Archive for the ‘ ideas ’ Category
There is something about taking the blade to a film that intrigues me. I have never had to work with film as a physical medium and get hands on with cutting. As much as I would have loved to, I think it is something that is of its era, and as a ‘film-maker’, I prefer [ READ MORE ]
A live camera is pointed at the screen. A video plays on the screen. The video stops. When all media is ceased to be played and no longer exists, all that is left is the stream. The screen shows the live camera feedback, changing, dwindling, or growing. The audience must nurture the feedback and keep it [ READ MORE ]
I think Buck 65 would be interested to see Sam Hanna’s ‘Old Crafts’ series. If there is time I would simply like to cut a video from material in this collection for the track ‘Craftsmanship&#[ READ MORE ]
Building on my earlier idea of a grid of faces smiling in unison, this is about how to present those faces in a more interesting way. The faces are projected on a number of helium balloons that float patiently to the side of the film. Faces should be easy to come by in the archive [ READ MORE ]
Within the archive they have a special room, intriguingly named ‘the vinegar room‘. This is where film that has not been properly preserved is kept as it starts to slowly break down producing a kind of ‘vinegary’ smell. The film has to be kept separate from the rest of the archive as this chemical breakdown [ READ MORE ]
A visual collage of buildings cut out from their usual contexts and presented together. I have done lots of work around models of urban environments using them as tools for people to map out their relations to a city. I like the idea of arranging landmarks from the Northwest into an impossible combination, a projected [ READ MORE ]
“For the purposes of engaging the reptilian brain the next section will be presented above your heads.” An audience on their backs for Music For Sleeping. Photo by Eric Rossier[ READ MORE ]
The audience watch a film from the archive. They are encouraged to hold up their phones / cameras to record a section from the archive, to steal it. As they do, a live camera feed behind them captures this action, re-incorporating it into the live film. The act of theft becomes part of the film [ READ MORE ]
A wall of 16 faces stares blankly at us. As the music swells they begin to smile in unison. As the music stops they suddenly return to their blank state. Are they the greek chorus if the piece[ READ MORE ]
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