I really didn't know what to think of when Carl told us that we would be having a film maker coming in to show us a thing or two about math. When James Benning got up on the stage and started working on his two white boards I was really confused. How could this possibly relate in anyway to experimental film, or even film in general? Benning's math started off very simple and progressively got more and more complex.
There was one thing that I noticed more and more prevalently as he kept working away with his math, he really loved what he was doing. Maybe that was one of Carl's reasons for bringing Benning in to talk to us. Not only does he make films, and enjoy doing that as well, he also has a passion for mathematics. James Benning worked out math problems for nearly two hours straight before telling us what the connection between his presentation and our class/interests was. When he did announce it, I really didn't fully understand it. I think that he should have taken more time to declare how this was relevant to us as art/film students.
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