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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons NonCommercial Sampling Plus 1.0 License.
Mon, 14 Jul 2008
14th July
'Breakfast' 13.5MB 52 secs silent
'Window' 14.6MB 31 secs silent
'Cloud' 14.4MB 29 secs silent
'En Plein Air' 24.1MB 50 secs silent
'Self Portrait with Mirrors' 15.2MB 33 secs silent
'Self Portrait with Mirrors #1' 19.1MB 42 secs silent
'Self Portrait with Mirrors #2' 17MB 50 secs silent
'Icon' 20.1MB 43 secs silent
Lumières all.
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Sun, 13 Jul 2008
I Send my Shadow Down the Uxbridge Road
'I Send my Shadow Down the Uxbridge Road' 10.8MB 6:09 min
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Mon, 07 Jul 2008
Nine Paris Haiku
'Nine Paris Haiku' 42.2MB 2:23 min
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Thu, 03 Jul 2008
Light Show
'Light Show' 4.1MB 1:00 min silent
Lumière.
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Mon, 30 Jun 2008
Portrait of my Daughter, Anna Szpakowska, on her 21st Birthday
'Portrait of my Daughter, Anna Szpakowska, on her 21st Birthday' 23.2MB 32 sec loop
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Sun, 29 Jun 2008
Two loops, two Lumières
'Smoking Man' 3.2MB 5 sec loop silent
'London Bridge #1' 5.4MB 17 secs silent
'Running Man' 6.6MB 3 sec loop silent
'From the night train' 8.5MB 22 secs silent
'London Bridge #1' & 'From the night train' are Lumières
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Tue, 24 Jun 2008
Bexhill
'Bexhill' 21.3MB 58 secs silent
A Lumière for Edward Picot.
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Mon, 23 Jun 2008
Short Story
'Short Story' 17.5MB 53 secs silent
Lumière
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Sun, 22 Jun 2008
Allée Verte
'Allée Verte' 15.6MB 53 secs silent
Lumière
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Sat, 21 Jun 2008
Two more variations on a theme by Sam Renseiw
'Place' 5.7MB 36 secs
'Melodrama of the Unknown Woman' 9.7MB 43 secs
Two more, this time with music.
That for Place was performed on hand chimes &
shaker by a group of eight 4-5 year olds
in a
West London school & minimally manipulated by me.
For Melodrama of the Unknown Woman it's the final measures
of the Dimitri Tiomkin
score to D.O.A.
Sam's original Lumière can be found here
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Fri, 20 Jun 2008
Composition with Candle & Water Bottle
'Composition with Candle & Water Bottle' 10.7MB 34 secs silent
Lumière
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Thu, 19 Jun 2008
Canal Saint-Martin
'Canal Saint-Martin' 14MB 51 secs silent
Lumière
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Wed, 18 Jun 2008
...and skateboarder
'...and skateboarder' 1MB 17 secs silent
Lumière -
again derived from the recent piece by
Sam Renseiw
Another tip of the hat, I think, to Bas Jan Ader.
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Tue, 17 Jun 2008
Nairtsedep, Sesroh, Tsilcyc
'Nairtsedep, Sesroh, Tsilcyc' 6.38MB 18 secs silent
And it is a Lumière -
all the manipulation was in the QuickTime player controls,
then it was filmed from the screen.
The source is another Lumière, from the splendid eye of Sam Renseiw
So, it's simultaneously a homage to him & also in a small way, to Cornell.
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Mon, 16 Jun 2008
Leaves & Shadows of Leaves
'Leaves & Shadows of Leaves' 11.3MB 25 secs
Lumière
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Thu, 12 Jun 2008
Dog Rose Echo
'Dog Rose Echo' 23.6MB 29 secs
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Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Three
'Pylons' 16.4MB 34 secs silent
'Honeysuckle' 16.9MB 35 secs silent
'Footpath in West London #2' 18.8MB 35 secs silent
Three Lumières
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Tue, 10 Jun 2008
Marylebone
'Marylebone #2' 22.1MB 52 secs silent
'Marylebone #3' 86.3.1MB 4:26 min
#2 is a Lumière.
