a mystery drone soundscape journey along the shores of an unfathomable glistening sea....
yui onodera: suiseimoljebka pvlse: driftsondchristopher willits + ryuichi sakamoto: ocean firesigur rós: heima steinbrüchel: basisnew music:-yui onodera: suiseiand/oar, 2007so far, one of my favourite discs of 2007, simply beautiful and delicate, produced and designed by dale lloyd, one of his (and/oar) best yet.(suisei is a work composed from field recordings and pump organ. with suisei, each
magic hour two, images of heaven
images of heaven, 2007magic hour number two by m swiezynski (starring mouse and midnight [les chats],the lightowlers, langston and arthur de eriomém)shot using a nd filter, drone techniques, 6 actors, the setting sun,and shooting methods devised for shooting such actresses as greta garbo and marlene dietrichall titles from francis a yates' the art of memorydedicated to the late friend and actor
Marc Vaughn Moore 1.22.69 - 11.26.04
Each departed friend is a magnet that attracts usto the next world.- Jean Paul
not from this world
Karl Erb was the illegitimate son of an assembly line worker. His childhood and adolescence were sad and poverty-stricken. He was misanthropic, introverted and tended to inordinatethrift and self-sufficiency. He was an autodidact and had analmost fanatical love for his mother. He was the greatestEvangelist (in Bach's "St. Matthews Passion") and the mostspiritual, angelic lied and oratorio
( as defined dreams of moments sometimes )
antonella de messina: the annunciation, 1476determined moments from recent dreamsokreślane momenty od niedawnych snówsince a short time defined moments dreamszaczynając od (od czasu; od tego czasu, jak) krótki czas określał sny momentówfrom beginning ( since; from this time, as defined dreams of moments ) short time (sometimes)od rozpoczęcia ( zaczynając od (od czasu; od tego czasu, jak); od tego
To a Little GirlSleep on, little oneAll is well.Better to die thusThan go to Hell.Life is cold and hardDeath is sweetMany the traps are setFor wandering feet.Would I could die as thouHast done this dayIn childish faith and loveBe ta'en away.Rest, my little oneFlowers on your breastSafe in the cold earth's armsEver at rest.Katherine Mansfield, written at the age of 15- thank you, Antonia
rue de vaugirard, 1909 at yale
m swiezynski: rue de vaugirard, 1909, 1998recent screening at yale university school of art (november 5, 2007) of an older video by the unrecognized polish film-maker.this video was originally shot on 16mm, then transferred to video, then back to film and finally to video again (under the spell of lucier's i am sitting in a room). slowmotion techniques were used for visual accuracy, and a contact
the most beautiful man alive
"His dress and appearance were those suggesting a released convict...He wore, habitually, a rusty black coat with a crumpled black silk stock, his throat destitute of collar, a costume which his muscular frame and immense chest made singularly and incongruously hideous, above it a countenance the most sinister I have ever seen, dark, cruel, treacherous with eyes like a wild beast's. He reminded
Christ's body, in the instance of the eucharist, is the most delicate and precious morsel that ever existed in the world. But some say it was Cleopatra who ate that morsel when she swallowed a pearl worth more than two hundred fifty thousand écus with a sip of vinegar. Others say it was that greedy emperor who ate the phoenix, or who was made to believe that he had eaten it for his dinner.
