On [interior] species of spaces

…We uses our eyes for seeing. Our Field of vision reveals a limited space, something vaguely circular, which ends very quickly to left and right, and doesn't extend very far up or down..[…] Our gaze travels through space and gives us the illusion of relief and distance. That is how we construct space, with an up and a down, a left and a right, an in-front and a behind, a near and a far…

Recently trapped in a deserted northern farm-set piece, Sam Renseiw collected some vaguely circular footage in a recurring traveling interior panorama, while reminiscing of Perec (again)… Get a left-winged travel through time and space tinged by ambient fugue state by clicking on the icon above. [Patafilm # 868, 05'59'', 220MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv]

On new Vine, some time(s) and other places

"…All I know is that the hours are long, under these conditions, and constrain us to beguile them with proceedings which –how shall I say–which may at first sight seem reasonable, until they become a habit. You may say it is to prevent our reason from foundering. No doubt. But has it not long been straying in the night without end of the abyssal depths? That's what I sometimes wonder. You follow my reasoning…We wait. We are bored. No, don't protest, we are bored to death, there's no denying it. Good. A diversion comes along and what do we do? We let it go to waste. Come, let's get to work! In an instant all will vanish and we'll be alone once more, in the midst of nothingness!"

Sam Renseiws broods, just after uploading the latest Vine compilation, quoting B (again). Enjoy working yourself trough the one hundred and sixty vines ( not all arranged, but mostly, chronologically) by clicking on the vimeo upload above.Soundtrack underlay from kres5jik / persimon [vinecompilation #3,  14'42'', 260MB, Quicktime/mov] or try the original Blip.tv upload here- sometimes with adds(!)

On more aleatoric landscape_capture

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" A too-expected image (cliché) will never seem right, even if it is... [thus] set up your voodle while shooting. It forms for itself knots to which all the rest clings...[for] what no human eye is capable of catching, no pencil, brush, pen, of pinning down, your camera catches without knowing what it is, and pins down with a machine's scrupulous indiference... the insensible bond connecting your images which are the furthest apart and most different, is your vision. "

Remembering Bresson's kind & inspiring words, Sam Renseiw paraphrases (Notes on the Voodler) while concocting a quick aleatoric triptych docu-voodle from recent Norwegian footage. View one more attempt (slightly disturbed) at capturing more landscaping details, while preparing for a -more intense- upcoming cinematographic project involving silent language, by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 794b,03'47'', 53MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Bliptv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features old-fashioned space-mapping activities. (lum#286 "finishing touches" 01'00'', 12MB, Quicktime/mov)

PatArchive Video #2 features an older, box(ed) project, involving a dog and captured culture. (patArchive#2, 02'27'', 36MB, Quicktime/mov)