On the condensation of voodling(s)

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“ Born often under another sky, placed in the middle of an always moving scene, himself driven by the irresistible torrent which draws all about him, the Voodler has no time to tie himself to anything, he grows accustomed only to change, and ends by regarding it as the natural state of man. He feels the need of it, more he loves it; for the instability; instead of meaning disaster to him, seems to give birth only to miracles all about him.”

Paraphrasing Tocqueville, Sam Renseiw, equally longing for grounding and instability, condensed some (more)of last quarters recordings into a stupendous kaleidoscopic successions of architectural spaces, all the while remembering Valery's dictum of “The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of moving images for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.”; View the unfolding ("We have always sought explanations when it was only representations that we could seek to invent") by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 751, 02'43'', 37MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Bliptv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features a recent zen like reflection (Lum #251,"double reflection",01'00'',12.3MB,Quicktime/mov) Brittany&Andreas' seminal Lumiere Manifesto continues to inspire!!

On informal re-enactments

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“To concoct regular voodles destroys an infinite number of fine parallel story telling possibilities, but at the same time it suggests a multitude of distant and totally unexpected re-discoveries”

Toggling between the use of montage and long-take in the depiction of reality, Sam Renseiw recently captured a modern Venus re-shuffling some postcards; Thus, establishing the under-60-seconds-haiku-voodle genre. View the short carabiniers like re-enactment of an almost forgotten filmic intermezzo by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 612, 01'00'' 5.4Mb, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features a surprising frontal animal parade in urban setting (Lum # 129 " duck passage", 00'23'', 2MB, Quicktime/mov)

Today's Patalab Metaphor Video features an early attempt at haiku-voodling (patafilm 129, 01'16'',[05.04.2006 post] 4.5 MB, mov/quicktime)