a contiguous expanse

March 03, 2015 in studio

a sweeping uninterrupted view captures the surrounds of a periphery ... the slow circular movement... clockwise / anticlockwise – forwards / backwards . a revolution is stretched by the interruption of the "interplay of directed actions" ... a transformation or a compression of movement / the panorama extends our field of vision in the hope of revealing a wider truth but the lateral return to its point of origin feels like a second take, a cut, a 'flicker' moment which embeds itself in uncertainty. not perfect, did it miss something? is there something else there to be seen? as it returns to record its passage it leaves behind a stretched pixel, a moment in time when it was something else, attached to something else. a remix, "a rough-cut of sequences"...

bilderfahrzeuge

February 28, 2015 in resources

[image] Abraham Moritz Warburg, known as Aby Warburg, (June 13, 1866 – October 26, 1929) was an art historian and cultural theorist who founded a private Library for Cultural Studies, the Kulturwisenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg, later Warburg Institute. At the heart of his research was the legacy of the Classical World in the most varied areas of western culture through to the Renaissance. [image retrieved from http://collecting-matters.tumblr.com/post/35506833273/aby-m-warburg-and-mnemosyne-atlas]

An Aby Warburg moment? ... ships on the high seas, navigating difficult territories, brooding clouds, occupying different spaces, at different times, in different places, a cross cultural transport ... thanks to kevin via veronica via bela via the guardian via riley ...

* apologise to bela for having spelt her name wrong in the original post....

[image] An image from “Serene Velocity” (1970).2011113-DARGIS-slide-ZHUE-articleLarge — [image] An image from “Serene Velocity” (1970).2011113-DARGIS-slide-ZHUE-articleLarge

Ernie Gehr – the structuralist film maker

February 02, 2015 in resources

No Blockbusters Here, Just Mind Expanders

By MANOHLA DARGIS Published: November 11, 2011

"THERE are a multiplicity of adjectives that fit Ernie Gehr’s experimental film and digital work: abstract, beautiful, mysterious, invigorating, utopian. The work can also be oblique; this is not a bad thing! His 14-minute film “History” (1970), to take one extreme example, largely consists of what looks like a sparkly black-and-gray blob that brings to mind a hallucination of a desert night sky, like van Gogh on acid.... "

Retrieved from: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/movies/ernie-gehrs-films-traffic-in-images-and-light.html

Recent works : Ernie Gehr: Bon Voyage http://www.centre.ch/en/ernie-gehr-multi-channel-digital-installations-en

[youtube=http://youtu.be/KF3am9peDRg]

Video retrieved from: http://www.theseventhart.org/main/videos/issue-9-ernie-gehr/#.Uk3nw7xQ2wA

Can we see philosophy? (what a great question)

"It is a question that is always haunting me: What is it that I’m working with? It’s also, What is a film? What is a digital work? Is it the physical item? Is it the projector? The strip of film? The tape? The disc? It’s all part of it. It’s mixed media. And the way these things all interact tell us so much about human perception and experience and the way one sees anything in the world."

Retrieved from: Can we see philosophy? A dialogue with Ernie Gehr By Peter Catapano and Ernie Gehr – http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/can-we-see-philosophy-a-dialog-with-ernie-gehr/

"Structuralist film theory is a branch of film theory that is rooted in Structuralism, itself based on structural linguistics. Structuralist film theory emphasizes how films convey meaning through the use of codes and conventions not dissimilar to the way languages are used to construct meaning in communication". taken from somewhere on the web

Here is a sneak at his recent video works : + raphael hefti - or or or?

[youtube=http://youtu.be/Ip8Z1loR_xE]

information shadows - a brief digest

January 30, 2015 in studio

updated as of : 2015.06

where is the interface? why can't a wall be an interface? how about a space, a void? is that not an interface? things are unfinished. some patterns seem to be emerging. talk is not about the things, object/images or otherwise, that occupy the wall but more about the ideas which surround them. the embedded meaning or rather the residual value which they impart. their place in the context of greater meaning or whether they even have a place within the space they temporarily inhabit? how to transport a viewer elsewhere? i enjoy encountering a space and making decisions in the moment. how much content to include? where should they be positioned? what is their relation to each other? is there one? a minimalist aesthetic? can one object/image carry that much weight? ...

... i was told to wait ...

images below from 'global / local' summer seminar whitecliffe college of arts and design mfa mid-course submission : 2015.02.16-22 : install at Pearce Gallery and SGBR Studio, 130 Georges Bay road, parnell, auckland

Information shadows

Our thirst for knowledge and our appetite for understanding is what has propelled humanity forward. As we continue to broaden the knowledge based economies of our interconnected lives the data and information we manufacture acts as a conduit where the content we exchange contains a new form of labour. This ‘user activated labour’ results from a transaction where the value of exchange is not immediately one of economics but rather an exchange of information ripe for harvesting. Objects and resources are embedded with an information shadow and as we engage with our data driven society we extend the value of any given resource beyond its sole purpose as a commodity. The information presented here acts as a mediating point and seeks to explore the possibilities where concepts and ideas might exist beyond the boundaries of their function and intent. The accompanying QR codes link to a digital space where ideas exist in another dimension. These black and white cryptographs act as an interface between a physical world and the digital universe.

You will need to download a QR reader to your device to scan and follow the links.

update: 2015.06

This project began as the Data Syphons project.01 on blended-theory. It has since been absorbed into the transparency in exile: eighty-eight or there abouts project. They straddle the same subject matter and as these projects continue to be refined they will migrate into more specific lines of inquiry.

this is not normal ...

January 28, 2015 in notes

we sat facing each other, fists pounding the table, plates rattling, scattering and shimmering on the wooden surface . like boiling water on the hood of a pick-up truck in the middle of a texan summer . two minds interlocked in a battle of differences . two opposing views, neither one understanding the complexities of their intents . the shouting got louder and the ability to rationalise increasingly became dimmer . loved ones dispersed, sheltering from the eruptions . we continued to shout . 'art is not art unless it is universal' thump ! the plates danced ... 'but hold on a sec, does that mean that i am not an artist because i am not universal?' no reply... 'art is only good when everyone recognises it ... like monet or michelangelo... that's what art is! bang! ... it went on like this and things shut down ... what began as a conversation, where the exchange of ideas and the sharing of experiences around a common space enlivened by the gift of food and drink, had now become, once again, a lecture . this is not normal i thought to myself . thankfully those days are gone .

stretched vistas

January 12, 2015 in studio

shape / colour / modular

December 11, 2014 in studio

stand-ins / and other thoughts

data /

modular /

chatter /

fractured /