Thursday, 2 December 2010
still movie tests
This clip is a test of an idea I had about the present/ongoing and the past. I used a Nikon DSLR to shoot both still and video images, and combined the two in to one frame. I still need to work on the quality of the clip, but the idea is there, and I think it works.
Half/half
I also want to try dividing the screen horizontally, or for the frame to be vertical...
as well as adding an image which covers only a small section of the frame.
as well as adding an image which covers only a small section of the frame.
I have also created two clips from a same set of still photographs, to be played at different speeds. Shots with less frames/sec appears more like individual images, like a slide show, whereas when more shots are squeezed in, it flows more like a clip.
Other experimental clips I made: http://vimeo.com/user5371109
Other experimental clips I made: http://vimeo.com/user5371109
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
Artists on Berlin
Artists I have focused on for this unit are, Tacita Dean, Sophie Calle and Amie Siegel. They have engaged with Berlin and its post-Wall characteristics. Tacita Dean's Fehnsehturm and Palast are film clips of politically symbolic architectures, and Berliners' perceptions are still linked to the historical background before unification.
Fehnsehturm
Palast
Sophie Calle's The Detachment combines both text and visual images to demonstrate melancholic atmosphere. By interviewing passers-by, Calle highlights how changes that followed the German unification is felt by its citizens.
The Detachment
Amie Siegel has produced numerous short-films relating to the topic. Berlin Remake (below) juxtapose clips shot by the former GDR film firm with that of current (or post-unification) Berlin.
Berlin Remake
The artists have connected and contrasted the history of East Berlin/Germany with how it has transformed through the process of unification, and the works not only documents but rotate towards creative expression.
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
projection test 2
I have tested projecting on to 3 sheets of frosted plastic, and then viewing them from both sides, and also on to smoke. The idea is to create an atmosphere of recollection.
Opal 030 3mm, front and back
Opal/White 040 3mm, front and back
Silk 040 3mm, front and back
The test with smoke proved to be difficult. I've connected a smoke machine to a wooden box with an open front, which I can cover up with different material for different effects. I would then project an image on to it.
This was the set up: the smoke machine connected to the box on the right, and a projector connected to a laptop.
This was the set up: the smoke machine connected to the box on the right, and a projector connected to a laptop.
The first material that was roughly woven did not hold/control the smoke at all.
I'd then added another material, which had a closer weave. It let the smoke gradually through, and the images were better projected on to it, although, after a second or two there would be too much smoke in front of it (below).
The key is to have many smaller holes for the smoke to be let out, and somehow blow the smoke away so that it doesn't build up. The room filled up with smoke very quickly... there might be a problem with smoke detectors inside the exhibition space too (unless it had a heat detector alarm).
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