Hi everybody,
Thanks so much for the links, Angela. I'll be looking forward to the video conferencing.
I wanted to give you the links for a few more video works;
An.kara is a experimental documentary video I made (with Ersan Ocak) in 1996. It is about the urban transformation of Turkey's capital city, Ankara.
Horses Under The Sun is another documentary video. I made this documentary at a sculpture symposium back in 1997 --I thought, as art students you might find it interesting, because it reflects upon the creative processes of the participating artists.
"can i..." is a short video poem I made with excerpts from an interview with philosopher Avital Ronell.
See you on Tuesday, :)
Best,
Aras
From Jasmine:
ReplyDelete“can i…”
I really enjoyed the rhythm of this film and thought that cutting to
the black screen was quite effective. The artist utilizes what an
audience is not support to neither see nor hear in a video, it
accordance to aesthetic “norms” – 1. Black screen 2. Stuttering/
repetition of a phrase. In addition, I also felt as though the audio
and the image did not always link up. For example the subject recites,
“can I just speak is that okay…”, however, I felt as though the word
freely was edited/cut out, originally said as, “can I just speak
freely is that okay…”. It was at this point that I paid close
attention to the diction of changing word – read, suffer, whisper,
speak, obey, stand up, run, love, desire. Due to the diction and
delivery I interrupted this work as speaking to the oppression of
women and in writing this progression of words on paper, it has become
apparent to me that the words themselves align themselves in a way of
mobility and development. The films portrayal of female oppression
with patriarchal roles of gender is further displayed with the
introduction of the physical script. Also this concept is further
displayed in the title with the lower case “i” – an inability to claim
the self and a representation of lesser status.
Question: What made the artist decide to have the voice as the last
impression projected onto the viewer? Why not the image?
“An.kara”
Although no words are spoken, the artist clearly unveils his position
on urban transformation through his film. (Dividing the film into
three main parts) The first part - successfully lengthens time by
slowing down film and the image of the clock. Second part – rapidly
paced and displays people being active; ways of the past. Third part –
showed the monotony and doom of urban centers… this was accomplished
through sounds of low musical tones, hollow echoing and screams; shaky
camera; there was also this scene of never-ending through sky-scrapper
windows spanned from below, the repetition of geometric rectangles and
buildings reflections in other buildings, repetitive lamp posts, etc.
Toward the end – image of rolling continuous hills
Initially, the film reminded me of a documentary called Children
Underground – about children in Russia who have basically formed
societies in the subways systems. (They have rules, punishments, a
hierarchical structure of roles, etc.)