Against forgetfulness: yet another compilation

 "Brown, thick curtains: it's best when they're drawn in towards the middle, the middle of the window, a small opening in the middle, a narrow strip of light, a September-strip or an April gash, as when you plunge a knife into trouser material and rip."..."Everyday tasks: wearing yourself out trying to find something new, a new word, a new sentence, a new book."..."Why travel? Why not just stay at home, in your room, in your house, in the place you like better than any other, your own place. The familiar house, the requisite rooms in which we have gathered the things we need, a good bed, a desk, a whole pile of books."

Paraphrasing Tomas Espedal, thoughts reawaken and lose their dullness, it's a thoroughly physical experience, my thoughts brighten, and I start compiling vines again, lighter this time, up towards the fjord, the cities centre(s) and al the many bouts of flying in (or out). Slowly it dawns on me, I am happy because I am Vining; Before that I used to Voodle around, and some few would watch. These days even less do. Yet it does fullfil my sense of diary, my duty of visual naration(s), my obsessive compulsion, also this year.

With all the best wishes for a happy new year to all patalab viewers, yours  sincerely, SamR.

(vinecompilation # 4 (winter), 15'32'', 273 MB, Quicktime/mov; mpg4 version at Bliptv)

On fathoming other channels of gaze

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"It has always happened that certain things - a lane, a bench, a comforter tree, -present themselves to Sam Renseiw as if asking him for minute and prolonged attention: he starts observing them almost unawares, and his gaze begins to run over all the details and is then unable to detach itself. Renseiw has decided that from now on he will redouble his attention. . . .He tries staring at everything that comes within eyeshot; he feels no pleasure, and he stops. A second phase follows, in which he is convinced that only some things are to be looked at, others not, and he must go and seek the right ones. To do this, he has to face each time problems of selection . . . he soon realises he is spoiling everything, as always when he involves his own ego. . . . But how can you look at something and set your own ego aside? Whose eyes are doing the looking? As a rule, you think of the ego as one who is peering out of your own eyes as if leaning on a window sill, looking at the world. . . . So, then: a window looks out on the world. The world is out there; and in here, what do we have? The world still - what else could there be? With a little effort of concentration, Sam Renseiw manages to shift the world from in front of him and set it on the sill, looking out. Now, beyond the window, what do we have? The world is also there, and for the occasion has been split into a looking world and a world looked at. And what about him, also known as ''I,'' namely Sam Renseiw? Is he not a piece of the world that is looking at another piece of the world? "

Today's post marks the appearance of the 600th voodle posted here on Patalab, with a paraphrased quote from Mr. Palomar. Another of Sam Renseiw's humble, low-grained and crude attempts to frame a morsel of reality, an inconspicuous capture of a fleeting moment of quotidian. The enjoyable research work will continue, further questioning the potential nature(s) of vision through a conscious application of the gaze. While the on-going, comforting low-tech procedures will be maintained for a while, expect some sharper digital experiments in the next months. In the mean time, click here to view the soothing, stabilised voodle. (patafilm # 600, 02'06'', 11.2Mb, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)
Thank you to all faithful viewers until date , contributing with insightful comments on the site and for their own, inspiring works.

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features a collective, moving view of an attractive photo-opportunity passing by, fixed behind the recording gaze. (Lum # 116, "the tourist barge" 00'48'', 3.8Mb, Quicktime/mov)

Today's Cross-Post Video features a fine voodle from a newly started, affiliated Norwegian voodle vlog. A very hearty welcome to Lomeg-rom from Oslo!

Abstract figurative intermezzo

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"In a entirely different way, abstract figurative videos represent an aspect of lyrical abstraction that provides a vital link to the basic identity and endeavor of human nature: mark-making, the rudiments of language, but in an abstract, virtual form, creating their own visual language..."

Remembering MarkTobey's painted "calligraphy" Sam Renseiw re-evaluates and explore recent footage with the tools he uses every day, abstracting figuratively; View the short visual intermezzo with sound-bites by Stan Brakhage by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 411, 01'07'', 5 MB, Quicktime/mov - Flash version at blip.tv)
And a Bonus babling video from DVblog: Mezza di Voce