i reduction to sleep (a broken consort)
work by louise skelton & richard skelton(sustain-release)music by richard skelton:( )= moniker name-(a broken consort) box of birch, 2007barbed wire blues, berkmanan and j f glidden.bowed metallic figures suspended from ivied trees.dense thickets of slack, rusted snares and splitting bark.accordion mists gathering in the early morning light.-(riftmusic) riftmusic, 2007iridescent blues. a slow
la mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même
aka [the green box], 1934 links:1, 2, 3
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the secret of shadows (from francis a. yates)
(please click images to make them bigger)new film finished (35 minutes!) and available soon on dvd. look for it in fine establishments dealing in smut and iniquities.soundtrack: the gentle sound of rainimages: inspired by tarkovsky's driving sequence in solaris
hour almost close eye one glass side other looked
to be looked at (from the other side of the glass) with one eye, close to, for almost an hourbuenos aires 1918 (moma)(please forgive my recent inactivity on the l'oscillation de la chèvre aveugle [aka the (bl)ind(o)scillating(g)oat],i have been: out of town/working on some films/uninspired with watching film and overly inspired with breathing [like duchamp's "breather"]/and finally, working too
à l'infinitif
frontbackmarcel duchamp à l'infinitif published by the typosophic society with typotranslation by richard hamilton and ecke bonk of marcel duchamp's white box (1967)(another great texas find)images of the original edition:some duchamp books:-marcel duchamp: the box in a valise, de ou par marcel duchamp ou rrose selavy, rizzoli by ecke bonk-joseph cornell/marcel duchamp...in resonance, hatje cantz
l'eau et gaz
recent trip to austin and houstonlora reynolds gallery, austin:stephen vitiello speaker drawings 2006+ his amazing sound work dolly ascendingsteve roden four words for four hands (apples.mountains.over.frozen.) 16mm filmde menil collection, houston:yves kleinrothko chapelde menil collection, after a rainfalljames turrell: quaker meeting house in the heights, houston:(all thanks to diane granahan,
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Not long before his death he said that he had been exiled from Canaan for forty years, and even the community which he sometimes longed for was basically suspect to him; he wanted only to dissolve away by himself, as the water runs into the sea.
last walks
"In his boundless helplessness,Walser never lacked the strengthto keep silent."- Roberto Calasso
JOKE : "A patient in a large hospital room with many beds complains to the doctor about the constant noise and cries other patients are making, which are driving him crazy. After the doctor replies that nothing can be done if the patients are like that, that one cannot forbid them from expressing their despair since they all know they are dying, the patient goes on: 'Why don't you put them in a
abstractions, monochromes and minimalism, part 3 (music & drone related)
erik satiela monte young: the well-tune pianoperformance space for luigi nono's prometeo, architect: renzo pianothe classical library of theartofmemory contributor arthur de eriomém.a more up-to-date list here.john luther adams-in the white silencebéla bartók-mikrokosmos-bartok plays bartok: bartok at the piano 1929-41-44 duos for two violins-complete string quartets (quatuor végh)benjamin
Amid the nervous chatter of the figures, the Medusa-like character of life emerges from the shadows: What is senseless, enigmatic, solitary, the deaf and lifeless misunderstanding between those who love; the dark conscience, as of a fault committed; the presentiment at dawn of escaped infinities; and the many things that fall like frost and rust on overly refined souls.- Hugo von Hofmannsthal
masks
Iron bones, which contain the noblest marrow, can be won only by the common bite of all dogs.- Franz Kafka
joseph-nicéphore niepce (physicien et photographe français 1765-1833)
paysage architectural à saint-loup-de-varennes, vers 1826the first photograph(from a camera obscura, eight hour exposure)the university of texas at austinfound looking through the amazing centre georges pompidou catalogue images et imaginaires d'architecture: dessin, peinture, photographie, arts graphiques, théâtre, cinéma en europe aux XIXe et XXe siècles, 1984
