On the condensation of voodling(s)

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“ Born often under another sky, placed in the middle of an always moving scene, himself driven by the irresistible torrent which draws all about him, the Voodler has no time to tie himself to anything, he grows accustomed only to change, and ends by regarding it as the natural state of man. He feels the need of it, more he loves it; for the instability; instead of meaning disaster to him, seems to give birth only to miracles all about him.”

Paraphrasing Tocqueville, Sam Renseiw, equally longing for grounding and instability, condensed some (more)of last quarters recordings into a stupendous kaleidoscopic successions of architectural spaces, all the while remembering Valery's dictum of “The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of moving images for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.”; View the unfolding ("We have always sought explanations when it was only representations that we could seek to invent") by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 751, 02'43'', 37MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Bliptv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features a recent zen like reflection (Lum #251,"double reflection",01'00'',12.3MB,Quicktime/mov) Brittany&Andreas' seminal Lumiere Manifesto continues to inspire!!

On winter tracings and transcendal voodling

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"Good voodling is a kind of skating which carries off the performer where he would not go, and is only right admirable when to all its beauty and speed a subserviency to the will, like that of walking, is added...We live amid surfaces, and the true art of voodling is to skate well on them, in winter...Thus we come to look at the world with new eyes. Voodles shall answer the endless inquiry of the intellect..."

Almost embalmed by the continuous strain of winter weather, Sam Renseiw donned his skates to capture footage from otherwise inaccessible spots while musing over some particular transcended quotes. View the cool lake circulation space exploration with superb climat soundscape addition by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 750, 03'37'', 49MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features another cool inquiry in space(s). (Lum # 249, "coolfootage, framed" 00'47'', 10MB, Quicktime/mov)

Update(s)

For some time now Philip Sanderson has been so kind (and creative) as to (re)adjust the missing sound from patalab's Lumieres with excerpts from vintage film soundtracks, thus re-creating both settings and contexts and propulsing the amalgam into quite different spaces. (Re)view the soundies at the newly created site for Lumiere & Son.

Michael Szpakowski from seminal DVblog has been so kind as to cross-link to patalab, featuring "Fragmented Occurrences" as DVblog's post # 1000 !

On 7even necessities & voodling

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" 1. It is necessary for me to tell you that my body is curious about everything and I am my body / 2. It is necessary for me to tell you that I am not alone / 3. It is necessary for me to tell you that I can control my body and voodle with it at the same time / 4. It is necessary for me to tell you that my body is escaping / 5. It is necessary for me to tell you that I can multiply my body / 6. It is necessary for me to tell you that you have to turn your head / 7. It is necessary for me to tell you that I am leaving you and I am giving you my footage / [8] It is necessary for me to tell you that I keep voodling while moving "

Paraphrasing the 7 necessities and one-upping it, Sam Renseiw gathered footage from a recent birthday party-dance-voodle session in casual architectural office settings. View the compressed by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 749, 03'25'', 44.8MB, quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features a fine view, seen from below. (lum # 248, "below pipilotti's" 01'00'', 12MB, Quicktime/mov)

On re-tracing sustainability settings

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" More than often we pass from one place to the next, from one space to the following without pondering to measure, to chart, to realise theses lapses of space […] The problem lies not in the invention of space, even less in its re-invention, but in its questioning, or simpler, its reading; For what we label as quotidian is not evidence but opacity: a sort of blindness, a form of anaesthesia, to be redeemed by acts of hearty voodling."

Taking Perec's wise words to heart, Sam Renseiw recorded moving moments of a Norwegian setting(s). View a catcher-in-the-snow-like voodle complete with overlaid diegetic soundtracks by clicking here or on the links above.(patafilm # 748,03'47'', 50MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Toady's Bonus Lumiere Video feature a more lofty view. (Lum # 247 " sustainable approach", 01'00'' 7MB, 12,6MB, Quicktime/mov)