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Tue, 25 Dec 2007
A Dream of Two of our Great Northern Cities
'A Dream of Two of our Great Northern Cities' 49.3MB 1:48 min
Sat, 22 Dec 2007
Smoke
'Smoke' 15.7MB 27 secs silent
Lumière
Mon, 17 Dec 2007
Shadow Loop
'Shadow Loop' 3.4MB 6 sec loop silent
From My Sick Bed
'From My Sick Bed' 20.4MB 55 secs silent
Lumière
Train Coming
'Train Coming' 4.2MB 33 secs
Lyrics by Robert Roth & Carletta Joy Walker.
Thu, 06 Dec 2007
Arranging the Snow
'Arranging the Snow' 20.9MB 51 secs silent
Remix of a beautiful piece by Mike Moon.
Sat, 01 Dec 2007
A Jay & Winter Cherry Blossom For Patrick Simons
'A Jay & Winter Cherry Blossom For Patrick Simons' 22.3MB 14 secs silent
Fri, 30 Nov 2007
The Way Home
'The Way Home' 25MB6 59 secs
Thu, 29 Nov 2007
Portal
'Portal' 8.7MB 6 sec loop silent
Sun, 11 Nov 2007
Light
'Light' 33.1MB 1:04 min
Music generated by Orchestra Rhizome.
Sat, 10 Nov 2007
Scratch
'Scratch' 14.7MB 59 secs silent
One Lumière re-versioning
another.
Wed, 07 Nov 2007
Dancing in the Street
'Dancing in the Street' 11.5MB 32 secs
Mon, 05 Nov 2007
On Crookes
'The Admiral' 24.7MB 57 secs silent
'The Noah's Ark' 17.5MB 40 secs silent
Two Lumières.
Thu, 01 Nov 2007
Hillsborough Corner
'Janet, driving' 23.4MB 54 secs silent
'Langsett Road, near Hillsborough Corner' 24.5MB 57 secs silent
Around Hillsborough, last Friday, dusk.
Two Lumières.
Wed, 31 Oct 2007
A Clip Bar 0
'A Clip Bar 0' 24.2MB 1:35 min
Brian Gibson's great new piece Parabolic remixed.
Hunting & Gathering
'Hunting & Gathering' 11.5MB 43 sec loop
Tue, 30 Oct 2007
Cherry Tree in October Wind
'Cherry Tree in October Wind' 14.5MB 34 secs silent
'Cherry Tree in October Wind #1' 20MB 45 secs
'Cherry Tree in October Wind #2' 7.8MB 23 secs
The first is a Lumière.
The other two are more worked.
Tue, 23 Oct 2007
Frame & Chiaroscuro
'Frame' 0.7MB 49 secs silent
'Chiaroscuro' 1MB 58 secs silent
Two mobile phone Lumières.
Sat, 20 Oct 2007
Self Portrait with Bird near Southwark Bridge
'Self Portrait with Bird near Southwark Bridge' 8.2MB 36 secs
Mon, 15 Oct 2007
Thus far on Scenes of Provincial Life...
'Thus far on Scenes of Provincial Life...' 21MB 19 sec loop
Sun, 14 Oct 2007
Hastings, Manchester, Sheffield, London
'Jellied Eel Bar' 15.4MB 41 secs silent
'Hastings' 17MB 27 secs silent
'Manchester' 13.8MB 43 secs silent
'City Hall' 14.6MB 47 secs silent
'West Street' 16.7MB 55 secs silent
'City Road' 19.5MB 31 secs silent
'Feet' 9.3MB 30 secs silent
Seven Lumières.
2 Hastings, Wednesday.
1 Manchester, 2 Sheffield, Thurs.
2 London, Friday.
Tue, 09 Oct 2007
3 Rainy Day Movies
'Garden 11.30 am' 16.7MB 55 secs silent
'Approaching A City 4.30 pm' 18MB 59 secs silent
'London Bridge 5 pm' 16.5MB 55 secs silent
Three rainy day movies, Lumières all.
Fri, 05 Oct 2007
A Walk Round Gilston, Twice.
'A Walk Round Gilston #1' 19.3MB 1:01 min silent
'A Walk Round Gilston #2' 18.8MB 54 secs
Early evening yesterday, on the road from Gilston Church to
Actons Farm
and then looping back down the track.
This will all soon disappear if the developers get their way.
Sun, 30 Sep 2007
South Bank to the Charing Cross Road
'South Bank to the Charing Cross Road' 27.1MB 2:13 min
Last Wednesday night, walking from the NFT up to
Leicester Square tube.
Double Cherry Blossoms
'Double Cherry Blossoms' 1.1MB 10 secs
This is the oldest movie here. I made it in December 2000
& I just found it again.
Thanks to a 13 year old Anna for the singing.
The text was from a book of Haiku I took out
of the library then, hence the lack of attribution now.
