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 organ grinder(s) and by-passers

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"Voodling can be this or it can be that. (But) it ought not be restricted to being necessarily this or that. . . except perhaps for being both delirious and lucid . . . It seems to me that beyond voodling, there is a mysterious something that has yet to be isolated; beyond automatism, there is intent, beyond the picturesque there is the image, beyond passive consumerism there is deliberate seing, beyond liberated gazes there is the liberated, candid voyeur"

Just passing by while shopping for groceries, Sam Renseiw speculated further on the nature of voodling, thus cranking out yet another prosaic voodle from the day's accumulated footage. View the melodic grinding of footage by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 468, 01'38'', 9MB, Quicktime/mov - Flash version at blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere video features a semi-dramatic truck stop. (Lum # 26 truck stop, 01'00'', 5 MB, Quicktime/mov) Lumiere Rules roll on !.

On reading ripples

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"At the same time, the indentations in the brow of the wave must be considered, where it splits into two wings, one stretching toward the shore from right to left and the other from left to right, and the departure point of the destination of their divergence or convergence is this negative tip, which follows the advance of the wings but is always held back, subject to their alternate overlapping until another wave, a stronger wave, overtakes it, with the same problem of divergence-convergence, and then a wave stronger still, which resolves the knot by shattering it."

Condensing footage wavelengths into a short palindromic view, Sam Renseiw further investigates the nature of the gaze, inspired by a superb French exposure. View the cut-loop by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 444, 02'37, 11.9MB, Quicktime/mov - Streaming Flash version at blip.tv)
For more mute enlightenment, enjoy an illustrative moment of delightful fixed action by clicking here for the lumiere voodling premiere on patalab. ( Lum # 01, 00'55'', 4.1 MB, Quicktime/mov)

On gaze, space, desire

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"..in other words, I am finally reinforcing the convention that declares illicit any sight of the breast; that is to say, I create a kind of mental brassiere suspended between my eyes and that bosom, which, from the flash that reached the edge of my visual field, seemed to me fresh and pleasing to the eye. In other words, my not looking presupposes that I am thinking of that nakedness, worrying about it; and this is basically an indiscreet and reactionary attitude."

Just passing by, Sam Renseiw walked through familiar free spaces, newly adorned with various artistic paraphernalia, focusing his gaze. View the cut-up and montage voodling of desire by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 442, 03'10'', 14.3Mb, Quicktime/mov - Streaming Flash version for PC at blip.tv)

On Wabi-Sabi back yarding

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"And while smaller Japanese gardens are almost always delimited by a wall that frames the three dimensional space, larger installations often include the surrounding landscape as a backdrop for the entire composition, consciously removing the visual boundary between garden and landscape, thereby extending the space to generate a sense of continuity."

Palomar-like reflecting upon the nature of gardening, Sam Renseiw speculated on elements of Japanese garden composition as a whole, having a higher intrinsic value than its elements, inversing the western point of view. Merge into a quiet, meditative moment of absurd relaxation by clicking here or on the links above. It's not Kyoto, It's Darmstadt, Germany. "I have succeeded in having the bosom completely absorbed by the landscape, so that my gaze counted no more than the gaze of a seagull or a hake " (patafilm # 425, 00'54'', 4.1 MB, Quicktime/mov - Flash version at blip.tv)