9.07.2008


OK TO GO from universe on Vimeo.

"Chain of Hyper Space scenes from films.
Collaboration with Mike Merrill.

Part of the thing which is so appealing about Hyper Space scenes in films is the idea that something fantastic and unknown lies at the end of them. In fact, here are the primary uses of Warp Speed/ Hyper Space as plot device:
A) Tunnel to unknown.
B) Escape from danger via total oblivion.

Both represent a kind of inversion, or temporary lifting, of the accepted order. Other salient points:

1. Endless Journey
2. Forward Motion
3. Betrays our naive dreams about the domestication of space and of the unknown.
4. Pseudoscience.
5. Total Solitude.
6. Isolated from context, these scenes are not immediately discernible as being either inner or outer space. Inherently, travel through "Space" is a universal mental image."
Posted by RS at 2:15 PM

2 comments:

eddie_the_wheel said...

this is my favorite

September 7, 2008 at 3:19 PM
Anonymous said...

Time traveling tunnels, what a great criteria for selecting video footage.

I think when it is possible to make a successful video piece by simply selecting, it means that an artist's taste is as important as what SHe creates.

Last night Seth and Ash and I were talking about a musician who was DJ'ing at cine and Ash said he liked the musician's band but not his taste as a DJ. But whether or not what was being played was created by Alfredo, I think his name is, was irrelevant. His taste created his whole music set, just like Mike Merrill and vimeo user "universe"'s tastes created this whole video piece.

September 7, 2008 at 7:13 PM

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