Philosopher's Union
The Philosopher's Union was proposed by London-based thinker Stefan Szczelkun - probably sometime in the mid 1980s. He mentioned the idea to John Berndt, who was visiting from BalTimOre, & John passed the idea along to me - probably in early 1988. I had recently purchased a PXL-2000 'Pixelvision' toy camcorder that recorded low-fidelity Black & White images & noisy sound onto audio cassette tapes - each 90 minute tape yielding 5:50 of video per side.
Since the PXL has 'infinite focus' & is, therefore, as 'in focus' close-up as it is wide-angle, I decided to further the Philosopher's Union proposal by initiating a proposed series of 50,000 close-ups of the mouths of people talking about their philosophies. This project was received with some enthusiasm by friends of mine. I shot 46 (my PXL is long since broken so it's hard to predict whether I'll shoot any more), Laura A. Trueseal shot 10, Uncle An shot 9, Randy George McWilliams shot 5, 1 or 2 were shot by someone connected to John Eaton, 1 was shot (not using the PXL) by Florian Cramer, & it's possible that others were made that I've never witnessed. Hopefully, they'll be posted online eventually.
The purpose of this web-page is to provide an index that gathers together links to online manifestations of the Philosopher's Union. It will, no doubt remain incomplete but will still possibly yield more coherence than an ordinary search might. - December 19, 2014 notes from tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
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Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,001: Alan Rabbit Suit
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,002: Richard Tryzno Ellsberry
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,003: John Berndt
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,004: Litvinov
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,005: Norman Yeh
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,006: Neil Feather
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,007: Valerie Dearing
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,008: Casandra vonRinteln
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,009: Martha Peterson
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,010: Wendy Lee Parker
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,011: Karen Eliot
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,012: Wanda Villa
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,013: Rupert Wondolowski
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,014: Shortal & Morton
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,015: Emma Elizabeth Downing
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,016: Fang
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,017: Ethel
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,018: Lepus Timidus
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,019: Doodles Teetering
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,020: John Sheehan
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,021: Mike Kane
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,022: L.A.W.
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,023: Inoralsect
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,024: Martin Walker
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,025: Mark Pawson
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,026: Lech Harrison
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,027: Stephen Perkins
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,028: Sianed
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,029: Dip Mandazi
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,030: Stefan Szczelkun
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,031: Graham Harwood & Minder
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,032: Naomi
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,033: Shaun Caton
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,034: Reinhardt U. Sevöl
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,035: Via Vidorae
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,036: Lisan
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,037: C. Ernst
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,038: Elisabeth Morcellet
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,039: Lisa Suckdog & Costes
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,040: NATO
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,041: Mary Dixon
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,042: Andrés Mares-Muro
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,043: Anasthesia Bag
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,044: Manmohan Sidhu
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,045: Renata
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,046: Jai Noa
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,047: Judith
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,048: Brenna
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,049: Bill
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,050: Vermin "A.K.A. Mr. Skull" Supreme
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,051: Janor Hypercleets
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,052: Check Mike
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,053: David Bell
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,054: Squirrel
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,055: Charlene
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,056: Kitty/Kat
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,057: Chris
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,058: Keith
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,059: Patty M.
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,060: Abigail Rachel True
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,061: Bob Huff
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,062: Name Withheld
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,063: Courtney Powell
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,064: John Eaton
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,065: Mok Hossfeld
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,066: Nathan.. Long
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,067: Dr. Al Ackerman
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,068: Dr. Al Ackerman
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,069: RAT Korga
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,070: David Franks (on temperance)
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,071: Paul Flum
Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece #00,072: etta cetera
Luther Blissett - Philosopher's Union Mouthpiece's Member
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