some soft moments from twin peaks, volume II (the white lodge, the black lodge)
(bleary, blurred, dim, distorted, faint, foggy, hazy, ill-defined, indefinite, indistinct, misty, muffled, murky, obscure, shadowy, unclear, unfocused, vague)for more images, see full set
That'll cause tears to fall
It rained, it poured, it rained so hard,It rained so hard all day,That all the boys in our schoolCame out to toss and play.They tossed a ball again so high,Then again, so low;They tossed it into a flower gardenWhere no-one was allowed to go.Up stepped a gypsy lady,All dressed in yellow and green;"Come in, come in, my pretty little boy,And get your ball again.""I can't come in, I shan't come
eastern promises
david cronenberg: eastern promises, 2007cinematography by peter suschitzky (a history of violence, spider, existenz, crash)(my apologies to mr. cronenberg for not having included him in this artofmemory survey, he has always been one of my favourite filmmakers, and this new film is certainly one of his best, a truly beautiful, disturbing and complicated work. a teacher in school once remarked
last houses
Inside Sir Richard Burton's mausoleum.'Burton, disguised as an Afghani, made the pilgrimageto the holy cities of Arabia; his voice begged the Lordto deny his bones and skin...'- Borges
this invisible art of memory
this invisible art of memory, 2007new hd video by m swiezynski (magic hour number 1)all titles from frances amelia yates' fine book (soon to be distributed by joseph l'écureuil limité with offices in le havre france)
dreyer
Every dead person is a vampire, the unloved ones excepted.Friedrich Hebbel, Diary of Jan. 31, 1831
last walks
from ANNA KARENINA:shameful and unforgivable: not keeping up with the pace of the horse, he let himself down into the saddle, and all at once his position shifted and he realized that something terrible had happened...Vronsky was touching the ground with one foot, and his horse was sinking on that foot. He barely managed to free his foot, when she fell on her side, snorting harshly, and, making
last walks
Elizabeth von Wittelsbach, Empress of Austria, suffered from a phobia of being looked at. (She always hid from stares behind fans, parasols, and flight.) Her assassin stuck an ice pick in her heart without looking at her. Had she died amid lace under canopies, the doctor would have made her suffer much more by looking into her face.- Guido Ceronetti
illshapen or black or deranged, fugitive of all order, strangers in everyland
m swiezynski (regency san francisco)with new music, from the collection of arthur de eriomém-david sylvian: when loud weather buffeted naoshima, samadhisound 2007with clive bell, christian fennesz, arve henriksen, akira rabelais, and david sylvian-ov: noctilucent valleys, soft abuse 2007with christine boepple & loren chasse-guiseppe ielasi: august, 12k 2007-m83: digital shades vol. 1, m83 2007-
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen,Mit der ich sonst viele Zeit verdorben,Sie hat so lange nichts von mir vernommen,Sie mag wohl glauben, ich sei gestorben!Es ist mir auch gar nichts daran gelegen,Ob sie mich für gestorben hält,Ich kann auch gar nichts sagen dagegen,Denn wirklich bin ich gestorben der Welt.Ich bin gestorben dem Weltgetümmel,Und ruh' in einem stillen Gebiet!Ich leb' allein in
seventies cinema, (there is abundent evidence)
the following 10 entries are some basic lists of american films from the seventies.these lists are mostly films i enjoy watching, and films i have wanted to see, with a bit of an attempt to mention more obscure classics. it is not a complete list.i plan on adding to this list as i see more (and i surely have forgotten some).in addition, an attempt (though not thorough) has been made to list many
1970, to ask me to quit drinking, quit gambling and save money?
-mash (d. robert altman)-brewster mccloud (d. robert altman)-the landlord (d. hal ashby)-joe (d. john g. avildsen) with peter boyle*husbands (d. john cassavetes)-the rebel rousers (d. martin b. cohen) with harry dean stanton-crimes of the future (d. david cronenberg) canadian, but good-they call me mr. tibbs! (d. gordon douglas)-zorn's lemma (d. hollis frampton)*serene velocity (d. ernie gehr)*
1971, if a frog had wings, he wouldn't bump his arse so much, follow me?
