"Propositions for the Exploration of Frampton's "Magellan

The cycle of Hollis Frampton is known to us principally from his annotated calendar for Magellan of December 21, 1978, and from the films of that cycle completed before his death. Several proposals drafted in the mid-'70s seeking support for the project and several interviews granted between 1977 and 1980 provide additional information. One such useful interview was conducted by Mitch Tuchman in 1977, another by Scott MacDonald in Summer 1978, and a third by Bill Simon in January 1980.1 Even within this short interval Frampton's descriptions of his project vary somewhat; we observe at least some differences in emphasis. These may reflect the varying interests of his interlocutors, but they demonstrate, as well, the evidently rapid development of Frampton's work and thought on Magellan, including its overall structure and appropriate mode of presentation. In Summer 1978, for instance, Frampton seemed to use the concept of as a kind of umbrella for all his films made since the completion, in 1972, of his previous cycle of films, Hapax Legomena

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