Re: THE FIRST MOVIE

[mwp]

Agreed that it isn’t that original. It’s just more extreme in terms of paring down than anything else that’s been done in a similar vein, which is why I found it (modestly) interesting. Minor stuff, good for a HMMM, but that's about it.

Funny, but my eyes aren't hurt by it, even after a minute.

m


On Mar 20, 2006, at 11:19 AM, Alan Sondheim wrote:

Tony's didn't have those analogies either; it simply changed the rate. Given the history of all of this (including all that stuff with open projectors w/out film etc.), I don't think this is that original (although it does hurt the eyes) - alan


On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, mwp wrote:

Yes, I've seen both Jacobs and Conrad. And Kubelka, Sharits, etc.

This is the most minimal of flicker films, of all films for that matter, in that it is simply b/w in alternation, with no attempt at making analogies to music, etc.

m


On Mar 20, 2006, at 11:09 AM, mIEKAL aND wrote:

Many years ago, I saw a couple hours straight of Ken Jacob's flicker films, it took me a couple days for my eye-brain coordination to return to "normal"....
~mIEKAL
On Mar 20, 2006, at 1:04 PM, Alan Sondheim wrote:

(I haven't seen this yet) but have you seen any of the flicker films from the 60s - for example Tony Conrad? - Alan
On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, mwp wrote:

THE FIRST MOVIE
2006
This movie simply alternates between black and white frames, but I find the effect produced by such a simple device to be far more interesting than the description might suggest. If you gaze directly at the movie, I suspect you will see, as did I, a definite chocolate-tinted background, with all kinds of cracks and fissures within the frame, which I assume are related to the configuration of retinal nerves within one’s own eyeballs. So in effect it is a movie about looking upon the walls of the eye-cave, and hence is a movie about the source of vision itself.
http://mwp.jaycloidt.com/mpmov2006/BWC012006.mov
silent, endless loop, 638KB
mwp

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