-bananas (d. woody allen)*mccabe & mrs. miller (d. robert altman) cinematography by vilmos zsigmond*little murders (d. alan arkin) elliott gould photographs dog shizer, cinematography by the great gordon willis*harold and maude (d. hal ashby) cinematography by john a. alonzo*the last picture show (d. peter bogdanovich) with timothy bottoms, jeff bridges, cybill shepherd, ben johnson, randy quaid
1972, it's a sicilian message, it means luca brasi swims with the fishes
-everything you aways wanted to know about sex * but were afraid to ask (d. woody allen)-images (d. robert altman)-lucifer rising (d. kenneth anger)*tomorrow (d. joseph anthony) with robert duvall*bad company (d. robert benton) with jeff bridges and john savage, cinematography by gordon willis*what's up, doc? (d. peter bogdanovich) with randy quaid and m. emmet walsh, cinematography by lászló
1973, get out of my place i know your face
-sleeper (d. woody allen)*the long goodbye (d. robert altman) with elliot gould and sterling hayden, cinematography by vilmos zsigmond*the last detail (d. hal ashby) with randy quaid and michael chapman as taxi driver, cinematography by michael chapman*save the tiger (d. john g. avildsen) with jack lemmon*paper moon (d. peter bogdanovich) cinematography by lászló kovács-the horse (d. charles
1974, since when did william p. moran of detroit michigan become preeminent in the field?
-thieves like us (d. robert altman)*california split (d. robert altman) with elliot gould and george segal-8 1/2 x 11 (d. james benning)-daisy miller (d. peter bogdanovich)-the text of light (d. stan brakhage)-dark star (d. john carpenter)*a women under the influence (d. john cassavetes)*thunderbolt and lightfoot (d. michael cimino) with clint eastwood, jeff bridges and gary busey*the
1975, well, reckon we got enough cattle in there to fill that damn truck
*love and death (d. woody allen)*nashville (d. robert altman)*the passenger (d. michelangelo antonioni) not really american, but starring jack nicholson*shampoo (d. hal ashby) cinematography by lászló kovács-at long last love (d. peter bogdanovich)*white heart (d. daniel barnett)-capone (d. steve carver) with ben gazzara and john cassavetes*shivers (d. david cronenberg) a.k.a. they came from
1976, how's your driving record?... it's clean, it's real clean, like my conscience
-buffalo bill and the indians, or sitting bull's history lesson (d. robert altman)*bound for glory (d. hal ashby) cinematography by haskell wexler-nickelodeon (d. peter bogdanovich)*assault on precinct 13 (d. john carpenter)*the killing of a chinese bookie (d. john cassavetes) with ben gazzara, timothy carey and seymour cassel*take the 5:10 to dreamland (d. bruce conner)*the outlaw josey wales (d
1977, in heaven, everything is fine. in heaven, everything is fine. you've got your good things. and i've got mine.
*news from home (d. chantal akerman) nyc film, cinematography by babette mangolte*annie hall (d. woddy allen) cinematography by gordon willis-3 women (d. robert altman)-11 x 14 (d. james benning)*the late show (d. robert benton) with art carney and lily tomlin*killer of sheep (d. charles burnett)*opening night (d. john cassavetes)-valse triste (d. bruce conner)*rabid (d. david cronenberg) not
1978, nostrovia!
