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Tue, 29 Dec 2009
4 Short Silent Movies
'The Glass Factory' 27MB 40 sec
'Train Arriving at a Station' 24MB 1:23 min
'The Gravel Pits' 23MB 33 sec
'Market' 41MB 1:00 min
Mon, 28 Dec 2009
The Danger of Death
'The Danger of Death' 110MB 2:30 min
Wed, 16 Dec 2009
Davy Lowston
'Davy Lowston' 125MB 2:52 min
Oh me name is Davy Lowston, I did seal, I did seal
Me name is Davy Lowston, I did seal
Oh, me men and I were lost,
and our very lives it cost,
We did seal, we did seal, we did seal
We were set down in Open Bay, were set down, were set down
We were set down in Open Bay, were set down
We were left, we gallant men, nevermore to sail again,
Nevermore, nevermore, nevermore
Our captain John McGraw, he set sail, he set sail
Oh, yes, for old Port Stanley, he set sail
"I'll return, men, without fail", but she foundered in a gale,
And went down, and went down and went down
Come all you lads who venture far from home, far from home
Come all you lads who venture far from home
Where the icebergs tower high,
That's a pitiful place to die,
Never seal, never seal, never seal
Tue, 15 Dec 2009
3 Movies
'After Canaletto' 48MB 1:00 min silent
'Falconar Street' 27MB 1:00 min silent
'Class' 42MB 1:00 min silent
3 Lumières.
Particular thanks to Ruth & to the digital art & design students
at Writtle.
Tue, 08 Dec 2009
The Plain Sense of Things
'The Plain Sense of Things' 65MB 2:14 min
..with the same music as this one.
Thu, 03 Dec 2009
After Hopper
'After Hopper #1' 40MB 58 secs silent
'After Hopper #2' 44MB 59 secs silent
2 Lumières
Fri, 27 Nov 2009
Screen
'Screen' 37MB 58 secs silent
Lumière
Tue, 24 Nov 2009
An Evening with Sam Renseiw
'An Evening with Sam Renseiw' 28MB 59 secs silent
Lumière
Mon, 23 Nov 2009
An Essay on Beauty
'An Essay on Beauty' 65MB 1:10 min silent
Sun, 15 Nov 2009
The Smokers, A Masque
'The Smokers, A Masque' 62MB 1:41 min
The music is my arrangment* of Orlando Gibbon's sublime
'The Silver Swan'
* Nothing grand. Except for selection of instruments & a couple of
doublings and octave shifts, I barely changed the score, which I got from
this rather good site
Mon, 09 Nov 2009
The Angel of History, Lost in East London
'The Angel of History, Lost in East London' 117MB 2:40 min
The angel is Aviation by René Bertrand Boutée, scanned from
Arthur Mee's Children's Encyclopedia.
The music incorporates a recording of a numbers station from
The Conet Project.
Tue, 03 Nov 2009
Blind
'Blind' 41MB 44 secs silent
Lumière
Sat, 31 Oct 2009
Landscape with Blue Flowers in Bottom Left-Hand Corner
'Landscape with Blue Flowers in Bottom Left-Hand Corner' 41MB 56 secs silent
Lumière
Tue, 27 Oct 2009
Earl's Court
'Earls Court' 37MB 47 secs silent
Lumière
Mon, 26 Oct 2009
Two Films Involving Windows
'Room in Writtle College #2' 44MB 56 secs silent
'October Cherry Tree, Reflected in a Window' 45MB 58 secs silent
2 Lumières
Sun, 25 Oct 2009
Four
'Late Afternoon' 47MB 56 secs silent
'Wild Crocuses' 46MB 56 secs silent
'Entering Júzcar #1 ' 43MB 59 secs silent
'Entering Júzcar #2 ' 44MB 59 secs silent
4 Lumières
Sat, 24 Oct 2009
Two Villages of the Alto Genal
'Alpandeire' 60MB 58 secs silent
'Júzcar; Dusk.' 89MB 2:00 min
Alpandeire is a Lumière
Wed, 21 Oct 2009
A Postcard from Ronda
'A Postcard from Ronda' 231MB 6:10 min
What we did on our holidays.
With a warm hello to Stuart & Hilary, Sandrine & Ian
& David & Iván, who made it all so agreeable.
Sat, 03 Oct 2009
Chapeltown-Elsecar-Wombwell-Barnsley
'Chapeltown-Elsecar-Wombwell-Barnsley' 72MB 1:31 min
The music is A Tanto Amor by Donizetti, recorded in 1907
by Maria Ancona.
Recording from the Cylinder Preservation and Digization Project.
