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)

The inhabitation of fiction - episode four

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" The barrier between the spectator and the installation, the audience and the performers is non-existent. The presence of the visitors in the room is as real - or unreal - as the piece of fiction that takes place around them. The works are not performance art pieces in the comtemporary sense. The aim of including performers in the installations is to guide or trick the viewer into the flux of the densely detailed set-ups."

Entering The Circle Camp's barn for the first time, Sam Renseiw is introduced to the Martha Rubin Society's basic custom sets, enchanted by the stark genius loci and the eagerness of the ongoing activities. In later, fourth-comming visits to the barn, the rituals evoking the oracle will unfold with much greater force and intensely disturbing drama. Enjoy the quiet entrance today by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 479, 03'49'', 19.5MB,Quicktime/mov - Flash version at blip.tv)

On banal repetition(s)

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"Repetition is a huge world and creating something which is repetitive and still exiting is a challenge. Repetition forces the camera to focus on the essence, since it exposes every detail again and again."

Recording once again the repetitive mermaid rituals at Langelinie, Sam Renseiw focused on triptic footage. view the posing(s) by cliking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 432, 03'03'' 13.9 MB, Quicktime/mov - Flash version at blip.tv)