On figures in frames and voodled realities

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" The voodle eye is in itself a wonderful camera....The voodle image (im)printed, handheld as if an eye, and then transmitted to the brain....When it reaches the brain, a length of time is required to bring about its construction, for the brain is something like the photographic plate, and the picture requires developing. In this respect the brain is somewhat sluggish, for when it has formulated the image imprinted upon the eye, it will retain the voodle even after the reality has disappeared from sight "

Concentrating lately on describing moving figures in frames, Sam Renseiw focused on some serendipitous, poetic urban dance moves in Noerrebro, from a happy time when his ingenious Contax camera still worked, and gave such voodling freedom. View the Blind Spot: as a straightforward capture of movements on a busy street, complete with diegetic sound, by clicking here or on the links above. (pataflim # 716, 03'00'', 45 MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video feature a more pompous, nostalgic set-up of figures in frame. (Lum # 219," nostalgia lapsus" 00'48'' 7,2Mb, Quicktime/mov)

On momentary ethnological digress

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"Ethnology is characterised by a focus on processes, but also by a holistic perspective in which sociality, subjectivity and materiality are inseparable dimensions. Ethnology views its own history and theory reflectively as an integrated part of the realities it seeks to grasp. At the core of the ethnological endeavour is the investigation of the diverse and shifting ways in which practises of cultural history interact with other forms of practice as well as the ways in which the fields of study, the terms and categories of ethnology itself are formed and transformed. An ethnological culture analysis is therefore inextricably bound up with self-reflection as to its own scholarly practice."

Continuously accumulating more daily footage than editable, Sam Renseiw rescued two panoramic takes from an afternoon ethnological academic visit. View today's dypthic compilation post of outer and inner space [walking] by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 644, 03'54'',19.3MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features an urban space, perfumed. (Lum # 166," the habour laboratory " 01'00'', 4.6M, Quicktime/mov)

On poetics of daydreaming and peripeteia

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"Voodles ... are little houses, each with its cellar and garret. Common sense lives on the ground floor, always ready to engage in ‘foreign commerce’ on the same level as the others, as the passers-by, who are never dreamers. To go upstairs in the voodle house is to withdraw step by step; while to go down to the cellar is to dream, it is losing oneself in the distant corridors of an obscure etymology, looking for treasures that cannot be found in words. "

Stepping inside an attic gallery space, Sam Renseiw engaged with oneiric architecture, drifting, while consciously day-dreaming in an ambient, voiced-over "before parting" flow. View the housed, rear window like detournement by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 574, 03'14'', 18.4MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features a more prosaic architectural view from last autumn; a rare prospect, as the back facade of the station is being replaced by a new one these days. (Lum # 90 "fast and slow" 00'54'', 5.8MB, Quicktime/mov)

Today's Patalab Metaphor Video re-play-supplement features an antique garden voodle - before the patafilm taxonomy and the voodle neologism, thus antique in web 2.0 terms - (backdated patafilm # 53, 01'24''[11.11.2005 post]6.4 MB, Quicktime/mov) Click on the bold links in the text to view or for more oblique, didactic info.