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
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