-interiors (d. woody allen) cnematography by gordon willis-a wedding (d. robert altman)-coming home (d. hal ashby) cinematography by haskell wexler-halloween (d. john carpenter)*the deer hunter (d. michael cimino) with john cazale, christopher walken, john savage, robert de niro and meryl streep, cinematography by vilmos zsigmond-the fury (d. brian de palma) with john cassavetes-renaldo and clara
1979, at present, there's no indication of any violence
-manhattan (d. woody allen) cinematography by gordon willis-being there (d. hal ashby)-oklahoma (d. james benning)-saint jack (d. peter bogdanovich) with ben gazzara, cinematography by robby müller*the china syndrome (d. james bridges) with jack lemmon-an evening at home (d. gail camhi)*apocalypse now (d. francis ford coppola)-fast company (d. david cronenberg) not american, but good*the brood (d
intended to be used for making inscriptions in memory
new film by m swiezynski, 2007(shot at eno river, nc, sound by m swiezynski)ready soon for distribution by joe squirrel production company ltd. with offices in bakersfield, fresno and piedmont california, please contact for more information
elephant, some things just stick in your mind
young man gunned down out of focusgus van sant editing elephantimages from gus van sant's elephant, 2003cinematography by harris savides (with work like this, who needs contemporary popular photography?)editing by gus van santsound design by leslie shatz with beethoven’s "für elise" & additional sound by hildegard westerkampthe most beautiful film so far of the 21st century?beauty and chaos......
at last a new dawn, three rooms, cello recycling/cello drowning & breizhiselad described by paul celan
musical examples of melancholia and the divine:peter wright: at last a new dawn, 2007 * "peter wright plays disconnected avant guitar gloop distilled through a series of electronic filters and single malt, heavily influenced by guitar pop, free jazz/improv, atonal guitar noise, cats and city trash.. he was born at 43.3170s, 172.6330e and currently lives at 51.4450n, 0.1510w.(some) influences:
la pianiste II, twilight of the mind
isabelle huppert on adorno on schumann's fantasie in c majormichael haneke: la pianiste 2001
la pianiste
michael haneke: la pianiste 2001cinematography christian berger starring isabelle huppertspecial effects coordinator: lászló kovácsother haneke/berger films:-caché 2005-71 fragmente einer chronologie des aufalls (71 fragments of a chronology of chance) 1994-benny's video 1992"god can thank bach because bach is the proof of the existence of god" isabelle huppert
quelques chiens, quelques canards et quelques grenouilles
abbas kiarostami: five dedicated to ozu 2003dogs episode: abstraction from gradual overexposure (annihilation), with the subtle sound of waves."this (everything moving towards an absolute brightness) suggests eternity, birth, life, and resurrection" kiarostamiducks episode: 800 ducks pass by the camera (the best kind of direction a director can achieve) with the sound of their feet producing a
winter house
"My dear friend, what is this our life? A boat that swims in the sea, and all one knows for certain about it is that one day it will capsize. Here we are, two good old boats that have been faithful neighbors, and above all your hand has done its best to keep me from "capsizing"! Let us then continue our voyage—each for the other's sake, for a long time yet, a long time! We should miss each other
which he distorted by decorating with images
new video out by m swiezynski(number one in a series of 10/12 items due on dvd in 4-8 weeks)((including:train films, magic hour films, animals & nature films and studiesof weather, not good in any manner))(for more information, please contact mr. arthur o. memory esquire, booking agent and purveyor of iniquities)ps. if watching film on youtube (with very bad image quality), headphones recommended
flug (flight)
photos by sharon harper of train travel in germany(you can see my excitement in finding these)
of mirrors and of the labyrinth
from with borges (by alberto manguel):two nightmares haunted borges throughout his life: of mirrors and of the labyrinth. the labyrinth, first discovered as a child in a copperplate engraving of the seven wonders of the world, made him fear 'a house with no doors' in whose centre a monster awaited him; mirrors terrified him with the suspicion that one day they would reflect back a face that was
love-melancholy
in the precedent section mention was made, amongst other pleasant objects, of this comeliness and beauty which proceeds from women, that causeth heroical, or love-melancholy, is more eminent above the rest, and properly called love. the part affected in men is the liver, and therefore called heroical, because commonly gallants, nobleman, and the most generous spirits are possessed with it. his
melancholia, music, books, film & the sound of duchamp's large glass
(some nice business that has come my way)vikki jackman: of beauty reminiscingasher: the depths, the colors, the objects & the silence****music****-larsen and friends: abeceda (with david tibet, jòhann jòhannsson, baby dee, and the amazing julia kent)2007 important(a great band and performance, especially the lovely cello playing of julia kent)-jgrzinich / mnortham: the absurd evidence1998
some flares, flickers and circles of confusion from the killing of a chinese bookie (long version)
(flicker) (flicker)(flicker)(flicker)(flicker, this whole sequence looks like tony conrad shot it)(looks like cassavetes)(flicker)john cassavetes: the killing of a chinese bookie, 1976 (long version)cinematography: john cassavetes, al ruban, mitch breit, frederick elmesthese are abstractions from the killing of a chinese bookie, purely from the lens/camera.i found from doing this entry; to
hopelessness of not being able to die
before the storm:(fade to red)it is early in the morning and i am in pain (cinematography by sven nykvist)i was asked to look for some frames from ingmar bergman's cries and whispers (1972) that illustrate kierkegaard's hopelessness of not even being able to die* for a ghostly observer of the art of memory (zeyno dagli) who is writing her phd-thesis on death, dying and suffering.here are a few...