Sun, 27 Sep 2009
Jump Loop
'Jump Loop' 33MB 24 sec silent loop
Sat, 26 Sep 2009
At Writtle
'Cow Watering Lane' 41MB 1:00 min silent
'Room in Writtle College' 31MB 41 secs silent
2 Lumières
Sun, 20 Sep 2009
Another Day at the Office
'Another Day at the Office' 31MB 50 secs silent
Lumière
Fri, 18 Sep 2009
The Way We Live Now
'The Way We Live Now' 127MB 3:15 min
The music is a somewhat manipulated Solitude of the Shepherdess
by Ole Bull (1810-80) & was recorded in 1909
by the American
String Quartette (sic).
The digitisation of the recording is by the wonderful &
invaluable
Cylinder Preservation and Digization Project.
Fri, 11 Sep 2009
Three Unedited Untitled Movies
196MB 3:19 silent
146MB 2:25 silent
87MB 1:23 silent
'Natasha has just come up to the window from the courtyard and
opened it wider so that the air may enter more freely into my room.
I can see the bright green strip of grass beneath the wall,
and the clear blue sky above the wall, and sunlight everywhere.
Life is beautiful.
Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression
and violence, and enjoy it to the full.'
Leon Trotsky
February 27, 1940
Coyoacán, Mexico
Thu, 10 Sep 2009
Late Summer
'Late Summer' 44MB 58 secs silent
Lumière
Tue, 08 Sep 2009
Two Landscapes
'Three Places in London' 273MB 6:24 min
'On Higger Tor' 69MB 1:33 min
Mon, 24 Aug 2009
Portraits of the Artist
'Portrait of the Artist #1' 29MB 48 secs silent
'Portrait of the Artist #2' 28MB 45 secs silent
2 Lumières
Sun, 23 Aug 2009
Rain Men
'Rain Men' 15MB 14 sec silent loop
Thu, 20 Aug 2009
Shadow Fragment #2
'Shadow Fragment #2' 38MB 1:32 min
Wed, 19 Aug 2009
Shadow Fragment
'Shadow Fragment' 43MB 1:17 min
Thu, 13 Aug 2009
Geraniums
'Geraniums #1' 24MB 23 secs silent
'Geraniums #2' 24MB 30 secs silent
'Geraniums #3' 33MB 30 secs silent
3 Lumières
Mon, 10 Aug 2009
untitled
'untitled' 31MB 55 secs silent
Lumière
Sun, 09 Aug 2009
Walking Movie
'Walking Movie' 114MB 5:26
Images & ambient sound from my Sony Ericsson C902,
walking down from Notting Hill
(where I had just seen Owen Land/
George Landow's
'Dialogues' at the Gate.
[Good -a tad overlong, but definitely worth seeing])
to Tottenham Court Road tube last Sunday afternoon.
I wrote the music in 2001, I think, & called it "Walking Music"
and it's been waiting all that time for this walking film.
Sat, 08 Aug 2009
Recursion
'Recursion' 58 MB 2:27 silent
Video 'snapshot' of this
Fri, 07 Aug 2009
Self Portrait, Going Home
'Self Portrait, Going Home' 45 MB 59 secs silent
Lumière
Sat, 01 Aug 2009
...and again
'...and again' 64 MB 1:30 min
'Sheet' 23 MB 38 secs silent
Sheet is a Lumière
Wed, 29 Jul 2009
From an Upstairs Room/Again, the Cherry Tree Shadows
'From an Upstairs Room #1' 37MB 58 secs
'Again, the Cherry Tree Shadows' 36 MB 59 secs silent
'From an Upstairs Room #2' 18MB 23 secs
'Again, the Cherry Tree Shadows' is a Lumière
Thu, 23 Jul 2009
Home & Away
'Home & Away' 204MB 4:31 min
Wed, 22 Jul 2009
Nettles & Lesser Stitchwort
'Lesser Stitchwort #1' 34.3MB 42 secs silent
'Nettles' 23.8MB 38 secs silent
'Lesser Stitchwort #2' 43.3MB 55 secs silent
3 Lumières
Thu, 16 Jul 2009
Eggleston
'Eggleston' 32MB 40 secs silent
Lumière
Tue, 14 Jul 2009
City
'City' 117MB 3:31 min
Sun, 12 Jul 2009
Three
'Flowers and Shadow of Flowers' 38MB 1:00 min silent
'Stone Cats' 31MB 55 secs silent
'Change' 36MB 1:00 min silent
3 Lumières
Sun, 28 Jun 2009
Two
'bee.mov' 3MB 1 sec
'Distant Trees. Rain.' 28MB 34 secs
Sat, 27 Jun 2009
Wmbldn, Mddlsbrgh.
'Wmbldn, Mddlsbrgh.' 33.6MB 1:00 min silent
Lmr
Thu, 25 Jun 2009
North Yorks Loop
'North Yorks Loop' 2.4MB 3 sec silent loop
Sun, 21 Jun 2009
On Tower Bridge
'On Tower Bridge' 62MB 1:26 min
Thu, 18 Jun 2009
Five Paris Lumičres
'Rue Tholozé #1' 36MB 40 secs silent
'Ligne 10 - #1' 42MB 45 secs silent
'Rue Tholozé #2' 43MB 47 secs silent
'Ligne 10 - #2' 22MB 27 secs silent
'Rue Custine Grid ' 18MB 29 secs silent
The two Metro pieces are a small homage to the beautiful work of Robert Croma.
Wed, 10 Jun 2009
Two Movies
'Flower Video' 13MB 56 secs silent
'Once Again at Tottenham Hale' 41MB 52 secs silent
'Once Again...' is a Lumière
Sat, 06 Jun 2009
Bermondsey Grid
'Bermondsey Grid #1' 14MB 58 secs silent
'Bermondsey Grid #2' 14MB 52 secs silent
2 Lumières
Fri, 05 Jun 2009
Bermondsey Loop
'Bermondsey Loop' 44.4MB 22 sec silent loop
Sat, 30 May 2009
The Village Pump - A Short Opera
'The Village Pump - A Short Opera' 13.4MB 2:52 min
See this.
Also, some Wikipedia Art related Gifs.
Fri, 29 May 2009
TS3
'Memento Mori' 43.5MB 59 secs
'Kwik Save' 17.4MB 50 secs
2 Lumières
Sun, 24 May 2009
Grid
'Grid #4' 43.8MB 59 secs
Lumière
Sun, 17 May 2009
Roseberry Topping
'Up Roseberry Topping' 20.6MB 2:18 min
'Hill, Grass, Clouds' 38.7MB 59 secs silent
Roseberry Topping, last Tuesday evening.
'Hill, Grass, Clouds' is a Lumière
Sun, 10 May 2009
2 Lumières & a Loop
'A Field in Hertfordshire' 27.6MB 42 secs silent
'Wild Flower Loop' 16.7MB 23 sec silent loop
'Grid #3' 39.1MB 59 secs silent
'Grid #3' & 'A Field in Hertfordshire' are Lumières
Wed, 06 May 2009
Wisteria Shadow #2
'Wisteria Shadow #2' 32.3MB 59 secs silent
Lumière
Sun, 03 May 2009
Transits
'Transit with Orchid Silhouette' 8MB 12 secs silent
'Transit with Ivy, Crisp Packet and Cloud' 12.5MB 20 secs silent
2 Lumières
Fri, 01 May 2009
3
'Wisteria Shadow' 32.2MB 59 secs silent
'Shadow of a Blade of Grass' 19.5MB 40 secs silent
'The Elephant in the Room' 14.9MB 30 secs silent
3 Lumières
Sat, 25 Apr 2009
Sweet Thames
'#1' 28.2MB 58 secs silent
'#2' 29.3MB 1:00 min silent
2 Lumières
Fri, 24 Apr 2009
The Seasonal Word
'untitled' 31.9MB 40 secs
'Car in a Flurry of Snow' 23.1MB 10 secs
Mon, 13 Apr 2009
Reading Penelope Fitzgerald
'Reading Penelope Fitzgerald' 36.4MB 58 secs silent
Lumière
Sun, 12 Apr 2009
Artist Statement
'Artist Statement' 45.2MB 58 secs
Wed, 08 Apr 2009
Cherry Blossom, Falling
'Cherry Blossom, Falling' 26.9MB 55 secs silent
Lumière
Sun, 05 Apr 2009
Two Movies with the Same Music
'At the Limit of the Known World' 21.2MB 1:43 min
'Blue Flowers' 46.9MB 1:37min
The torch is lifted and tweaked from an .avi in shell32.dll
If anyone knows who designed it, I'll credit properly.
The music was originally written for this one.
Wed, 01 Apr 2009
Two
'Over the Rainbow' 46.9MB 1:29 min
'Distant' 18.8MB 38 secs
Tue, 31 Mar 2009
And Once More
'Around the Cherry Tree, 29th March 2009, #1' 37.3MB 37 secs silent
'Around the Cherry Tree, 29th March 2009, #2' 20.4MB 23 secs silent
'Around the Cherry Tree, 29th March 2009, #3' 39.4MB 46 secs silent
Sat, 28 Mar 2009
Once Again the Cherry Tree
'Cherry Tree in Spring Rain' 27.4MB 56 secs silent
'Cherry Tree and Birds' 16.8MB 34 secs silent
'Cherry Tree from an Upstairs Window' 28.2MB 58 secs silent
'Cherry Tree and Birdsong' 19.8MB 39 secs
'Cherry Tree at Night' 26.8MB 53 secs
'Cherry Tree Glitch' 9.8MB 20 secs silent
The first three are Lumières
Thu, 19 Mar 2009
The Dancers
'The Dancers' 58.7MB 1:00min
With thanks to Carl, Danielle, Laura, Michael, Rachel,
Zandra and also to Heike Salzer.
Sat, 14 Mar 2009
Homage to the Bechers
'#1' 27.9MB 50 secs silent
'#2' 11.5MB 21 secs silent
'#3' 33.3MB 1:00 min silent
Goole last Tuesday and Wednesday.
3 Lumières
Sun, 08 Mar 2009
Past Forgemasters
'Past Forgemasters #1' 25.6MB 1:00 min silent
'Past Forgemasters #2' 25.5MB 59 secs silent
'Works' 22.9MB 56 secs silent
3 Lumières
Sat, 07 Mar 2009
Door in Late Afternoon Sun
'Door in Late Afternoon Sun' 26.3MB 1:00 silent
Lumière
Sun, 22 Feb 2009
Cherry Tree Shadows
'Cherry Tree Shadow #1' 32.4MB 59 secs silent
'Cherry Tree Shadow #2' 32.9MB 1:00 min silent
'Cherry Tree Shadow #3' 32.5MB 59 secs silent
3 Lumières
Fri, 20 Feb 2009
Window
'Window' 26.1MB 59 secs silent
Lumière
Sun, 15 Feb 2009
Vandalising Wikipedia
'Vandalising Wikipedia' 21.1MB 47 secs silent
Lumière
See Nathaniel Stern and Scott Kildall's
Wikipedia Art
Project
Also, read the deletion discussion and weep.
Sat, 14 Feb 2009
Two Unsteady Lumičres
'Ascent of Tower Bridge' 17.5MB 40 secs silent
'Bermondsey Morning' 18.4MB 37 secs
Tue, 10 Feb 2009
Grid
'Grid #1' 29MB 59 secs silent
'Grid #2' 27.8MB 56 secs
2 Lumières
Mon, 09 Feb 2009
Two Movies
'Flight Paths' 24MB 57 secs silent
'Rehearse' 48MB 1:46 min
Rehearse - thanks to all at Tell Tale Hearts.
Sun, 08 Feb 2009
3 South Yorkshire Movies
'Lady's Santa Suits Back in Stock' 19.2MB 37 secs silent
'Silkstone' 22.2MB 47 secs silent
'Sheffield Approach' 29.2MB 1:00 min silent
Lumières
Sun, 25 Jan 2009
Ich fühle luft von anderem planeten...
'Glimpse' 23.1MB 48 secs silent
'Dusk' 25.5MB 59 secs silent
'Kings Cross' 25.6MB 59 secs silent
3 Lumières
Thu, 22 Jan 2009
Three
'Still' 26.2MB 57 secs silent
'The Best Prices in Town, Signed Tomo' 25.5MB 57 secs silent
'Street in Middlesbrough' 21.2MB 58 secs silent
3 Lumières
Sun, 18 Jan 2009
7 Lumičres & an Admonition
'City in Pale Winter Sunlight #1' 25.3MB 59 secs silent
'City in Pale Winter Sunlight #2' 24.6MB 58 secs silent
'Bridges' 25.7MB 1:00 min silent
'Approaching the Temple' 24.8MB 56 secs silent
'The Cave' 24.7MB 57 secs silent
'Admonition' 19.8MB 17 secs
'Return to Alphaville #1' 17.1MB 40 secs silent
'Return to Alphaville #2' 25.5MB 59 secs silent
Fri, 16 Jan 2009
Three
'Three Figures in a Landscape' 20MB 46 secs silent
'Pizza' 15.4MB 35 secs silent
'Window' 23.9MB 53 secs silent
3 Lumières
Mon, 05 Jan 2009
Little Bird
'Little Bird' 22.2MB 52 secs
Sun, 04 Jan 2009
Palestine
'Palestine' 22.8MB 53 secs silent
Documentary Lumière.
GIF piece here.
Stop the War Coalition
Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Electronic Intifada
Medical Aid for Palestinians
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