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Mon, 26 May 2008
Rain
'Broxbourne' 19.3MB 48 secs
'Haiku' 15MB 11 secs
Lumières both.
Broxbourne is a tiny Angelopoulos homage.
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Sun, 25 May 2008
2 movies
'At Worrall' 49.7MB 2:20 min
'Portrait of the Artist' 6.9MB 1:27 min silent
The original footage for At Worrall was taken by my cousin
Jennifer in the early sixties
(She must has delegated sometimes because she appears briefly).
My parents, Olive and Lukasz Szpakowski, also appear as does my
English grandfather, Wilfred Willis.
The slightly hyperactive boy is me & the little girl is my sister, Jill.
Remixed would be too strong a word - I slightly rearranged it
& added the music...
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Sat, 24 May 2008
W/C 19th May
'Cat and House with Cherry Tree in Background' 27.8MB 46 secs silent
'Marylebone' 14.9MB 54 secs silent
'Spectacle' 27.2MB 44 secs silent
'Tottenham Hale' 17.6MB 38 secs silent
'Passengers Boarding a Train' 30MB 57 secs silent
'Footpath in West London' 12.6MB 40 secs silent
'Figures in a Landscape' 19MB 41 secs silent
Seven Lumières
'Footpath in West London' is a respectful nod
in the direction of Bas Jan Ader.
It's the backdrops to the fallings-over or whatever
which haunt me.
That place, that time.
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Fri, 16 May 2008
Burbage
'Higger Tor' 54.4MB 1:37 min
'Burbage Loop' 14.9MB 26 sec palindrome loop silent
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Tue, 13 May 2008
The Drowned World
'The Drowned World' 8.1MB 48 secs silent
Lumière.
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Fri, 09 May 2008
6th May 2008
'6th May 2008' 62.8MB 2:26 min
'Scrubs Lane' 25.8MB 59 secs silent
Scrubs Lane is a Lumière.
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Sun, 04 May 2008
Track
'Track' 22.5MB 54 sec palindrome loop
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Sat, 26 Apr 2008
Morning. A Cherry Tree. Two Birds in Flight.
'Morning. A Cherry Tree. Two Birds in Flight.' 7.5MB 15 secs silent
A Lumière.
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Sun, 20 Apr 2008
Another Dance Remix
'Moves and Shadows random remix' 54.5MB 2:26 min
I made a Director piece that randomly collaged fragments
of Sam's original
Rather lovely glitches arose where one QuickTime
competed for space with another.
Filmed from the computer screen & then edited somewhat.
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Sat, 19 Apr 2008
2 Remixes
'Moves and Shadows NUMBERS remix' 15.7MB 53 secs
'Moves and Shadows D.O.A remix' 23.1MB 47 secs
Two remixes of a typically fine piece by Sam Renseiw.
The sound for the first is a couple of numbers stations
& for the second it's grabbed from bits of Dimitri Tiomkin's
score to the great D.O.A.
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Thu, 17 Apr 2008
The King of Asine
'The King of Asine' 34.9MB 1:16 min
http://greece.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=2524
'Tree' 21.5MB 59 secs silent
Lumière.
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Mon, 14 Apr 2008
Peloponnesian Landscape with Poppies
'Peloponnesian Landscape with Poppies' 2.9MB 2 sec loop
Filmed on a little mp4 recorder then transcribed frame by frame
in soft pastels, re-animated & manipulated somewhat.
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Ghost Bossa
'Ghost Bossa' 23.3MB 1:22 min
The video projected onto the hotel can be found
here.
The music is dedicated to my friend Jack Davies
& the score can be downloaded, either as 3 pdfs
or as a Sibelius 2 file, here.
