silence: can be a political act or have a political dimension. can be used very specifically by visual artists. e.g. Sonny Assu work 'ellipsis' 2012 where 136 records are cast in copper, copper having a ceremonial dimension in west coast indigenous people and references the golden record made to keep recordings for communicating with people... Continue Reading →
archeoacoustics
resonant frequencies and silence: how do formal sound elements exist in a social dimension, how have they been effected by the notion of a global sound. sound existed at the origins of the universe - the big bang. the big bang was completely silent as all particles were moving away from each other at a... Continue Reading →
sound: analytical frameworks
the next part of this module (one) looks at some frameworks to help analyse sound events. frameworks: having frameworks for analysing sounds can open perspectives on what sound is and can be. 5 analytical frameworks: frequency: sound is a time based phenomenon. sound evolves in time, acoustic events can be close together or not and... Continue Reading →
experiments with sound
taking some time to start a course on experimental sound making. looking forward to exploring what has gone before and how it might impact my film-making. some notes: a list of the big hitters in sound art: John Cage: Empty Words Alvin Lucier: I am Sitting In A Room Joe Carter: Harbour Symphony Brain Eno:... Continue Reading →
working slowly
no rush: i am working slowly through a range of coloured layers for a print open call exhibition in Spain. feels good to be back working in colour and also working with stencil cut-outs. i find myself slowing down my making process and setting myself smaller incremental units to complete. this slowing down seems to... Continue Reading →
anchor and odyssey
film shaping and completing: happy to say that over the course of may, i managed to shape and complete my film based on the footage i had gathered over lockdown. i thoughts if i gave myself a month to focus on completing this project, then i could submit it to an open call which had... Continue Reading →
detritus
things to hand: i have been sorting through some of the stuff in my studio and decided to start using up bits and pieces i have gathered or not thrown away for some reason. i decided to use some cut offs of transparencies that i seem to keep and prepared screens to print these. i... Continue Reading →
unseen
La Galerie VR: i am happy to be selected for the online exhibition around the theme of unseen. i submitted for this as it resonated with my blind spot series that i have been tinkering away on. la galerie vr have done a good job of selecting, promoting and getting this exhibition together. i would... Continue Reading →
print residency
print residency: i am just back from a wonderful week in Spain, doing a residency in a print studio where i learned hard ground etching. i didn't have any specific project in mind but brought along some images to work from in order to learn the technique. the technique of etching is a many step... Continue Reading →
experimental filmmaking: a personal approach
day five: and so to the last day of the masterclass, which has been so freeing, inspiring and practical - what a mix. by about 12 o'clock, i decided to export my film so that i get a sense of it as a film. although there were a few things i wanted to tweak, i... Continue Reading →
experimental filmmaking: in free flow – gathering, editing, sharing
day four: a practical filmmaking day. today we were asked to go out with our cameras and gather footage to work with towards making a short film. using the 'exquisite corpse' format, we were given some parameters to organise our material and make a short film - to be 5-6 mins, have 30-60 pieces of... Continue Reading →
experimental filmmaking: archiving the everything
day three: this has been probably the most intense day - again full of watching and discussion. themes and subjects: think about the themes that excite you and that you are interested in - the impetus for your future films. what do you want to address in your work? in the 'Art of Time', Tarkovsky... Continue Reading →
elaine crowe 