Wed 12 Jul 2006
OK. Spent a few hours today inside Final Cut Pro. The result being a flip that was supposed to be a brief 2 seconds, but due to my preoccupation with all the great things possible, I slipped a little in relation to the task at hand!
What began as a simple task of rearranging images of myself became choreographing a ‘dance’. Looking for impulse, some kind of odd flow and obscure forms, then playing with my real momentum versus an enforced shift of direction and speed. Fascinating. Of course I have seen dance on film, and this task is of little interest to anyone bar me, but it spoke loudly to me of engaging in other modalities of performance and performance making. I am learning. That is all I haev to say about it.
No real life fesh and blood dancing today. A shame.
July 12th, 2006 at 8:56 pm
Well – it can’t be MUCH more than 2 secs. Again I find myself fascinated at the capacity for being “moved” by these materials (doesn’t seem to matter who cuts them). In part I think it has to do with the smallness of the window that opens up as a “popup” – ie I don’t think it would be as significant for me if projected onto a big (or even regular sized) screen. The act of clicking, then seeing the window, then the (fast) download (am VERY used to having to wait for video watching) … and THEN followed by the brevity and density of the materials.
I think you and David are onto something here.