“Successive Approximations to the Goal” by Beth Block (2015, 1080p digital, 14
min.)
Here’s part of her note on it. We had the premiere of it at Filmforum in 2015,
and I think it’s a masterpiece.
“Successive Approximations to the Goal is a term that is used in applied
behavior analysis. It refers to the series of slight behavioral changes or
subsets that are reinforced because they are increasingly more similar to the
ultimate objective.
For many years I have been driven by the desire to spatially
portray the passage of time, in a perpetually disappointing search for a way to
counteract the injustice of being able to perceive time only in singular
fleeting moments. In this experiment, I wanted to film many people interacting
with each other in a confined space. I filmed an LA Galaxy/Vancouver Whitecaps
soccer game and then combined the images to portray the motion over time of the
players, the refs and the ball.
As the different pieces emerged, I was struck by the inevitability and futility
of what I was seeing, which triggered in me thoughts of rats in cages,
endlessly pushing rocks up mountains, video games that you always lose and the
paradox of the movement of electrons. The sound interprets, in many different
ways, the possible explanations for such strange human behavior.- BB
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Slow Motion (Relentis) by William Klein
Athletes appear onscreen floating through space in slow motion in William
Klein’s dreamlike vision of their athletic movements. 1984, 35mm, silent, 20 min
Also...
Men's Hockey by Steve Wetzel
2004, 55 minutes
On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 7:14 AM Elena Duque <[email protected]> wrote:
I like very much this Croatian film by Ana Husman:
https://vimeo.com/28365381
El jue, 29 jul 2021 a las 10:23, Albert Alcoz (<[email protected]>)
escribió:
At the end of the previously cited INCITE magazine is a listing of 160 films,
sorted by sports, compiled by Brett Kashmere and Astria Suparak. "A Selective
Guide to Sports in Experimental Media" is the title of it. Of all of them I
think I prefer Ladislav Galeta's "TV Ping Pong". I just checked that "Muzné
hry" (Virile Games, 1988) by Jan Svankmajer is missing, for example. Anyway, it
is an incredible list of references.
Albert Alcoz
On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 1:32 AM Brandon Walley <[email protected]> wrote:
Not really about sport, in the conventional sense...
If the War Continues, Jonathan Schwartz (rip)
https://canyoncinema.com/catalog/film/?i=5056
Brandon Walley
he/him/his
www.brandonwalley.com
mediacityfilmfestival.com
Kresge Arts Fellow
**Detroit occupies unceded land, currently and historically stewarded by Niswi
Ishkodewan Anishinaabeg: The Three Fires Confederacy of the Ojibwe, Odawa, and
Potawatomi**
On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 3:54 PM Todd Eacrett <[email protected]> wrote:
Jørgen Leth's cycling films A Sunday in Hell, Stars and Watercarriers, and The
Impossible Hour.
On Wed, Jul 28, 2021, at 7:30 AM, jjmartinod wrote:
Hello frameworkers,
Working on something new and am looking for references of
documentary/experimental short films on sports.
Would any have links/references to anything close to the topic?
Deeply appreciated.
salud,
j-j
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