select public (of friends, acquaintances, or “amateurs”), which is one
of the prototypes of the museum in the modern sense.
Secondly, the archaeological concept of a lapidarium - the film frame, having been part of a film work, testifies to this work and preserves part of its characteristics.
The frame’s testimonial character derives from the fact that it was excerpted from a homogeneity.
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