Berlin Biennial 2008 (part 1)

I'll put up my own pics of the Biennial later on in part 2. for now I'll just put up some links to video pieces from the KW gallery.

David Maljkovic: Lost Memories from These Days, 2006-8http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif



Kim Sung Hwan: Summer Days in Keijo, 1937/2007

Balsamic Vinegar

The Balsamico Performance. Litsa Spathi makes a salad with oil and balsamico. The liquid is moved and monsters are formed. All transformed into this video. Published by Fluxus Heidelberg 2006


It's quite a coincidence that I came across this video- I was thinking of filming liquids mixing, specifically filming a clear or white liquid from below whilst drops of a red liquid are poured into it form above. I want to project these images, make an installation of these 'moving paintings'.

Anyway, I was looking up fluxus pieces on youtube, and I found this. It reminds me a lot of Brakhage's experiments with direct applications onto film (Mothlight, etc.)

Video Experiment No. 2

Here's one made with footage filmed at Booterstown beach with Dave. Might edit it a bit more.

Video Experiment

Here's a preliminary look at a piece I made with burrough's cut ups in mind. I'll probably continue editing it, and will most likely leave the ring segment out of it. I've got footage for another video (i filmed out the window in the media studio- filmed windows, pedestrians, signs, etc.) so I'll do another cut up style vid imminently.

The Everyday: Project Overview and Ideas

Project Description

During this project you will be asked to create a work or series of works which interrogate an aspect of the everyday. The everyday could be seen to encompass many aspects of contemporary life, including everyday routines, transport, exchange interaction, and popular culture.

Idea 1

For one part of my project, I'd like to film/photograph buildings at closing time. I got the idea for this when working on the self-directed photography project; the image of a lit window at night highlighted what goes on behind the glass more so than a window during the day would. The recording of the images would be as unintrusive as possible, so that it becomes a documentative narrative rather than an illicited one. However, when filming, I want to have a static camera position so that the image of a building front becomes the stage of the story. I want to film the NCAD design building at closing time, mainly because of ease and its likeness to actual office buildings. I'll be photographing other buildings throughout the city (around the IFSC, the AIB bank on Baggot St., office buildings along the Quays) at night time as well.


Initial Research

Videos inspired by Andy Warhol's piece, 'Empire'










Gursky
http://nymag.com/arts/art/reviews/andreasgursky070521_560.jpg
http://www.notifbutwhen.com/2/Gursky.jpg
http://cache.gridskipper.com/assets/resources/2007/03/AndreasGursky.jpg


Idea 2

Looking at the idea of the routine in everyday life, from tomorrow onwards I'll be posting up my whereabouts at (approximate) times throughout the day. I'll be documenting my day through the locations I visit. The final product will be a geographical diary which I can represent on a map, with a different coloured 'timeline' for each day dotting out my daily journeys.

Initial Research

Hans Haacke- MOMA Poll; Gallery Goers’ Birth Place and Residence Profile
http://transform.eipcp.net/correspondence/1168433356
http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/hans_haacke/