camera lucida & lightstreams, jouissance
the meaning of mystery is to be always in ambiguity, with double, triple aspects; in the hints of aspects (images in images), forms which will be, or which become according to the state of mind of the beholder. all things become more suggestive because they appear.odilon redon (from as in a dream: odilon redon)this entry looks at the work of 3 contemporary artists working in filmic abstractions,
the place where they came to grief
"But I always found what Alphonso told us at that time about the life and death of moths especially memorable, and of all creatures I still feel the greatest awe for them. In the warmer month of the year one or other of those nocturnal insects quite often strays indoors from the small garden behind my house. When I get up early in the morning, I find them clinging to the wall, motionless. I
bergman on bergman
ingmar bergman: the silence, 1963from bergman on bergman: interviews with ingmar bergman:it's of no interest, perhaps, but yesterday evening i was reflecting on the origins of the silence. i can no longer lay my hands on the work-books for it, i don't know what i've done with them- but i remember that it was about christmas time, and that the silence, just like winter light, began with a piece of
la région centrale, the great religious work
michael snow, la région centrale 1971 some ideas found in the michael snow project: the collected writings of michael snow, wilfred laurier university press, 1994:the camera is an instrument which has expressive possibilities in itself. i want to make a gigantic landscape film equal in terms to the great landscape paintings of cezanne, poussin, corot, monet, matisse and in canada the group of
keith berry & distant melodies
58º north dvd, images by iain stewart & sound by keith berry(excerpt here)keith berry and the beauty of distant melodiessome ideas on "distant melodies":1. being in a museum at night, with no light, standing in front of a leonardo da vinci, only barely able to make anything out, just some dark colors and shapes.2. being on a ship at night, in the middle of the ocean, knowing you are surrounded by
he couldn't resist the opportunity to get back in the big time
billy wilder's ace in the hole, 1951(aka the big carnival)with kirk douglas, cinematography by charles langother great kirk douglas films i have watched lately:-lonely are the brave, 1962 (d. david miller)(a sad good bye to the west)-paths of glory, 1957 (d. stanley kubrick)-man without a star, 1955 (d. king vidor)-out of the past, 1947 (d. jacques tourneur)title (above) from kirk douglas in his
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no country for old men
no country for old men (d. coen brothers)some movies i am looking forward to seeing:-paranoid park (d. gus van sant)-izgnanie (d. andrei zvyagintsev)-climates (d. nuri bilge ceylan)-4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days (d. cristian mungiu)-the man from london (d. béla tarr)-no country for old men (d. coen brothers)-one hundred nails (d. ermanno olmi)-aleksandra (d. aleksandr sokurov)-secret sunshine (d.