było ciemno, gdy noc w cieniach (pogrążona), it was dark as night in shadows
joseph cornell: box with bird's nest and oak gallscornell study centerfrom joseph cornell navigating the imaginationdirty skylight window (or rainy day effect dim light)-then very conscious of mechanics of light coming thruor by a table very bright...stained hands with black ink not minding(page 15)-also a sequence of being on a couch and looking outas though over a river at night & up at the
(Thoreau's essay Cape Cod :)"...You should read the first few pages particularly, about starting a walking tour along a beach after a shipwreck, with people pulling out bodies and packing them in coffins.After describing the scene he saysOn the whole it was not so impressive a scene as I might have expected. If I had found one body cast upon the beach in some lonely place, it would have affected
From these random slips, it would seem, that Pierre is quite conscious of much that is so anomalously hard and bitter in his lot, of much that is so black and terrific in his soul. Yet that knowing his fatal condition does not one whit enable him to change or better his condition. Conclusive proof that he has no power over his condition. For in tremendous extremities human souls are like drowning
certain (of) the good humour of the duck
duck hunter falls out of boat; drowns , goop joe's poultry pages by joseph cornell (made for his family) on view at the sfmomahumour and the sublime. the noise was quite rambunctious at the cornell show, so i put on my headphones and i persuaded my ipod to act randomly by blindly pushing the buttons, and she chose to play akira rabelais/harold budd's as long as i can hold my breath, which i was
navigating the berlin alexanderplatz
the first image from rainer werner fassbinder's berlin alexanderplatz, 1980joseph cornell: navigating the imagination by lynda roscoe hartiganthis week (and last), i was able to aquire two of the greatest items imaginable, (and to see the joseph cornell exhibition at the sfmoma).both this film and cornell's work have been guiding lights for me over the last 15 years or so (berlin alexanderplatz
13 images of walking through fog from werckmeister harmonies (some related to the young death trilogy)
béla tarr: werckmeister harmonies, 2000shot length: 3.2 minutesone of the many long walking shots found in werckmeister harmonies, and, not unrelated to movements/moments found within gus van sant's young death trilogy, esp. gerry, 2002:shot relates to tarr's 5 minute shot in werckmeister harmonies (half of which is spent on walking) found 1 hour into the film, with jános and the professor
He came to believe that a normal, honest human being could not be a professor. It is the academy that gave him his reputation of impenetrable abstruseness; never has a man deserved a reputation less. Disciples who came to him expecting to find a man of incredibly deep learning, found a man who saw mankind held together by suffering alone, and he invariably advised them to be as kind as
"What are the dead for us, if not - first and foremost - books? Among all forms of prehistoric religions, the strangest and most difficult to understand in our own day seems the cult of the dead, the constant presence of the dead in every aspect of life. To a prehistoric man, in contrast, our strangest and most mysterious form of worship would be our use of books. Yet these two forms of believe
13 images of cow movement from sátántangó
béla tarr: sátántangó, 1994shot length: 7.7 minutesbéla's (films) seem to be a successful and authentic departure , a wholly other cinema beginning over again. a cinema that needed to come from outside our western culture, a lost rosebud, one of the many directions cinema might have taken before we sold ourselves down the river.béla's creations use static full figure landscapes, as if referencing
13 images of furniture destruction from sátántangó
béla tarr: sátántangó, 1994shot length: 3.1 minutespieter bruegel: the harvesters, 1565pieter bruegel: the peasant dance, c. 1568pieter bruegel: peasant wedding, c. 1568(number 1 in a series of béla tarr image posts)
"...the palest stain of their passing..."
"He hoped obscurely that she could save him,but he did not even know from what."~William Gay"...for the first time in his life he became aware of loneliness."~John WilliamsFrom the very fine found photos collection by Barry O'Connor(http://palest-stain.blogspot.com/)
trains in cinema, or fludd's memory system
new train film by matthew swiezynski: fludd's memory systemavailable for a brief preview here (all titles from frances a. yates' fine book the art of memory)related images from robert fludd's the macrocosm, 1617 & 1618:the great darknessthe appearance of lightthe division of the waterslet there be lightanselm kiefer: fur robert fluddfor more information on robert fludd, see joscelyn godwin's book
new stockings just to please you...
"Oh," she said: "Casey, it's been so long since I've seen you."Here," she said: "just a kiss to make a body smile."See," she said: "I've put on new stockings just to please you."Lord," she said. "Casey, can you only stay a while."(...)"Oh," she said: "I suppose you seldom think about me."Now," she said: "now that you've a family of your own."Still," she said: "It's so blessed good to feel your
In the morning of his days he was handsome - sleek as a raven, sprightly and spirited, and was then much caressed and happy. [...] It was once his hard lot to fall into the hands of Skinflint, a horse-keeper - an authorised wholesale and retail dealer in cruelty - who employed him alternately, but closely, as a hack, both in the chaise and for the saddle; for when the traces and trappings used in
I wish I was a mole in the groundYes I wish I was a mole in the groundIf I's a mole in the ground I'd root that mountain downAnd I wish I was a mole in the groundOh Tippy wants a nine dollar shawlYes Tippy wants a nine dollar shawlI come o'er the hill with a forty dollar billBaby where you been so longI been in the bend so longYes I been in the bend so longI been in the bend with the rough and
revenants
"Man whistles past graveyard on his long walk home.Imagines that his own heart stops and his hands getcold. But like in some Ambrose Bierce story he hearsthe church bells tone and the unbearable sound ofnails driving home the coffin lid - his coffin lid! -and he sees 2 white horses poised in the line. Coffingets lowered with golden chain. He shudders. Getshome, hugs his kids." American Primitive
trains in cinema, part 3
philip d'antoni: the seven-ups, 1973alan arkin: little murders, 1971elliott gould on the nyc subway, covered in bloodhal ashby: bound for glory, 1976bernardo bertolucci: il conformista, 1970stunning train sequences (one quite artificial) photographed by vittorio storarocharles brabin: the valley of the giants, 1927clarence brown: possessed, 1931one of the most spectacular sequences in film
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