sat 14 nov 09

THE FILM PROJECT

Brainstorming/Film Writing:
This is a group project but initially we all started thinking of an idea or theme individually. So the brainstorming began.
How to film spaces, which spaces and for what reason?
With keeping the acting to a minimum i realised we should think of an object as the main caracter. An interesting object through what it represents. A russian doll is this toy that when you open it it has another doll inside etc. I thought this would be a good starting point. The layers could represent transition. Are the layers stripped off or added on (Victor&Rolf, f/w 99-00)?

As a group we took up the idea of the russian doll and together we started writing the script. The layers came to represent wishes of the people with whom the doll would encounter - experiencing space through their eyes. Their unconcious wish would get reality.

Props making and Filming:
The group got devided in subgroups and i chose to get involved with the underwater animation.
Making the animation out of plasticine took a lot of time as expected and some credits definitely need to go to Soonjin and Yao who are plasticine masters. The tasks i took on me were getting the materials from various shops, making the background, setting up and filming the bubble scene, sitting in the most uncomfortable positions for hours working on the animation and arguing with David sometimes..haha.
When we were finished with the underwater scene our subgroup got involved with the bus scene and we filmed a day on busses in south london and also around Victoria station.

--see post of 23th december for pictures--
A Small Tibute: Seal – Prayer For The Dying - Live In Paris

Seizure by sculptor Roger Hiorns, Harper road London

Seizure by sculptor Roger Hiorns, Harper road London
When the installation 'Seizure' at Elephant&Castle re-opened I knew I wasn't going to miss out on the experience this time (it first opened in 2008). I heard from quite a few people who went to see it that is was impressive to say the least. Somehow I had never heard anybody mentioning the procedure the installation was built, but when I walked in I immediately thought about biology lessions back in high school where we 'grew' crystals. The process is called copper sulphate crystallisation and Roger Hiorns is saying the following about why he chose it: "I was very interested in the idea that the artwork would exist aesthetically without my hand, and interested in not being present for most of the making." (from 'The impregnation of an Object' - Artangel)

Its hard to envision that this flat was transformed into a watertight tank for the purpose of the crystallisation. On the gloomy and rainy afternoon I went to see Seizure is was also difficult to imagine that for two and a half weeks of the construction the temperature in the flat was between 30 and 60 degrees celcius.

Friday, 1 January 2010

Last year at CSM we had a project called 'parasite architecture'. The next video reminds me of it. Parasite Art would be a suitable title for it. The art installation lives of the structure with which it is connected. It comes alive. Very inpressive. Respect!

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