serra, photographer of the sun
images from the richard serra exhibition at the moma, nyc.enjoyment from looking very close at these sublime abstractions, inspired by the tales of dostoevsky getting close to paintings by standing on a chair.do people look or talk about these work's rich surfaces?a great study of serra's work would be to make an imaginary grid on the surface of one sculpture, and photograph each square foot (for
other abstractions of the sun, at the moma
dorothea rockburne: scalar 1971 (details) moma(through a glass darkly)guillermo kuitca: untitled 1992 (details) momamarcel duchamp: network of stoppages, 1914 (detail) momajoan miro: the birth of the world, 1925 (details) momajean dubuffet: soul of the underground from the series materiologies, december 1959 (details) momafranz kline: chief, 1950 (detail) momadonald judd: relief, 1961 (detail)
lovely sadistic appearances
strother martin in john huston's the asphalt jungle, 1950, in his second film appearance (uncredited)i didn't realize this was strother martin, the classic sadist, until i did an image search on him the other day.one of my favourite actors, making lovely sadistic appearances in:john ford's the man who shot liberty valance 1962stuart rosenberg's cool hand luke 1967, and pocket money 1972"what we
music, melancholia
more encounters with musical melancholia:(just a list of some things i have heard lately)lou reed: hudson river wind meditations, 2007for melancholic yogalou reed: berlin, the bed, sad song, and the kids from berlin, 1973jason lescalleet: the pilgrimhomage to lescalleet's father that passed away from cancerdavid lang: the passing measures, 2001bass communion: ghosts on magnetic tape, 2004"
tour de l'apocalypse
robert garcet's tower of the apocalypseimage from: fantastic architecture: personal and eccentric visions, 1980 harry abramstext from the book:born in 1912, robert garcet is a stonecutter by profession. around 1930, he settled in fort ebenemael, belgium, building a house there, then a workshop. in the early fifties, he began the tour de l'apocalypse. garcet sees the church as the cause of today's
dead souls, light, sound, rain, and dogs
......which it was difficult to make out in the darkness. only half of it was lit by the light coming from the windows; also visible was a puddle in front of the house, which was stuck directly by the same light. rain beat noisily on the wooden roof and poured in burbling streams into the rain barrel. meanwhile the dogs went off into all possible voices: one, his head thrown back, howled so
new music, here and there
some new music i picked up, and many discs i heard while traveling through the wilds of north carolina, from my two knowledgeable tour guides.new arrivals (chartier, jgrzinich, roden and basinski):richard chartier + asmus tietchens: fabrications such delicate handling and transforming of asmus tietchens' sound work by richard chartier. much like the cover's image by chartier, the listener moves
abstraction of trees, mondrian
landzicht farm under bluish-grey sky, 1905geinrust farm in watery landscape, 1905-1906the grey tree, 1911composition 10 in black and white, 1915the classic book: piet mondrian: catalogue raisonné by joop joosten and robert welsh, abrams 1996(this is research for a video featuring north carolina trees, some big, some small, all put through the alembic of my camera. i asked old mondrian to help out
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the sphere ca. 1890 charcoalfrom the new book: as in a dream: odilon redon, hatje cantz 2007
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yasujiro ozu - hitokomakura & one stone. and arcs and ears.
