On patterns of Fionian derive(s)

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" If chance plays an important role in derives this is because the methodology of psycho-geographical voodle observation is still in its infancy. But the action of chance is naturally conservative and in a new setting tends to reduce everything to habit or to an alternation between a limited number of variants. Progress means breaking through fields where chance holds sway by creating new conditions more favourable to our purposes. We can say, then, that the randomness of a dérive is fundamentally different from that of the stroll, but also that the first psychogeographical attractions discovered by dérivers may tend to fixate them around new habitual axes, to which they will constantly be drawn back."

While on a short summer derive in Fionia, Sam Renseiw collected some bit of recorded footage into a rather crude mash-up; view the concoction by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 280, 02'56'', 33.4Mb, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Bliptv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video Features a serene moment of court-yarded nature. (Lum#278, willow&weep, 01'00'', 20MB, Quciktime/mov)

On slow backyard derive

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" The sustainability analysis of the absolute or relative character of fissures in the urban network, of the role of micro-climates, of distinct neighbourhoods with no relation to administrative boundaries, and above all of the dominating action of centers of attraction, must be utilised and completed by psycho-geographical methods. The objective passional terrain of the derive must be defined in accordance both with its own logic and with its relations with social morphology."

Laying out psycho-geographical recordings from a recent urban back yard dérive in the form of an ultra slow, attentive documentation, Sam Renseiw regrets the very short time allocated to comprehend the complex site. View the slowed mapping of the situation by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 769, 05'22'', 82MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Bliptv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features a rather odd fissure in the urban context. Note the disqualifying anomalies. (Lum # 268, 00'55'', 12MB, Quicktime/mov - or: .m4v )

On voodle derive in confined spaces

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"...If chance plays an important role in dérives this is because the methodology of psychogeographical observation is still in its infancy. But the action of chance is naturally conservative and in a new setting tends to reduce everything to habit or to an alternation between a limited number of variants. Progress means breaking through fields where chance holds sway by creating new conditions more favorable to voodling purposes.."

Caught on a strife of almost random urban derive, Sam Renseiw retreats into an internal spatial field; View the concocted psychogeographical voodle by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 764, 03'30''. 58MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Expect: more derives from surprising places in the near future. Best, SamR.

On derive at World's End (2)

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" The four and twenty letters make no more variety of words in diverse languages, than melancholy conceits produces diversity of symptoms in several persons.They are irregular, obscure, various, so infinite...you may as well make the moon a new coat, as a true character of a melancholy in man..."

Walking the confines of melancholy at World's End, Sam Renseiw ponders on the whereabouts of Troy and Mycenae, the songs of spring, the lightness of creative being and other Ubi Sunt. Drift along by clicking here or on the links above - other versions at Blip.tv (patafilm # 647, 05'08', 27.3Mb, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features a fine moment of Jitter Bugging ( Lum # 167 " autumn jitter " 01'00'' , 6MB, Quicktime/mov)

On derive at World's End

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" I have neither the scholar's melancholy, which is emulation, nor the musician's, which is fantastical, nor the courtier's, which is proud, nor the soldier's, which is ambitious, nor the lawyer's, which is politic, nor the lady's, which is nice, nor the lover's, which is all these: but it is a melancholy of mine own, compounded of many simples, extracted from many objects, and indeed the sundry's contemplation of my travels, in which my often rumination wraps me in a most humorous sadness. "

Editing morsels of recent footage, Sam Renseiw sudently struck with hefty melancholy, speculates on the possible futility of voodling, its frailty and non-object status in a world dominated by the tangible functional. Join a derive-like psychogeographic hike to World's End by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 646, 04'57'' 17.5MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features a more prosaic derive, albeit in a artfull seting ( Lum # 166 "art-floor-cleaning" 00'54''; 8.47 MB, Quicktime/mov)

On outer and inner space walks (5)

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"There's a icon on this page, Maxine, just above. It's a portal and it takes you inside Sam Renseiw....You'll see some fine old parts of Kyoto through Renseiw's eyes... and then after about 8 minutes, you're spit out... Anyway, the point is... this is a very odd thing... I mean, it raises all sorts of philosophical-type questions, you know... about the nature of self, about the existence of a soul. You know, am I me? Is Renseiw Renseiw? Do you see what a metaphysical can of worms this portal is? "

Taking the voodling point of view further into the realm of the specific, Sam Renseiw re-fitted the captured (pulled) footage, adding one more vantage point to the seen, propelling the simple act of seeing into quite a dazzling, reflective and thus generically reflective, topic. View the unfolding of the outer gaze, complete with the re-enclosed, enhanced original soundtrack by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 645 [©], 08'04'', 42.2MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features a more still, serene moment of reflection. (Lum # 164,"morning reflection(s)" 00'59'', 4.6MB, Quickime/mov)

On temporal and narrative voodle disorders

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"We are left to grasp hold of a story constructed of allusions that leaves us in a place of indeterminate temporal and narrative disorder in which concretization of the whole appears unattainable. When confronted with a work, shamelessly undisclosed and unresolved the viewer assumes an invigorating, empowered role where a myriad of potential narratives await completion."

Recently embedded in Sensuous Knowledge, Sam Renseiw investigated the depths of Unloud's unfolding in the wizardry of an appropriate cave in Os . View the psychogeographic voodle dislocation(s) by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 630, 04'37'' 25.4Mb, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features a soft, gliding approach. (Lum # 151," sensuous inbound " 01'00'', 4.7MB, Quicktime/mov)

Today's Patalab Metaphor Video features a gaze on space and desire. (patafilm # 442, [21.07.2007 post]03'10'', 14.3Mb, Quicktime/mov)