Zorns Lemma

    Zorns Lemma
    1970

    Synopsis

    Zorns Lemma is a 1970 American structuralist film by Hollis Frampton. It is named after Zorn's lemma (also known as the Kuratowski–Zorn lemma), a proposition of set theory formulated by mathematician Max Zorn in 1935. Zorns Lemma is prefaced with a reading from an early grammar textbook. The remainder of the film, largely silent, shows the viewer an evolving 24-part "alphabet" (where i & j and u & v are interchanged) which is cycled through, replaced and expanded upon. The film's conclusion shows a man, woman and dog walking through snow as several voices read passages from On Light, or the Ingression of Forms by Robert Grosseteste.

      Votre Filmothèque

      Cast

      • Robert Huot
      • Rosemarie Castoro
      • Marcia Steinbrecher
      • Twyla Tharp
      • Joyce Wieland

      Recommandations

      Soyez le premier à écrire une critique sur Zorns Lemma.