Press release for Hollis Frampton lecture and screening
(1978)
PRESS RELEASE for immediate release FILM SECTION Museum of Art Carnegie Institute 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Tel. (412) 621-7300 HOLLIS FRAMPTON, one of America’s leading avant-garde filmmakers, will be present for the screening of THE VERNAL EQUINOX from an annual cycle of films (STRAIGHTS OF MAGELLAN) in which each day of the year has a designated film. The screening is on Tuesday, March 21, 1978 at 8:00 P.M. in the Museum of Art Theater, Carnegie Institute. Admission $1.00 Hollis Frampton has long been recognized as a preeminent figure in American avant-garde film. He is respected as both a stimulating lecturer and as an artist. The completion of his Zorns Lemma in 1970 is considered a milestone of avant-garde film. THE VERNOL EQUINOX, an hommage to the 19th century photographer Eadweard Muybridge, is being publicly screened at the appropriate time of year. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL THE FILM SECTION; 622-3212
