Dear reader,
So, I have an idea for an art style... I'm sure its not a unique or original idea... but one where you create one-take art. Films that are rough, and have no real story or defined form. Paintings like Jackson Pollock, and films like Andy Warhol. Things that simply are, and sometimes they are good and sometimes they are not so good, but put together just for the same of being put together. I like this idea. Not only does it not take any work or effort at all, its fresh and raw and rough, and pushes people to ask "Is this amateur or amateurish?"
Here is my third film of this nature. The first two films are too long to be youtube'ed, and so if you know of any video hosting site that can upload videos longer then 15 minuets, let me know.
One of our chickens is deathly curious about everything, and if you leave a door open, interesting things happen.... watch:
This kind of art is devoid of the creator. There is no real creator, just someone who happens to be a vessel for what is happening around them. This is nice, because in the instance that the piece of "art" is bad or just doesn't work, then thats ok because you really have nothing to do with it, except sticking it together. If it is good, you get to seem humble, and polite. I can see this often in good musicians;... when they are always overly "aw, shucks" when you tell them something is very good, or when they are performing, there's no ego involved only a little "thanks you" between songs.
Hope you enjoy.
Love,
-e
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I think my little pieces with Schumann's Kindersenzen are becoming a little like that. I really like your piece very much. It's nice to just linger. It's nice, too, as the creator of something like this, to let music dictate the length, and to help you maintain a structure of some kind so it doesn't end up being overly long for the viewer. The piece you picked is brilliant. I love it.
I think Nanni Moretti is brilliant at this kind of thing, especially in Caro Diario when he's riding his scooter around Rome.
As for longer videos, have you looked at what length Vimeo or Metacafe allows? Is one of your longer vids the thing you cut with your Tilburg footage? I love that one, and I think you can cut a mote bite sized version. Could online video hosting limitations push you into thinking about editing further (like using limitations as a guide)?
And one aside... I love that the boxes and bags of books I helped bring over are still in the sitting room where I left them last August! :D
Haha those bags are gone now. But yes... I love Caro Diario. I saw Mom and Greg today. I put forth the idea that we should make a bunch more of these non-films and put a screening/party together in our respective cities. That would be major funo. love you!
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