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Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 12:43:39 -0500
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yasminers
i have transferred these testimonies to frank popper who
just past away, and encourage those who knew and admired
him to share their memories here on the yasmin discussion list
his obituary by francoise py is at the end of this email
here is some of my memories
Frank Popper was a frequent visitor in our home in paris in
the 1950s and 1960s when i was a child- he would participate
in the chess evenings in our home, with frank and marjorie malina
and emerging kinetic artists but also other refugees in paris
from WWI
the discussions were lively- one of the points of argument was my father's
opinion that the contracts that commercial galleries in paris signed
with artists were exploitative
( eg the denise renee paris which championed the work of op art, kinetic art )
and that secondly the galleries had undue influence on the paris museum scene
which showed the work of artists who were marketed by the commercial galleries
over the independent artists who often did more amazing. At some point
the argument
became virulent as my father thought that popper was no longer an independent
intellectual but had sold out to the commercial art world-they broke
off relations
When my father frank malina died in 1981 I had to take over the running of the
Leonardo Journal. Frank Popper came to my fathers funeral and reached out to
me with an offer to help on Leonardo Journal again- we invited to
become an honorary
editor and he helped Leonardo Journal re-emerge and take wing again.
For many years we would meet in that cafe in the Louvre esplanade and discuss
the growing art,science and technology scene- he was enthusiastic about the
emerging digital arts and we published his seminal book
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/technological-virtual-art
>From Technological to Virtual Art By Frank Popper
An influential and respected historian of art and technology analyzes
the development of immersive,
interactive new media art; includes detailed looks at the work of
such artists as Nam June Paik, John Maeda, and Jenny Holzer.
With his long history in the art world Popper was part of the Leonardo
'radar system' identifying emerging
artists and scientists and inviting them to submit articles for
leonardo, or other areas where he felt
artists were 'shifting the scene'
My final memory after he was unable to come out to paris cafes, was
that i exchanged
emails with him and phone calls up to his 101th birthday at the same
time that i was
working with students who i encouraged to read his work- yes he was a
100 and was
keen to know, and comment on, what young artists were doing that build
on his was of shaping
the narrative
with life expectancy growing in wealthier parts of the world, 100
years olds who cannot
leave their bed can teach and mentor 20 year olds, we as a community of practice
have to enable this trans-generational ferment and problem solving
at this time of pandemic we need to design new ways of remembering,
perhaps the art,
scince, technology community is well placed to re invent the funeral,
the obituary , the three
gun salute
thank you frank popper
I encourage yasminers who met or admired him to share with us their memories
roger malina
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From: Francesca Franco <iamfrafra@gmail.com>
Dear All,
Many thanks for your messages. I?m honoured to have known Frank and to
consider him one of my mentors. I have some very sweet memories about
our chats together in Paris when I was still a student. He was so kind
to write the endorsement of my book not long ago. I will never forget
his constant support and encouragement.
I?m on my way to Brittany. Please let me know about the funeral
arrangements when you can. I?d love to be there to say farewell to
dear Frank.
All my best wishes and love to you all,
Francesca
On Tue, 14 Jul 2020 at 18:56, Py Francoise <francoise.py@univ-paris8.fr> wrote:
>
> Ch?re Francesca,
> cher Franck,
> Je vous tr?s touch?e de votre attention et de vos marques d'amiti?. J'attends des nouvelles de Lugano pour les obs?ques de Frank ? Paris et vous les transmettrai imm?diatement,
> nous pensons tous tr?s fort ? lui,
> Fran?oise
>
>
> ________________________________
> De: "Franck Ancel" <ancelfranck@gmail.com>
> per
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 1:45 PM Franck Ancel <ancelfranck@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Bonsoir Fran?oise, cher Roger,
>>
>> Je garde un excellent souvenir de toute une soir?e avec lui et Aline dans un restaurant il y a maintenant 20 ans. J?irai avec grand plaisir lui rendre un dernier hommage au P?re Lachaise si je suis ? Paris en fonction de la date. Merci d'avance pour votre retour sur celle-ci.
>>
>> https://josephnechvatal.wordpress.com/2020/07/13/on-the-death-of-frank-popper/
>>
>> Amicalement,
>>
>> Franck Ancel
>>
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>> https://www.instagram.com/p/B9zQasDBe1w/
>>
>>
>> Le 13/07/2020 ? 15:38, roger malina a ?crit :
>>
>>
>> yasminers
>> some more sad news in these turbulent times
>>
>> Frank Popper has passed away. Popper was a giant in our
>> community, championing the work of art and technology artists,
>> beginning with kinetic art-
>>
>> if any of you knew and admired him, please do send a testimonial
>> to this yasmin list
>>
>> https://www.leonardo.info/contributor/5767/frank-popper
>>
>> Born in 1918 in Prague, Frank Popper lived in Vienna, London, Rome and Paris (since 1955). He studied at the Universities of London and Rome and Paris?s Sorbonne. In 1962, he became a member of the Institut d?Esthetique in Paris. In 1969, he joined the founders of the Art Department of the University of Paris VIII at Vincennes, where he headed the Visual Arts Department from 1970 to 1983. In 1976, he was appointed professor of aesthetics and the science of art, and in 1985 became professor emeritus at the same university. Popper is a member of the International Association of Art Critics and honorary editor of Leonardo. His book From Technological to Virtual Art was published by MIT Press in 2007
>>
>> Roger Malina
>>
>> From: Py Francoise <francoise.py@univ-paris8.fr>
>> Date: Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 8:02 AM
>> Subject: Frank Popper
>>
>>
>>
>> Chers amis,
>> je viens d'apprendre avec une immense tristesse la mort de notre cher Frank, survenue le dimanche 12 juillet, quelques jours apr?s son d?placement de Paris ? la maison de retraite de Lugano o? sa ni?ce avait souhait? l'installer. Ses obs?ques auront lieu au cimeti?re du P?re Lachaise o? il avait r?serv? un caveau pour Aline et lui. Le d?c?s ayant eu lieu en Suisse, la date et les modalit?s n'ont pas encore ?t? fix?es.
>> Jusqu'? ces derniers jours, Frank souhaitait que soit traduit en fran?ais son dernier volume publi? aux ?ditions MIT Press, FromTechnological to Virtual Art, dont il esp?rait participer activement ? une traduction adapt?e. Il y a beaucoup r?fl?chi pendant la p?riode de confinement.
>> Il a ?t? tr?s sensible ? tous vos t?moignages d'amiti?, tellement pr?cieux pour lui, qui ont illumin? ces derniers mois et dont il m'entretenait r?guli?rement. Je vous remercie vivement de tous vos encouragements ? son ?gard.
>> Nous partageons tous une grande peine de cette disparition et nous garderons tous un souvenir tr?s vivant de cet homme magnifique,
>> Fran?oise
>>
>>
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