Classical Cinema II (1994-98, 1MB, 20 secs)
On the Transient Nature of an Electronic Image(1994-98, 3MB, 1:47 min)
Category Archives: serial
Lev Manovich – Little Movies #2
Elodie Pong – Secrets For Sale (048)
Secret 048 (2007, 27 MB, 10:57 min.)
And another…
See original post for details.
Lev Manovich – Little Movies #1
Binary Code (1994-98, 2MB, 52 secs)
On the Ephemeral Nature of Little Movies (1994-98, 3MB, 1:05 min)
I mentioned the Manovich Little Movies in the post I did the
other week on Eryk Salvaggio’s ‘Unfinished Mpeg Haiku’.
In the course of writing that I went to Manovich’s site to look at them
& was surprised to find that their page was in some disarray
and the movies themselves had been removed.
Nor could I find them either in the version archived on the Rhizome Artbase.
It seems a shame for them not to be available -they’re historical
(and in many ways amazingly presecient) documents at the least,
although I find them – especially the last one – gripping and touching too.
Then I remembered the wonderful Wayback Machine and I found them
there, all snug and safe and sound.
We’ll post them here in twos in the next week or so,
in the order in which they appeared in Manovich’s
original presentation of them.
Although the image linking to it has been removed from the site
Manovich’s very interesting statement remains.
(I guess if that goes too you’ll still be able to Wayback it)
Tabor Robak – 2 short loops
Elodie Pong
Secret 044 (2007, 10 MB, 4:27 min.)
Another secret.
See original post for details.
Suzon Fuks – RINGS from #1 to #6
RINGS from #1 to #6 (2009, 24 MB, 6:35 min.)
An ongoing series (now numbering six) of one-minute unedited shots which
can each stands alone. Improvised choreography multi-reprojected on body parts,
with James Cunningham, Helen Varley Jamieson, Scotia Monkivitch and Suzon Fuks.
Text by Fernand Shirren.
By Suzon Fuks.
Elodie Pong
Secret 040 (2006, 3 MB, 1:16 min.)
Secret from “Secrets For Sale”, a film which reveals the radical
ADN/ARN experience, an interactive installation addressed to one
person at the time, in which each visitor was invited to confide and
then contractually sell a personal secret.
Project by Elodie Pong.
Zach Layton – 2 videos
Alan Sondheim: large tree-scan world images
treee (2006, 2.28MB, 1:03 min)
treees 3 (2006, 5.86MB, 38 sec)
treees 8 (2006, 9.15MB, 58 sec)
“similar to a scanning electron microscope, two images of a moving tree
with enormous detail were stitched together, warped, merged, and
analyzed at every stage. the result is a planetary configuration; one can travel
for at least an hour or two through the detailing. at times threads or
tubes appear; at times there are planes, sharpened edges, odd holes and
gaps. a tetrahedral mapping was employed.
it is this acute exploration of acute angles of inner worlds that
fascinates me. the mp4 file is small and an enormous amount of detail
is lost, but you get the idea. there are videos as well of course.
here is the resurrection of encapsulated movement-into-landscape of a
five-story tree outside the virtual environments laboratory at west
virginia”
Abe Linkoln/Triptych TV
triplightz (2010, 2 MB, 5 sec silent palindrome loop)
3skullstr (2010, 18 MB, 7 sec silent palindrome loop )
skull3pth (2010, 2 MB, 7 sec silent palindrome loop)
Three new pieces from Abe Linkoln on the ever reliable,
ever astonishing Triptych TV
Max Moswitzer – compa
companjeros (2001, 17 MB, 1:16 min)
los homeboys (2001, 37 MB, 6:34 min)
Ali el fofo & Don Conejo. unplugged 2001 ticotaco
By Max Moswitzer.
Derek Larson – Blank State
Danny Tanner (2010, 11 MB, 1:14 min.)
“Derek Larson is concerned with “working with his hands” in the sculptural space
inside video and in blurring the lines between social and media spaces.
He describes his intention to close his videos in a “culturally dependent,
feedback-loop” and, as a sculptor, is attracted to video’s infinite reproducibility.
His works appropriate the methodologies and deadpan humor of tactical media while
drawing a focus on its formal qualities and relationships in lieu of fixed and pointed content.”
LOUIS V. E.S.P.
Edward Picot – Dr Hairy’s Address to the Nation
Dr Hairy’s Address to the Nation (2010, 69 MB, 9:42 min)
With the UK general election coming up on Thursday
here’s Edward Picot’s Dr Hairy putting in his three penn’orth.
