George Kouvaros surveys Franks films and
videos and places them in the larger context
of experimentation in American art and
literature since World War II. By examining Franks films and videos,
including Pull My Daisy, Me and My Brother,
and Cocksucker Blues, in the framework of his more widely recognized photographic
achievements, Kouvaros develops a model of
cross-media history in which photography, film,
and video are complicit in the search for fresh
forms of visual expression. Awakening the Eye is an insightful, compelling, and, at times,
moving account of Franks determination to
forge a personal connection between the
circumstances of his life and the media in
which he works.
