People dancing, children at a party, and circus and variety acts are some of the clips in this example of Joseph Cornell's reconfiguring of films.
I understand that Cornell is held in high esteem by fanciers of avante-garde cinema. I find them curious and even troublesome.
Humans are pattern-seeking animals. It's how we survived before we settled down on farms and towns, lest that stand of trees held some vicious predator. But it sometimes causes us to see patterns when there is none. A tendency to do this is called patternicity or apophenia.
I look and I see a bunch of clips with little pattern. Is Cornell onto something, or is he suffering from apophenia?
I understand that Cornell is held in high esteem by fanciers of avante-garde cinema. I find them curious and even troublesome.
Humans are pattern-seeking animals. It's how we survived before we settled down on farms and towns, lest that stand of trees held some vicious predator. But it sometimes causes us to see patterns when there is none. A tendency to do this is called patternicity or apophenia.
I look and I see a bunch of clips with little pattern. Is Cornell onto something, or is he suffering from apophenia?
