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adaption

T-Bone & London Bridge Station, work #2

The settings of this piece of work are the following:

There is binary opposition in terms of movement: The camera is still in the left film and following the dog in the other film. The link is adaption ==> In left setting (trains station) the camera adapts to the stillness & loneliness of the space in order to capture what is going on (the deserted station). In the right footage (dogs in the park) the camera captures the running around and playing of the dogs by following the (main) dog.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mode of display

projection side-by-side in dark room

Background notes (un-edited)

I decided to remove the sound as I find the two juxtaposed pieces of footage have a much stronger impact despite the fact that there is an essential constrast in the audio backgrounds.

London Bridge Station

Experience

Link

Experience

T-Bone in park

Still

  • Complete focus of thought and awareness of immediate environement and oneself

  • Time stands still, one lasting moment

  • breathing deeply and slowly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • Feeling the environement, the gras, the wind, noise

  • time goes by

  • breathing fast

Constantly moving

Hardly any interaction

  • There is no forced communication

  • feeling of freedom

  • relaxed

  • feeling of being protected within oneself

  • It is hard not to interact with T-Bone as he is constantly barking and jumping around

  • tiring

Interacting with camera and other dog

Man made construction

  • As a nature entity one is a visitor of this space which allows me to be, which allows me to use it and exist

  • Vivid

  • balanced

  • fresh

  • full of life

Nature

Artifical geometrical forms

  • Every shape has a right angle

  • the shapes are hard and mathematical

  • No right angles, straight lines

  • all perfectly balanced

Natural forms

Artifical light

  • Casting of shadows not natural

  • Casting of shadow according to main light source

Day light

Camera still

  • Observing calmly

  • focused

  • Full of life and energy

  • not so much focused on the moment but more interested in capturing the dog

Camera moving

Passive

  • Not trying to influence space

  • absorbing space without any action

  • Camera is trying to capture the dog actively

active

Empty

  • Space to think

  • space to become one with the environement

  • No time for self-refelction

  • constantly repsonding to actions

Full

Lonely

  • Feeling of a deserted space

  • Feeling of togetherness as dog is barking at camera

together

 

 

 

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