Critical Writing Index

So faraway So Close

by James Lawrence

Contemporary Visual Arts, 1999, no. 24, p. 68

This article describes the exhibition So Far Away So Close, which explores the nature of cinematic illusions; close details, fleeting glimpses, and the ways in which cinematic images can achieve visual aesthetics.

ITEM 1999.018 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

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