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.
Schlemmer Frame Collection
Frames versus Lapidarium
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.
