Monday, January 29, 2007

On the enjoyment of reading


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"It lodges statements in the space of a shape and makes the moves say what the film represents….Thus the calligram aspires playfully to efface the oldest oppositions of our alphabetical civilization: to show and to name; to shape and to say; to reproduce and to articulate; to imitate and to signify; to look and to read."

Pondering on the difficulties of language, Sam Renseiw compiled some basic signmove footage, at arm's length, feeding time; View the communication attempt by clicking here or follow the indications by mousing in above.(patafilm # 345, 00'54'', 4.6 MB, Quicktime/mov - Flash version for PC at Blip.tv)