Hi Everyone,
I'm finally getting around to putting up some stuff! here goes...
On 25th February 2010 I took part in a jam session at the Toilet Gallery called ‘LEAVE YOUR EGO AT THE DOOR’. PWM was created from film and recordings taken of my violin playing during that jam session. I created 4 separate films of 2, 3, 5 and 7 minutes long, to be played simultaneously.
I wanted to try and recreate the improvisation, using films of different lengths playing on a continuous loop. Using prime numbers to determine the length of the films ensured that the piece would be constantly changing for 210 minutes.
The films were created from the movement captured on camera during playing in the jam session. The first edit was done without sound, using only sections of the film where there was visible movement. This approach was chosen to represent and mirror the unpredictable nature of improvising in a group.
The films were presented as a video installation at the Toilet Gallery in April 2010. As the films loop and repeat the sounds change and grow, recreating the experience of the Jam session distilled through a single instrument and point of view.
This 5 minute excerpt is an example of how the project worked, using a screen capture of a jitter version – the video quality s a bit fuzzy but you get the idea.
By the way, it’s all just violin. I mucked about with the sound to give it different textures..
Hope you enjoy it!
Maria
Hi Maria,
ReplyDeleteI can imagine your film worked really well as an installation! It reminds me in a small way of a film called 'Timecode' which Ed showed in a seminar (don't know if you have seen it too). I think it has quite a 'poignant' quality as the looped, electronically treated (I would love to know how you did this, by the way) music mirrors the images. I found the film quite satisfying with the images and music interacting with constant changes and textures.
Dan
Hi Maria
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this. Good to see the work and I think it comes over very well here. We had a good screening session the other week for the current 'film and media' students and if we can do this again sometime maybe you can join and talk about your work and some of its secrets.
All best
Ed