Whilst previous efforts have been more straighforwardly satirical
this is simply, and quite splendidly, barking…
Because it *is* funny ( the vicar punchline being my favourite)
it’s easy to overlook how much Picot has developed as
a filmmaker -there’s a quite individual and original syntax at work here,
deployed confidently and effectively throughout.
Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat on Politics
Victor Robledo – Diarios de Luz
Diario de Luz #15 (2006, 5.5MB, 1:48 min)
Diario de Luz #3 (2006, 5.3MB, 3:35 min)
Colombian artist & photographer Victor Robledo made a series
of these pieces in 2006 & posted them on a blog entirely given over to them .
Active since the mid Seventies, Robledo says
“The theme of my work has always been
Derek Bailey & Will Gaines
clip #1 (1995, 7.6MB, 32 sec.)
clip #2 (1995, 3.2MB, 14 sec.)
clip #3 (1995, 4.1MB, 17 sec.)
Some lovely footage of the great free improv guitarist Derek Bailey,
who died in 2005, working with be-bop hoofer Will Gaines.
As with so much Bailey did, it seems at first deeply
odd & then, in equal measure, wonderful.
Important to understand this wasn’t some sort of gimmick:
Gaines had known Bailey since the sixties & although much of his
fame was garnered firmly in the mainstream, he has spent a great
deal of time working with cutting edge improvisors.
Enjoy two wonderful artists at the top of their game.
From European Free Improvisation.
Buky Schwartz – 2 illusory videos
videoconstructions2 (1978, 5MB, 1:16 min.)
The Chair (1980, 36MB, 9:54 min.)
Buky Schwartz (1932-2009), an Israeli sculptor and video artist
who passed away last year, was known for his deceptive videos
that interplay between illusory appearance and the actual ‘reality’.
The 2 vids here were exhibited at the Whitney Biennial in New York in 1981.
From the splendid Videoart.net
your eye on local sports
untitled 1 (2010, 630kb, 7 sec.)
untitled 2 (2010, 1MB, 10 sec.)
trophy sports (2010, 768kb, 8 sec.)
three miniatures from nick vitou (ormo).
all cellphone uploads to facebook.
all shot on location while running replay for a local sports television network.
..DNF chancellor with a gold eye.
& check out his music endeavors at LAPS.
suzon fuks :: rings #1 – #6
rings #1 – #6 (2007, 25MB, 6:35 min.)
“Ongoing series of one-minute unedited shots which can each stands alone.
Improvised choreography multi-reprojected on body parts, counterpointed
by texts by Fernand Shirren, Maurice Bejart’s music advisor and rhythm teacher
of many dancers and choreographers, and a significant inspiration in Fuks’ work.
made collaboratively with and performed by Helen Varley Jamieson,
James Cunningham, Scotia Monkivitch and Suzon Fuks.”
Directed by Suzon Fuks.
Residential Erection – Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung
Because Washington Is Hollywood For Ugly People – Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung
Dieter Roth
Eileen Maxson – Tonite (Reprise)
Tonite (Reprise) (2009, 13 MB, 3:16 min)
By Eileen Maxson. Exhibited at video_dumbo 2009.
Videography – Auto Exposure and White/Black BGs
Auto Exposure and White/Black BGs (2009, 23MB, 3:53 min.)
Educational video by Ian Parks.
Gas Zappers by Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung
Lesbian Rangers – Victory at The Rock
In G.O.D. We Trust – Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung
In G.O.D. We Trust (2009, 52 MB, 5:04 min)
In G.O.D. We Trust remixes the political and economical hardships Barrack Obama
has to overcome within various religious contexts. In the series the 44th US president keeps
reincarnating into seven various prophets, spiritual leaders and deities in order to heal the
world, including Jesus Christ, Buddha, Elegua, Lady of Guadalupe, Krishna, Mohammad and
Abraham. The series uses the pillar belief, remix the important stories and substitute the key
elements of the religious texts with current political and economical climate. Rather than
idolizing Obama, In G.O.D. We Trust examines the hope and changes the popular 44th US
president promises to deliver and the obstacle along the way.
The title of the series appropriate the US national motto, but with a twist. In G.O.D. We Trust
the word GOD is an abbreviation of Global Obama Devotion. Contrary to the artist previous
works that criticize the manipulation of religions in politics, In GOD We Trust starts from the
religious teaching and reinterpret the moral values with current affair. The result is a spiritual
journey that even Atheist cannot deny it.”
By Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung. Audio by Mr Cloak and Dagger.
Owen O’Toole – Super8 films
Frames (1985, 31 MB, 6:25 min)
Early experimental Super8 films by Owen O’Toole.
Short interview with him here.
Proust – The Interview – MTAA
Proust – The Interview (2009, 75MB, 5:52 min.)
The Interview (AKA Proust Questionnaire) MTAA.
more vids here.