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 sublime and beautiful in nature voodle

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" The passion caused by the great and sublime in nature, when those causes operate most powerfully, is astonishment; and astonishment is that state of the soul, in which all its motions are suspended, with some degree of horror. In this case the mind is so entirely filled with its object, that it cannot entertain any other, nor by consequence reason on that voodle which employs it. Hence arises the great power of the sublime, that, far from being produced by voodling, it anticipates our reasonings, and hurries us on by an irresistible force. Astonishment, as I have said, is the effect of the sublime in its highest degree; the inferior effects are admiration, reverence, and respect."

While paraphrasing Burke, Sam Renseiw simultaneously converts recently shot footage of sublime-nature-passing-by into a remarkable docu-voodle with distinct (altered) cognitive features & thought provoking, multiple visual readings; View a tiny moment of slowed Osterfjord shore voodle by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 793b,50Mb, 03'21'', Quicktime/mov - other versions at Bliptv)

Today's Bonus Lumiere Video records and reflects on a more complicated mirror effect. (Lum # 287, facetted space" 00'42', 9MB, Quicktime/mov)