{"id":560,"date":"2011-11-29T00:02:15","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T05:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dvblog.org\/?p=560"},"modified":"2026-10-04T12:43:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T11:43:51","slug":"patrick-power-lights-and-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dvblog.org\/?p=560","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Power &#8211; lights and darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvblog.org\/movies\/guest\/steamlight.mp4\" target=\"_blank\"><img src='http:\/\/dvblog.org\/wp-content\/images\/\/steamlight1.jpg'><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvblog.org\/movies\/guest\/steamlight.mp4\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Steamlight (2006, 16.2MB, 2:51)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvblog.org\/movies\/10_2007\/watauga.mp4\" target=\"_blank\"><img src='http:\/\/dvblog.org\/wp-content\/images\/\/watauga1.jpg'><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvblog.org\/movies\/10_2007\/watauga.mp4\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Watauga (2007, 203.1MB, 26:23)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two extraordinary pieces from Patrick Power.<br \/>\nIts as if the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qatsi_trilogy\" target=\"_blank\">Qatsi trilogy<\/a> found a way to use a videoblog as a testing ground.<br \/>\nThis is much more than a test, though.<br \/>\nSome of the most important work I have seen in a while.<br \/>\nBeautifully touching randomized archives.<br \/>\nPushing the limits of contemplative observation.<br \/>\nTaking time to visually visit other places.<br \/>\nThere is so much beauty in reflections and the synchronicities of our minds.<\/p>\n<p>Sample these two, then go visit the rest of his collection.  Patrick makes the world watchable.<\/p>\n<p><em>Edit: Sadly, Patrick Power passed away in 2007. This post was created to honor this man&#8217;s work, and now sadly, we must honor that work as his legacy.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steamlight (2006, 16.2MB, 2:51) Watauga (2007, 203.1MB, 26:23) Two extraordinary pieces from Patrick Power. Its as if the Qatsi trilogy found a way to use a videoblog as a testing ground. This is much more than a test, though. Some &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dvblog.org\/?p=560\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,33,26,14,112,47,54,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts","category-conceptual","category-documentary-arts","category-experimental","category-light","category-observational","category-silent","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dvblog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dvblog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dvblog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dvblog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dvblog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=560"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/dvblog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11850,"href":"https:\/\/dvblog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560\/revisions\/11850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dvblog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dvblog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dvblog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}