Great post! I’ve always shied away from video because of the time commitment involved and yet will think nothing of spending 10 hours editing a set of photos. I guess it’s ultimately what puts you in that state of “flow”. Also, do you really think it’s harder to create a novel than a poem? Not sure I’d agree with this.
I'm reminded of Frederic Jameson's comment about the difference between film and television: with the former there is an ending, a moment of closure, and the memory can begin its work of digesting what it has seen. The most important moment in a piece of music is the silence at the end, which assigns each note its final meaning. It is this kind of closure, underpinning the narrative character of memory, that our media society denies. An excellent post, thank you. I especially enjoyed the Frank quote – that's going into my notes for certain.
Of course I know Robert Frank and his famous book, but I didn’t know he stop photographing and made films. I also didn’t know he made those collages later in his life. Do you have a source where to find them (well, I guess I can google it). This was an excellent read. Thank you!
Frank is by far my favourite photographer. I found his video for "Rocks Off" to be far more interesting than "Cocksucker Blues." In Rocks Off, Frank struggles to conjure a liminal space between photography and film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lNP-x94-SE
Great post! I’ve always shied away from video because of the time commitment involved and yet will think nothing of spending 10 hours editing a set of photos. I guess it’s ultimately what puts you in that state of “flow”. Also, do you really think it’s harder to create a novel than a poem? Not sure I’d agree with this.
I'm reminded of Frederic Jameson's comment about the difference between film and television: with the former there is an ending, a moment of closure, and the memory can begin its work of digesting what it has seen. The most important moment in a piece of music is the silence at the end, which assigns each note its final meaning. It is this kind of closure, underpinning the narrative character of memory, that our media society denies. An excellent post, thank you. I especially enjoyed the Frank quote – that's going into my notes for certain.
Of course I know Robert Frank and his famous book, but I didn’t know he stop photographing and made films. I also didn’t know he made those collages later in his life. Do you have a source where to find them (well, I guess I can google it). This was an excellent read. Thank you!
Frank is by far my favourite photographer. I found his video for "Rocks Off" to be far more interesting than "Cocksucker Blues." In Rocks Off, Frank struggles to conjure a liminal space between photography and film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lNP-x94-SE