Tea Tree (2008, 12.3MB, 2:24 min)
Waterball (2008, 20.9MB, 2:23 min)
Not that much to add to what we’ve said before.
More work, careful, modest, austere and somehow darkly
(& I don’t just mean the light or lack of) beautiful, from Kev Flanagan.
Category Archives: silent
Eadweard Muybridge
a couple waltzing – spinning disc (1893, 4MB, 2 sec. loop)
a couple waltzing – mirror simulation (1893, 2.4MB, 2 sec. loop)
Endlessly fascinating work from luminary Eadweard Muybridge.
Read more here. See more here.
Farheen HaQ – (un)covering
(un)covering (2002, excerpt, 13MB, 2:39 min.)
“Using 6 metres of fabric, the artist engages the viewer in a highly
personal act, playing on notions of the gaze. The artist maintains
a strong gaze of her own looking beyond the audience.
The performance becomes a drawing as the fabric becomes a line
that fills the space.”
Excerpt from a 5 min. single channel video loop by Farheen HaQ.
Listeners by Brantley Jones
Listeners 1 (2009, 6.7MB, 0:23)
Listeners 2 (2009, 10.5MB, 0:29)
Listeners 3 (2009, 16.2MB, 0:46)
Three lovely short remixes from Athens, Georgia
artist Brantley Jones.
Robert Todd – NEST
Robert Todd – NEST (2008, 33.2MB, 4:36)
More from the brilliant, always poignant Robert Todd.
The NEST is a place of resting, but for the restless spirit,
it is a moving island. Here we find silence, if not solace.
This film is both the third in a series and the first of a
trilogy. To understand how it fits within Todd’s vision,
you should go watch more on his site. It will take your
breath away.
Bram Crevits and Pall Thayer on Obama
Pall Thayer – Inaugurationanimation (2009, 300MB, 49:56)
As far as I know, none of us at DVblog have become
infected with Obamania. Doesn’t mean we don’t
appreciate the fine art of the remix or dig hope.
First, from Bram Crevits of Cinamatics,
Obama’s Berlin speech, composed entirely of video shot
on cell phones. Remember when the gaze was
given to us by the TV news? Now we give it back.
Second, from Pall Thayer, a silent
animation piece of the entire inauguration.
Free to download and remix as you like. We like.
Both of these pieces surprise and amaze me by the
amount of work they must have taken to compile.
Painstaking, no? Unless these gentlemen know
something I do not, these are labor-intensive pieces
in their own respective ways. Lovely and timely.
4:33 – Rocketboom Daily with Amanda Congdon
rb_06_apr_26 (2006, 26.5MB, 4:33 min.)
Sublimity & wit from Amanda Congdon.
from rocketboom, April 26, 2006.
Crosswalk – Kelly Mark
Kelly Mark – Crosswalk (2001, 1.2MB, 0:38)
Basketball court sprints at a busy intersection. Man unknown.
From Kelly Mark.
Cindy Sherman – Doll Clothes
Cindy Sherman – Doll Clothes (1975, 21.2MB, 2:24)
One of Cindy Sherman’s first Super 8 films.
An excellent early view into the overtly
feminine, introspective work of the artist
that would later follow.
Three Lumieres from LOMEG_ROM
Lomeglumiere #030 “uncut scenes” (2008, 5.4MB, 1:05)
Lomeglumiere #019 “video painting II” (2008, 5.4MB, 1:05)
Lomeglumiere #003 “goodle” (2008, 3.4MB, 0:44)
Three lovely thought-provoking lumieres from LOMEG_ROM.
The point of the Lumiere project was to get people to think
differently about their practice. LOMEG_ROM’s lumieres
vary widely, sometimes a still shot where seemingly
“nothing” happens, other times a still camera and a
piece of furniture moved back and forth in front of the
lens. Whatever they’re up to, I always enjoy surprises
from this Norwegian duo.
I chose these three as departures from other lumieres,
in content or style. Brava.