The inhabitation of fiction - last episode

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" We shall not cease from exploration / And the end of all our exploring / Will be to arrive where we started / And know the place for the first time. / Through the unknown, un-remembered gate / When the last of earth left to discover /Is that which was the beginning;"

At last. The final episode. Concluding the documentation of The Circle Camp, Sam Renseiw now looks forward to other voodling grounds... Yet, the feat of compiling casually voodled footage into fifteen, more or less coherent, docu-soap episodes totalling almost one hour, seems to open up new vlogging territory to explore... Enjoy this last, quiet episode, that ends in somehow the same way as it began, by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 489,02.42'',17.4MB, Quicktime/mov - direct streaming for PC at blip.tv)

The Circle Camp was Signa's work in progress for the coming staging of their Oracle Games in Cologne, Germany. Should you be around, Sam warmly recommends this unforgettable, seminal performance art experience. Thus, you might have the possibility of getting acquainted with the darker, voodic, dionysic and overwhelmingly awesome, evocative rituals, that where discretely omitted here on patalab's docu-soap.

To soothe the withdrawal symptoms in the meantime, here is a Bonus Lumiere video for you, featuring a inconspicuous, but nevertheless central space in the circle camp. (Lum # 33, 01'00, 5.9MB, Quicktime/mov). More other's Lumieres at Andreas H's site.

The inhabitation of fiction - episode twelve

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Recap: "The Circle Camp is the beginning of the Martha Rubin-project about oracle Martha Rubin, who grew up in a circus and became a graceful dancer. Later her unique gift turned her into a marketplace attraction all over Europe - until she disappeared without a trace in 1913. Members of Martha Rubin Society live isolated from society and follow the oracle’s commands in city peripheries. They have built a camp around a circle of earth, stone and chalk and play her oracle-games non-stop for 38 hours."

Almost reaching the end of "The inhabitation of fiction" docu-soap, Sam Renseiw slowly gears down, voodling the remaining footage into the last remaining episodes. This documentary of The Circle Camp, still fresh, can be seen as a subjective trailer for the up-comming "staging" of Signa's Oracle Games in Cologne, Germany in September/October 2007. View excerpts of a joyful, frivolous dance and glimpses of Bacchic invocations by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 487, 04'46'',25.3Mb, Quicktime/mov - Streaming direct version for PC at blip.tv)

The inhabitation of fiction - episode five

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"In this sudden unexpected intimacy and familiarity with the performers of the installation, the visitors' expectations for the work are challenged, and more importantly - they have to ask themselves: Who am I now, who am I here? SIGNA sees identity as something more than an immutable entity - as something which we ourselves can define and redefine indefinitely. The same goes for reality."

Indeed, so it goes, muses Sam Renseiw; on and on; ritual after ritual; into the circle...and none the same, yet with similar chanting permeating them all, varying the evolving activities to evoke the oracle. View the unfolding of one quiet ritual of the Oracle Games by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 480, 04'47'', 25.4Mb, Quicktime/mov - streaming version for PC at blip.tv)