Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Saturday, June 6, 2015
all the time in the world
An imaginary sightseeing tour of Market
Street, San Francisco,
made using vernacular material over one hundred years old. Market Street is of
particular interest to The Selle Circle, a loose collective mentioned earlier,
interested in study and repurposing the work of a street vendor photographer.
It’s the place many of his photographs were made, starting about 50 years after
this source material was created.
Thursday, June 4, 2015
tea
The routine of acts performed often should not be cause for boredom. This small film demonstrates that much lies beneath the surface, behind the scene.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
paradise
Within each person lies a walled garden, a place where all
that’s learned, lessons about soul, happy memories and much more reside. This
tour is of one such place, but it’s not much unlike your own.
Etymology: The word 'paradise' is charged. I refer to
numerous online definitions that refer to a "walled enclosure" or a
"walled garden". The skull is the wall, the mind is contained within.
The project paradise may be seen here.
Sunday, May 10, 2015
completely bizarre
Suggested by Andy Eskind, we see the same person, probably the
same photographer capturing the subject at the same angle, but with different clothing
and on different days. We don’t know how much time has past, only that alignments
are weirdly and unexpectedly correct. The project may be seen here.
A fine essay on the topic of Joseph Selle was written by Andy, who includes essential
reference to The Selle Circle, a small group interested in what of the Selle archive that
remains: at least one million negative images. It can be found here.
Friday, May 8, 2015
experiments can have unexpected outcomes
A similar method used in 2 ladies reveals something
unexpected: a group of four men who appear to start floating away. The work four guys can be watched here.
the still picture that moves
One
property of 17523 Pictures is that it
demonstrates human incapacity to absorb all that goes on around us, leaving a
vacuum of incomplete memory. In the experiment 2 ladies, the minutia in 1/8 second of the lives of two ordinary
people is explored in piercing detail. Like watching the minute hand of a
clock, very subtle movements can be seen. If any of us could have stood on that
San Francisco street
corner 60 years ago, it would’ve been impossible to notice all those little
parts of life. Yet they did happen and 2
ladies shows the fullness of time is actually made of tiny moments.
2 ladies may be viewed here.
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