Kentridge’s charcoal drawings, filmed, erased, redrawn, and re-filmed, produce a distinctive “stop-motion” animation. Krauss shows this is not traditional cel animation nor simple film. Its rules:
A key term in Krauss’s argument is (borrowed from Jean-Louis Baudry and other film theorists). An apparatus includes: rosalind krauss reinventing the medium pdf
From these, she argues that a is:
Serra’s early work involved “to roll, to crease, to fold.” Krauss uses Serra to show that a medium can be a list of actions applied to a material. In “Reinventing the Medium,” she reframes Serra’s lead-throwing as a recursive system: The act of throwing defines the sculpture, not the lead itself. An apparatus includes: From these, she argues that
Does "reinventing the medium" still apply to , or has the medium disappeared entirely? Why is this essay—written decades ago—still relevant
Why is this essay—written decades ago—still relevant? Because we are in the middle of another medium crisis: