Boundary Cyclone Transaction (2013, 233 MB, 6:46 min) There’s an odd mixture, in varying quantities, of bone dry wit and a strain of almost ecstatic lyricism in the work of Steven Ball. This is combined with an interest in formal … Continue reading
Aroundabout: Second Person Present (2011, 117MB, 4 min, silent) Extracted from a longer work made for Steven Ball’s Aroundabout blog “I also showed it as part of a presentation of material from Aroundabout I did at City Methodologies at the … Continue reading
ex Local Authority (2005, 156 MB, 6:59 min) Over the Borough Island (2009, 63 MB, 1:51 min) Two longer pieces from Steven Ball some of whose Direct Language pieces we posted here last week. Both pieces are great but I … Continue reading
Direct Language 2.4 (2006, 6.5 MB, 2:55 min) Direct Language 4.5 (2007, 7.5 MB, 1:20 min) Direct Language 3.0 (2006, 1.5 MB, 52 sec, silent) Strange fragments of worked over reality which lodge in the unconscious like splinters. From Steven … Continue reading
Snow Factory (2006, 6.41MB, 53 secs) Lyrical whimsy, which sounds lightweight, but isn’t. It’s beautifully made by Steven Ball and has a strange gravity not unreminiscent of the less dread-saturated (I hesitate to say “more playful”) end of Kafka…or Ben … Continue reading
Hi we’ll be back for two weeks, Monday to Friday, Oct 21st – 25th and Oct 28th to Nov 1st, with ten new posts. There’s some great stuff, including a new DVblog “commission” from Steven Ball. We’ll be doing these … Continue reading
Indian Movie [Declan Kilfeather] (2007, 3MB, 55 sec) Punch [Kerry Baldry] (1994, 30MB, 1:14 min) Land Gauge [Steven Ball] (1981/2008, 44MB, 1:21 min) Upside Down World [Marty St.James] (2008, 19MB, 1:25 min) A dual purpose for this post. I wrote … Continue reading
Rilkes Tongue (2006?, 73 MB, 1:44 min) Alan: “something to stare at This is a few years old, but hasn’t been put up; the dancer is Maud Liardon, either Foofwa or I held the camera and made the video and … Continue reading
Diect Language 5.0 (2010, 74 MB, 6:26 min) Steven Ball has re-started his Direct Language project & this was the first piece of the new sequence. I think it is quite breathtaking. It strikes me as very much in a … Continue reading