The Abolition of Cinema 1968

Luis Camnitzer made this print called 'The Abolition of Cinema', and I'm immediately drawn to the starkness of its message, delivered with a kind of minimalist punch. It's just a circle and some words, but think about the gesture, it's a conceptual dare. I imagine Camnitzer, perhaps with a wry smile, plotting this takedown of cinema with the simplest of means – a circle standing in for the projector's light, stopped dead in its tracks. You know, it's funny, because it’s a print, right? A medium that’s all about reproduction, yet here it is, declaring the end of an era. It reminds me that as artists, we’re all in conversation with one another, borrowing, stealing, and riffing off ideas across time. This piece is less about destruction and more about possibilities. It invites us to question, imagine, and maybe even create something new from the ashes of the old.