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Address to the ASDA Conference 2002: ‘Visions, Illusions and Delusions’
Author(s) -
Sainsbury Peter
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
critical quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1467-8705
pISSN - 0011-1562
DOI - 10.1111/j.0011-1562.2004.00550.x
Subject(s) - illusion , phrase , pleasure , context (archaeology) , headline , aesthetics , ideal (ethics) , simple (philosophy) , epistemology , philosophy , psychology , history , linguistics , cognitive psychology , archaeology , neuroscience
Addressing a conference with the headline 'The Persistence of Vision' seems a risky undertaking. On one hand, as Donald Crombie reminds us in his welcoming programme note, the phrase describes the optical illusion that makes cinema possible. This is perhaps a blessed delusion, in which we take an almost innocent delight. It's a simple fact of life, and one that provides enormous pleasure. But there is not much more to be said about it. On the other hand, and in the context of this conference, the phrase is used to suggest some kind of ideal, referring to a director's vision, like a kind of extra‐sightedness...