If anyone knows, please mail me.
Wed, 19 Sep 2007
On the Isle of Dogs
'Lights' 0.5MB 57 secs silent
'Docklands Light Railway #1' 0.4MB 31 secs silent
'Docklands Light Railway #2' 0.7MB 50 secs silent
'Docklands Light Railway #3' 0.6MB 59 secs silent
Four mobile phone Lumières.
Tue, 18 Sep 2007
Parlement of Foulys
'Parlement of Foulys' 28.1MB 49 secs
Two little dicky birds
Sitting on a wall
One named Peter
One named Paul
Fly away Peter!
Fly away Paul!
Come back Peter!
Come back Paul!
2 Self Portraits
'Portrait of the Artist Ascending A Staircase' 16.4MB 10 secs silent
'Portrait of the Artist Descending A Staircase' 14.6MB 11 secs silent
Two Lumières.
Sun, 16 Sep 2007
Mimi, Jack & Anna
'Mimi, Jack & Anna' 109MB 2:09 min
About half way through this, I realised I was
unconsciously structuring it with the work
of Jacques Rivette in mind. So it's a kind of
tiny tribute to a master.
The music is my arrangement for Tuba Quartet of the Pixies'
Is She Weird? played by Tubalaté on their Hall of Mirrors CD.
Thanks to them & thanks to Anna, Jack & Mimi.
Sun, 09 Sep 2007
Sheffield, from an Attic Window in Crookes
'Sheffield, from an Attic Window in Crookes' 9.72MB 54 secs silent
Sheffield, from an attic window in Crookes, last Friday lunchtime.
'Sheffield, from an Attic Window in Crookes' 8.91MB 59 secs silent
Dusk, Thursday.
Yet more Lumières.
Sun, 02 Sep 2007
Herring
'Herring' 19.5MB 40 secs silent
Another Lumière: cheap, tasty & nutritious.
Fri, 31 Aug 2007
CSI: Looking-Glass House
'CSI: Looking-Glass House' 6.34MB 46 secs silent
Another Lumière.
Sat, 25 Aug 2007
Canal
'Canal' 63.4MB 37 secs
Thu, 23 Aug 2007
From the Eiffel Tower
'From the Eiffel Tower' 51MB 28 secs silent
Wed, 22 Aug 2007
Reading Roberto Bolaño
'Reading Roberto Bolaño' 45.1MB 2:46 min
Fri, 27 Jul 2007
2 more Lumières
'Burning Down the House' 22.4MB 50 secs silent
'Kingfisher Flick' 4MB 10 secs silent
2 more Lumières.
Kingfisher Flick is a kind of reworking of this.
From the virtual to the material & back to the virtual;
again back to the material & then once more to the virtual.
Tue, 24 Jul 2007
Performing 'Pulled Up' by the Talking Heads in my Garden
'Performing 'Pulled Up' by the Talking Heads in my Garden' 48.1MB 36 secs silent
Another Lumière.
Mon, 23 Jul 2007
2 'Lumière' pieces
'Tree, partially obscured by line of washing' 39.5MB 30 secs silent
'Land of the Giants' 39MB 21 secs silent
Made for Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen's excellent Lumière project.
Rules:
60 seconds max.
Fixed camera
No audio
No zoom
No edit
No effects
Sun, 22 Jul 2007
Fauves' Day Out
'Fauves' Day Out' 60MB 1:00 min
Thu, 19 Jul 2007
Hollyhocks
'Hollyhocks' 72.5MB 25 sec silent
Wed, 04 Jul 2007
Then
'Then' 32.3MB 2:18 min
The source movie is from the Library of Congress
American Memory site
& was originally made at Edison's Black Maria studio in West Orange,
New Jersey, in 1897.
The music is Verdi's Ah Che La Morte Ognora from
Il Trovatore sung by Antonio Vargas, probably in 1902. It was found on the
University of California, Santa Barbara's Cylinder Preservation and Digitisation Project.
Time spent at either of these sites is time not wasted...
Sat, 23 Jun 2007
M11
'M11' 8.6MB 55 sec silent
Sun, 17 Jun 2007
Rough Music
'Rough Music' 68.2MB 1:12min
Sat, 26 May 2007
Call & Response
'Call' 19.3MB 5:00 min
'Response' 2.61MB 55 sec
Early this month I gave a talk to students on the
excellent Interactive Art & Design M.A at Falmouth.
Afterwards I saw some great work by those students.
One project, by Rebecca Gamble, was participatory.
The first movie is my response to that.
The second is constructed from images & texts
Rebecca then, in turn, sent me.
She also sent me some audio, which I hope to make
part of a final movie in this sequence.
Sun, 22 Apr 2007
Spring Quartet
'Violin 1' 31.4MB 15 sec
'Violin 2' 28.5MB 15 sec
'Viola' 20.6MB 14 sec
'Cello' 17.2MB 11 sec
Around the cherry tree, from early March to mid April.
