On [almost] inhabiting the Dolphin Hotel

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" Whatever it is one is seeking won't come in the form one is expecting...Thus I (also) often dream about the Dolphin Hotel. In these dreams, I'm there, implicated in some kind of ongoing circumstance. All indications are that I belong to this dream continuity....It seems more like a long, covered bridge. A bridge stretching endlessly through time. And there I am, in the middle of it. Someone else is there too...Time weighs down on me like an old, ambiguous dream. I keep on moving, trying to sleep through it... Another possibility is just plain voodling. Voodling on and on. Entering the world of voodles and never coming out. Living in voodles for the rest of time...."

Paraphrasing Murakami's dance steps and while taking the Possibility of an Island as just that, Sam Renseiw recalls a recent trip to Fionia by concocting footage left-over into a parabolic space, in triptych form. View yet another voodle-detournement exploring (again) morphologies of body and space by clicking here or on the links above.(patafilm # 784,02'35'',37Mb, Quikctime/mov - other versions at Bliptv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video feature a fine Danish shoreline, secured for bathers. [Lum # 280, "ishøj beach" 01'00'', 12Mb, Quictkime/mov)

On art, craft(s), seeing and re-mixing

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"There is an inherent pleasure in making. We might call this joie de faire (like joie de vivre) to indicate that there is something important, even urgent, to be said about the sheer enjoyment of making something exist that didn’t exist before, of using one’s own agency, dexterity, feelings and judgment to mold, form, touch, hold and craft physical (and in this case, even virtual) materials, apart from anticipating the fact of its eventual beauty, uniqueness or usefulness."

Pondering on the nature of crafting v/s making and the subsequent labelling into "art" taxonomies, Sam Renseiw just observed three different settings, in motion. View the voodle triptych with polyphonic voice-over re-mix by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 584,02'43'', 15.1Mb, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features a composed space and light diptych, jubilee piece. (lum # 100, "composition in space, flickering light", 00'59'', 5MB, Quicktime/mov)

Today's Patalab Metaphor Video features the same urban setting as in today's post, albeit in a much warmer perspective. (patafilm # 447," in my quiet hood" [26.06.2007 post] 01'22'' 6.4 MB, Quicktime/mov). Click on the bold links in the text to view or for more info.