2 recent releases of sound artists dealing with "transcendental" filmmakers (ozu & bresson).yasujiro ozu:and/oar's 2 cd set: yasujiro ozu - hitokomakuraand/oar has invited sound artists to choose one or more "pillow shots" from ozu's films and create sound works.and/oar goes on to explain: "pillow shots" are short poetic pauses that appear between the acting segments of his films. the term "
edward hopper
east river 1920-23the sheridan theatre 1937new york movie 1939r3017 r3170i have been drooling over the edward hopper catalogue raisonné now for a while (it is $250.00). since i can't afford it, i look at it from time to time at work. here are some images from volume IV, the cd-rom of his works, including his journals.a great book on hopper's journals/notebooks is: edward hopper: a journal of
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«der process»
page 1page 30from the kafka project the trial, "im dom" chapter
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fritz arno wagner, cinematographer & 13 stills from mabuse
fritz arno wagner (1894-1958)key cinematographer of the german expressionist movement, wagner worked most notable with directors f.w. murnau, g.w. pabst and fritz lang. wagner received his training from the academy of fine arts in paris, then went on to work at pathe film company as a clerk.his most noteworthy contributions can be seen in murnau's nosferatu, pabst's die liebe der jeanne ney and
dreaming out of windows
joseph cornell's dreamsdecember 18, 1965:dreaming out of windowsmarch 8, 1968:surprise span of the night - going on 5 amvs. earlier awakenings in halluc. experience...eggs + nest converted into childrennovember 15, 1969:field mousedream of mouselive coals walking right into them unscathednew book of catherine corman's anthology of dream entries from cornell's diaries, published by exact change of
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antonio lópez garcía, from la mancha
maria, 1972, pencil on paperhome of antonio lópez torres (uncle), 1972-75, pencil on paper2 drawings by antonio lópez garcía, painter from la manchasome fine sites to cogitate on:tim lowly siteantonio lópez garcía: timeless realism in a spanish key(which has this quote from lópez garcía: "the best art of [antiquity] achieves an emotional intensity that transcends individual achievement, its
bright lights of moscow stations flashing into view and vanishing again behind me
i was on a train, travelling by day, but it was winter-time - late december, the very depths - and to add to it the train was heading north - to leningrad - so it was quickly darkening on the other side of the windows - bright lights of moscow stations flashing into view and vanishing again behind me like the scattering of some invisible hand - each snow-veiled suburban platform with its fleeting
extract - portraits of soundartists
new release from nonvisualobjectsformat: book (hardcover, 96 pages) + 2 cdslimited edition: 500graphic design my raphael mosercd 101 keith berry | finger pointing at the moon02 richard chartier | a field for recordings 203 taylor deupree | live in osaka04 heribert friedl | nbvto05 richard garet | précis06 andy graydon | microclimates for paliku07 bernhard günter | listen to what you see (audio---
having replied with his "good evening", he became surpised at himself
many fine books on melancholia,that i look forward to browsing when visiting the home of mr. arthur de eriomémtitle from f. dostoevsky: the eternal husband 1870 (page 154 pevear/volokhonsky)
prehistoric architecture in the eastern united states
page 75, perkins: scott, mississippiprehistoric architecture in the eastern united states by william n. morgan, 1980 mit pressgreat book on pre-land art structures in the united states, specifically native american architecture from about 2200 bc to ad 1500.
the essential cinema, condensed
top 30 from the essential cinema list1. robert bresson: pickpocket 19592. andrei tarkovsky: andrei rublev 19693. akira kurosawa: seven samurai 19544. michael snow: la région centrale 19715. ernie gehr: signal-germany on the air 1982-856. jean-pierre melville: le samouraï 19677. john ford: my darling clementine 19468. william wellman: the ox-bow incident 19439. bela tarr: satantango 199410. howard
the tin star
an exciting opening sequence found in anthony mann's the tin star, 1957.masterfully photographed by loyal griggs.the sequence is 10 shots over 2 minutes and thirty seconds. henry fonda as a bounty hunter rides into town with a dead man.reminiscent of tarkovsky, or the ending of the passenger, but with less attention to its form.also, take a look at this months film comment for an interesting
prouvé in queens
jean prouvé house beside the queensboro bridge, awaiting its sale at christie's.more images here
the dark side of nature
some nice books to read during the summer or just finished:-fyodor dostoevsky, the idiot 1898 (everyman's library)-konstantin mochulsky, dostoevsky: his life and work 1967 (princeton)-leonid tsypkin, summer in baden-baden 1981 (new directions)-robert walser, selected stories 1907-1929 (nyrb)-francis ponge, selected poems 1935-1974 (faber and faber)-george macdonald, the complete fairy tales mid
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parker 51 & chopin
some beautiful things (shot in soft focus like garbo)parker 51sparker 51 ink montblanc meisterstück hommage à frédéric chopin
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