Lying on my back on the tile floor, I was looking through the sky light. Blue atmosphere filled the frame. Suddenly, a black bird zoomed across it's field. A half second of life in otherwise stillness. Where it came from, where it was going was not represented, only the action of going. Its birth and its not illustrated. I've been thinking about film. A film can only show you a slide of reality. A snapshot. Oddly, critics like to call certain films a "slice of life" but not other films. I want to see a film that is the entirety of life. Even projects like "Boyhood", Richard Linklater's chronicle of a boys life from 6 to 18, while ambitious, is still only a slice of life. I think it is enough to be content with this. Reality is unwieldy and says nothing, whereas film is usually meant to express a point of view about life.
What are we trying to say about life? Is it important to have a specific point of view before you gather specific images and sounds to present? Is it enough to let these images resonate their own meaning after they have been complied? Why do I find certain images interesting and others not so much?
I'm not sure if I even really want answers to these questions. I think I just need to let go and let my art happen as it happens.
bleh.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
I'm interested in the concept of "hivemind" and the awareness of collective consciousness within the group. Hivemind occurs when a group, however large, finds themselves so caught up with like-mindedness and encouragement of the group, they fail to achieve alternative discourses. This is seen, mainly within the contexts of message boards and other internet groups. I will be creating a film describing this phenomenon.
I have been infiltrating particular internet group, such as reddit, 4chan and digg to further understand their specific groupthinks. I will also be (re)reading "Infotopia" by Cass R. Sunstein and "Madness and Civilization" by Foucault.
I think the idea of the hivemind quite obviously lends itself to the "weaving" and "liquidity" concepts. The Internet makes it quite simple for users to submit ideas to the group and have them adopted or rejected almost instantaneously. There is discussion, sure, but it does not take a democratic vote for the group to decide on a subject. Once the faction makes a decision, the rest of the group nods their heads. The information is everywhere, all at once. How? Why?
The film will be "experimental" in nature and lacking much of anything resembling a story. In this way, it will differ heavily from what I'm learning and working on in "film school"
I will base my success on the aesthetic pleasure I attain from the piece and how clearly the visuals express the idea I've previously stated.
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I have been infiltrating particular internet group, such as reddit, 4chan and digg to further understand their specific groupthinks. I will also be (re)reading "Infotopia" by Cass R. Sunstein and "Madness and Civilization" by Foucault.
I think the idea of the hivemind quite obviously lends itself to the "weaving" and "liquidity" concepts. The Internet makes it quite simple for users to submit ideas to the group and have them adopted or rejected almost instantaneously. There is discussion, sure, but it does not take a democratic vote for the group to decide on a subject. Once the faction makes a decision, the rest of the group nods their heads. The information is everywhere, all at once. How? Why?
The film will be "experimental" in nature and lacking much of anything resembling a story. In this way, it will differ heavily from what I'm learning and working on in "film school"
I will base my success on the aesthetic pleasure I attain from the piece and how clearly the visuals express the idea I've previously stated.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Thursday, March 5, 2009
The Hook-Nosed Ruler of Swamp Hell
Let the chemicals on Squire Mountain erode and decay. Hear sirens roar over the blue cracks illuminating foreign lands. I'm an iron hook in the kings mouth, rotting hell spans under and through malignant beef: golden and dripping light. Gas mask bubble in and de flates hanging off the side of his hanging mouth.
"Come here", saying harsh.
"Shut up and let me do this", slithery and sour.
Bones turn and grasp dick septer, huge ruby red boldness and salivate smile. Gelatin ankle sinks through straight surface and blinks. One quick swipe before vaginal walls collapse on the wine bottles.
The death of the hook-nosed ruler of Swamp Hell rings and reverberates in marrow and red curtains in front of yellow wooded floors.
"Come here", saying harsh.
"Shut up and let me do this", slithery and sour.
Bones turn and grasp dick septer, huge ruby red boldness and salivate smile. Gelatin ankle sinks through straight surface and blinks. One quick swipe before vaginal walls collapse on the wine bottles.
The death of the hook-nosed ruler of Swamp Hell rings and reverberates in marrow and red curtains in front of yellow wooded floors.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Learning To Love You More
http://learningtoloveyoumore.com/index.php
This is a world wide generative art project led by Miranda July. (Filmmaker, performance artist, goddess) Every few months she puts up new "Assignments" to which people from all over send in their versions of the instructions. Sometimes the results can be mundane, sometimes their really interesting. They already have a book out of the stuff. Take a look, it's really cool.
This is a world wide generative art project led by Miranda July. (Filmmaker, performance artist, goddess) Every few months she puts up new "Assignments" to which people from all over send in their versions of the instructions. Sometimes the results can be mundane, sometimes their really interesting. They already have a book out of the stuff. Take a look, it's really cool.
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