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Wed, 02 Apr 2008
Shepherd's Bush Loop
'Shepherd's Bush Loop' 45.1MB 1:45 min loop silent
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Mon, 31 Mar 2008
Emily Has Sent You A Video Message
'Emily Has Sent You A Video Message' 20.1MB 1:00 min
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Sun, 30 Mar 2008
Acton Central Loop
'Acton Central Loop' 2.2MB 3 sec loop
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Mon, 24 Mar 2008
Cherry Tree at Dusk
'Cherry Tree at Dusk' 27.1MB 49 secs
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Sun, 23 Mar 2008
Cherry Tree; Late Snow
'Cherry Tree; Late Snow' 34.6MB 1:02 min
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Sat, 22 Mar 2008
Cherry Tree in Sudden Hailstorm
'Cherry Tree in Sudden Hailstorm' 28.6MB 50 secs
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Fri, 21 Mar 2008
Three from Dublin
'Bay' 23.3MB 41 secs
'The Flood' 36.1MB 58 secs
'Towards Ranelagh' 14.1MB 22 secs silent
Lumière.
With big thanks to Nathaniel & all the folk at DATA who
made my brief stay so pleasant & memorable.
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Wed, 19 Mar 2008
Near Wakefield
'Near Wakefield' 11.1MB 30 secs silent
Lumière.
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Tue, 04 Mar 2008
Almost Silent Movie
'Almost Silent Movie' 6.7MB 50 secs almost silent
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The World
'The World' 0.9MB 56 secs silent
Mobile phone Lumière.
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Thu, 21 Feb 2008
In the Mosque Tea Garden
'In the Mosque Tea Garden #1' 4.8MB 24 secs silent
'In the Mosque Tea Garden #2' 7.4MB 39 secs silent
Two more Paris Lumières.
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Tue, 19 Feb 2008
Left Bank/Right Bank
'Left Bank' 9.3MB 48 secs silent
'Right Bank' 9.8MB 50 secs silent
Two Paris Lumières.
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Mon, 18 Feb 2008
Two Loops
'St Pancras Loop' 27.2MB 40 sec loop silent
'Shakespeare Garden Loop' 29.1MB 9 sec loop silent
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Sat, 09 Feb 2008
Beneath a Low Winter Sun
'Beneath a Low Winter Sun' 10.6MB 3:24 min
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Sun, 03 Feb 2008
Still Life with Apple & Pear
'Still Life' 24.5MB 24 secs silent
'Still Life' 22.4MB 24 secs
The first is a Lumière.
The second is a different take, cropped & with music.
The illumination is my pushbike headlamp.
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Sat, 02 Feb 2008
Falmouth Run
'Falmouth Run' 43.8MB 3:05 min
Tues 1st May 2007; an early morning run along Falmouth seafront
from Gyllyngvase Rd to Pendennis Point & back.
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Wed, 30 Jan 2008
Flight
'Flight' 3.4MB 18 secs
Lumière
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Tue, 29 Jan 2008
Slow & Three
'Slow' 20MB 1:58 min
& another.
'Three' 14MB 43 secs
& yet another.
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Sun, 27 Jan 2008
Silent
'Silent' 37MB 2:03 min silent
Another Brian Gibson remix.
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Thu, 24 Jan 2008
Whirling Movie
'Whirling Movie' 10MB 1:11 min
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Sun, 20 Jan 2008
Light & Shadow in Almost Empty Railway Carriages
'#1' 7.2MB 58 secs silent
'#2' 7.3MB 59 secs silent
Two Lumières.
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Sat, 19 Jan 2008
Stations of the North London Line
'Camden Road' 5.9MB 40 secs
'Gospel Oak' 4.8MB 47 secs
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Sun, 13 Jan 2008
Salford or Manchester
'Salford or Manchester' 24.9MB 45 secs silent
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Fri, 11 Jan 2008
Car Park Loop
'Car Park Loop' 9.4MB 4 sec loop silent
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Near Tring
'Near Tring' 895KB 57 secs silent
Mobile phone Lumière.
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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.
michael