hi marc This film Can Dialectics Break Bricks? sounds very intersting - I've never heard of it before. I've found a link: http://vodpod.com/watch/620687-la-dialectique-peut-elle-casser-des-briques
I think this is the film in its entirety, though the quality seems a bit poor - do you know of a better link? cheers, dave On 15 February 2010 10:26, marc garrett <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Liz & other students at Writtle... > > I was watching the work 'System and Chance Experiments'. I think the > cutting of images and film work really well. But I think the music is a > bit too tinny. Also, I am wondering if you need this music at all - my > suggestion, which is only a suggestion is to, put an ambient track there > instead. Not only that, have a look at how other artists have dealt with > communicating their concepts using similar process for expression, such > as the situationists. The reason I am mentioning this is that you could > explore either cutting up other conversations relating to the subject of > your video and then adding them to the visuals. Or add alternative form > of music and sound. > > Here are some examples you may find interesting: > > Stewart Home, on the Blissett Enigma. nice little piece from Stewart > Home which gives a good insight into the origins of Luther Blissett. > Musical Score from the WoT4 CD "The Open Pop Star" by Luther Blissett > 1999. Audio by Radio Eye (AUS) 2001 An extract from film The Luther > Blissett Enigma taken from the "What happened to Luther Blissett 10.5 > years DVD also by, would you believe it Luther Blissett. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92L0DtbjuZY&feature=related > > > Excerpts from the LB Enigma (4): Luther Blissett. > > The evening of December the 31st 1999. Luther Blissett's last night, > well maybe anyway here's his version of events. Taken from the LB 10.5 > ANNI DVD. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlExGRcOTGI > > and... > > Can Dialectics Break Bricks? 1 > > "La Dialectique Peut-Elle Casser Des Briques?, in English, "Can > Dialectics Break Bricks?", is a 1973 Situationist film produced by the > French director René Viénet which explores the resolution of conflict > through dialogue as opposed to violence. > > The film uses a much older martial arts film ("The Crush" from Doo Kwang > Gee) for its visuals which has been dubbed over by the filmmakers in an > attempt at detournement. The concept and motivation of this film was to > adapt a bourgeois film into a radical critique of cultural hegemony and > thus into tools of subversive revolutionaries ideals. > > The Narrative is based upon a conflict between the proletarian and > bureaucrats within state capitalism. The proletarians enlist their > dialectics and radical subjectivity to fight their oppressors whilst the > bureaucrats defend themselves using a combination of bribery and > violence. The film is noted for its humorous approach to this serious > subject matter. > > The film also contains many references to revolutionaries who thought > and fought for the realisation of a post-capitalist world, including > Marx, Bakunin, and Wilhelm Reich. Also Subplots dealing with issues of > gender equality, alienation, trade unionism, May 1968, and the > Situationist themselves are riddled throughout the film." > > Be patient, the film really starts after a few minutes... > > What is interesting regarding Situationist film-making is the > appropriation of film and other materials created by others, which have > been remixed to get their own ideas across. You have naturally done this > in your own work, which is interesting but I think you need to go one > tiny step further. I think what would also make the work more dynamic is > not making it a pop video, but something else. > > I hope this helps, others may have completely different suggestions. > > will have a look at other works on the blog :-) > > wishing you well. > > marc > > > >> Hi. >> >> I’m studying Digital Art and Design at Writtle School of Art. >> >> We have been keeping a blog of our work and would be really appreciate >> it you could take a moment to have a look and share your thoughts >> >> http://www.furtherfield.org/inspiwrit/ >> >> Thanks, >> >> Liz. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
