On patterns of Fionian derive(s)

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" If chance plays an important role in derives this is because the methodology of psycho-geographical voodle observation is still in its infancy. But the action of chance is naturally conservative and in a new setting tends to reduce everything to habit or to an alternation between a limited number of variants. Progress means breaking through fields where chance holds sway by creating new conditions more favourable to our purposes. We can say, then, that the randomness of a dérive is fundamentally different from that of the stroll, but also that the first psychogeographical attractions discovered by dérivers may tend to fixate them around new habitual axes, to which they will constantly be drawn back."

While on a short summer derive in Fionia, Sam Renseiw collected some bit of recorded footage into a rather crude mash-up; view the concoction by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 280, 02'56'', 33.4Mb, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Bliptv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video Features a serene moment of court-yarded nature. (Lum#278, willow&weep, 01'00'', 20MB, Quciktime/mov)

On shining light on the little street corners

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" At the core of her work resides the intersection of place and experience. She tries to do this with as much respect as possible to foreign cultures and traditions, while staying true to the call of the artist by shining a light on the little street corners.."

Funny to re-view parts of Venice Beach, muses Sam Renseiw, voodle_howling without missing a beat, on visit in HCA's hometown, after duly noting that things are queer. View the artificial long-take, experience a deja-vu -simultaneous contextual-shift by clicking here or on the links above.(patafilm # 779, 04'14'', 49MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Bliptv)

On orphic gaze, avifauna and long-takes

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" The aesthetic world of the voodler is of a different kind from that of the world about him. Its boundaries enclose a substantially and essentially different microcosm. The voodle as such and the object in itself share a common being, after the fashion of a fingerprint. Wherefore, voodling actually contributes something to the order of natural creation instead of providing a substitute for it. [...] The voodler does not consider his aesthetic purpose and the mechanical effect of the image flow on our imaginations as things apart. For him/her, the logical distinction between what is imaginary and what is real tends to disappear. Every image is to be seen as an object and every object as an image. Hence voodling ranks high in the order of creativity because it produces an image that is a reality of nature, namely, an hallucination that is also a fact. The fact that voodling combines tricks of visual deception with meticulous attention to detail substantiates this."

After a longer period of idleness, Sam Renseiw, having accumulated novel footage, concocts new voodles for critical review. Today's post combines two somehow opposite stances: a longer avifauna combo-flow of panoramic long-takes juxtaposed with the addition of a cut-upped Frisbee session; View the long take by clicking here or on the links above, while the nightly Frisbee throwing compilation is only accessible by clicking here; (patafilm # 778,04'21'', 48MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Bliptv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features a moving contenplation of wild things (Lum # 277, "wild things", 01'00'', 14 MB, Quicktime/mov)

On character casting in voodles

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" This Voodle testifies to beauty, drama, imaginative force, and history of thought from as far back as 2500 BC and up until the year 1600. The imagery and styles of antiquity have influenced all subsequent European art and continues to play a major part, even though this may sometimes be difficult to see. Shapes and ideals shift and change through history - there have been revivals, and there have been breaks with tradition - but the significance and importance of history is ever prominent..."

Walking past 4000 years of sculpture under one roof, Sam Renseiw deep focused on a collection of busts, neatly stored. View the casting of characters for the voodle, complete with added forgotten fields by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm#686, 03'52'', 36.5MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features a transparent casting of family characters, looking out to other fields. (Lum#202, 01'00'' 6.2Mb, Quicktime/mov)

On temporal and narrative voodle disorders

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"We are left to grasp hold of a story constructed of allusions that leaves us in a place of indeterminate temporal and narrative disorder in which concretization of the whole appears unattainable. When confronted with a work, shamelessly undisclosed and unresolved the viewer assumes an invigorating, empowered role where a myriad of potential narratives await completion."

Recently embedded in Sensuous Knowledge, Sam Renseiw investigated the depths of Unloud's unfolding in the wizardry of an appropriate cave in Os . View the psychogeographic voodle dislocation(s) by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 630, 04'37'' 25.4Mb, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features a soft, gliding approach. (Lum # 151," sensuous inbound " 01'00'', 4.7MB, Quicktime/mov)

Today's Patalab Metaphor Video features a gaze on space and desire. (patafilm # 442, [21.07.2007 post]03'10'', 14.3Mb, Quicktime/mov)

On emigration, memorial mound and fluxus

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“The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his home; it is just as complex, often ambivalent, and in general it is understood completely only when it is broken: by exile, emigration or voodling"

Voluntary exiled in voodles, Sam Renseiw pathetically blurred 4th of July footage from a local memorial mound. View the short, slow swirl with exit and added weight of expectation by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 613, 01'52'' 10MB, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features a moment of laid-back, fluxus memory refreshment (Lum # 131," couch fluxus " 00'57'', 4.8MB, Quicktime/mov)

Today's Patalab Metaphor Video re-play supplement features another, more refined classical space. (patafilm # 135, 01'50'', [10.04.2006 post] 7.6MB, mov/quicktime)

On waiting at the bottom of the garden

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"A voodle is visible images which conceal nothing... they evoke mystery and indeed when one sees one of the voodles, one asks oneself this simple question 'What does that mean'? It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable. The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown. Only thought can resemble. It resembles by being what it sees, hears, or knows; it becomes what the world offers it."

As life obliges one to do something, Sam Renseiw continues voodling with this year's first montage of a travelling situation. View the passage of time and the subtle intricacies of modern infrastructure traversing nature before waiting at the bottom of the garden by clicking here or on the links above.(patafilm # 544, 02'45'', 16.7MB, Quicktime/mov - Other versions at Blip.tv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere video features a sort of pause in a staircase, on the way to assessing art. (Lum # 71 " Tal R's corner at L " 00'59'',5.9MB, Quicktime/mov)