(There's also a sort of generative, music/image piece
derived from these movies. Download it here.
Unzip it, read the read me & Bob's your uncle...
Watch out though - PC only, 103 MB!)
Tue, 17 Apr 2007
Redmires Loop
'Redmires Loop' 46MB 18 sec loop silent
Mon, 16 Apr 2007
A Chelm Story for Doron Golan
'A Chelm Story for Doron Golan' 50.3MB 1:05 min
With respect & affection.
A fellow's walking along the street when he bumps into a guy from Chelm.
He sees the guy is wearing one black shoe & one brown one, so he says to him:
'Whassup with you friend? - going around with one shoe black & the other brown.'
And the guy comes back - 'You may well laugh but, you know, I've got another
pair exactly like this back at home.'
Text from Uriel Weinreich's
College Yiddish.
Thu, 12 Apr 2007
Abutment
'Abutment' 69MB 1:41 min
Tremor
'Tremor' 27MB 7 sec loop silent
Tue, 03 Apr 2007
Ayran
'Ayran' 3MB 11 sec
Mon, 26 Mar 2007
the making of Below the Waterline
'the making of Below the Waterline' 51.6MB 2:09 min
Contains rehearsal footage & video projections from Beneath the Waves
by Tell Tale Hearts Children's Touring Theatre Company
with
design by Sophia Lovell Smith.
The music is from the University of California,
Santa Barbara,
Cylinder
Preservation
& Digitization Project and is (in order):
The Hoffman Quartet playing Anton Rubinstein's Molto Lento in 1912
Frank C Stanley singing At the Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea in 1902
Charles D'Almaine
playing the Fisher's Hornpipe in 1913
Big thanks: Jo, Katie, Kim, Lars, Louise, Mark, Simone, Sophia & Tash -
I had a whale of a time.
Thu, 22 Mar 2007
Washing Line
'Washing Line' 38.5MB 1:12 min
Tue, 13 Mar 2007
On South Road
'On South Road' 21.7MB 50 sec
On South Road, last Thursday morning.
Sun, 11 Mar 2007
Leaving a City
'Leaving a City' 9.84MB 3:09 min
Tue, 06 Mar 2007
For 9 Strings
'For 9 Strings' 28.1MB 3:38 min
Wed, 28 Feb 2007
Home Movie
'Home Movie' 21MB 30 sec silent
Happy Birthday, Jan.
X m.
Tue, 27 Feb 2007
Symposium
'Symposium' 26.2MB 58 sec
Thanks to Ruth Catlow & Graziano Milano.
Sun, 11 Feb 2007
Sudden Snow
'Sudden Snow' 40.2MB 51 sec
Tue, 06 Feb 2007
Landscape with Musical Instruments
'Landscape with Musical Instruments' 23.4MB 1:00 min
Vincent van Gogh
'Vincent van Gogh' 11MB 14 sec
Sat, 03 Feb 2007
House & Garden
'House & Garden' 37MB 38 sec
The images were taken from the 1949 film
English Children: Life in the City
& then subsequently somewhat manipulated.
The music is new.
Sun, 28 Jan 2007
Time & Motion
'Time & Motion' 26.5MB 45 sec loop
Thu, 25 Jan 2007
Self Portrait on my 50th Birthday, Walking from Harlow to Bethnal Green along the Rivers Stort & Lee
'Self Portrait on my 50th Birthday, Walking from Harlow
to Bethnal Green along the Rivers Stort & Lee'
74MB 31 sec silent
22nd January 8.30 am to 4.45 pm, walking continuously,
about 27 miles with the twists and turns of the rivers.
Mental bliss, sore feet.
Wed, 10 Jan 2007
Woodland Oratory
'Woodland Oratory' 27.5MB 34 sec silent
Thanks Debs, Nigel, Paul, Rob & Sonja.
Tue, 09 Jan 2007
Defying Gravity
'Defying Gravity' 728KB 2 sec loop silent
Loops four times then stops.
Please try it a few times.
For Anna, with love.
In the Spring of 2003 I started making tiny QuickTime movies, as a kind of moving image dream diary.
This quickly became a major focus of my work & I have made at least two or three every month since.
In 2006 I arranged them in their current, semi-chronological, format (everything from April 2003 - Dec 2005
appears in the first four months of 2006).
All the movies, new & old, still live in the
same folder & can be accessed from there too.
You may freely download & remix any of them, though I would appreciate a credit.
Where credits are due to others for material I have appropriated or remixed, or for
performances, I will include a note with the posts here.
All music, except where otherwise stated, is by me.
I hope you like the movies, though of course I will continue to make & post them whether you do or not (but my thanks for looking!).
If you're interested enough you can read more about them here,
here,
here
& here.
michael