What with all the technological wonders of the modern age, it is almost impossible to get people together — much less answer their emails. But Skewed Visions has achieved the impossible yet again. For no immediate monetary gain and with a few short electronic messages, human-based development work has begun.
This video is initial work — incomplete and with rough edges — for development purposes only. It is here so that collaborators can look at it and go, “O, I remember how that goes” or “make this part longer, do this here, and add one of those things after the hand part.” Eventually, when a piece arrives it might be interesting to view it in light of how things have evolved.
The coat and hat are stand-ins for eventual costume pieces, and the frame is a conceptual stand-in for eventual site architecture. Shot on September 13, 2010, this clip features Megan Mayer in stand-in costume elements and a stand-in environment. Wonderful work with Annie Enneking took place but does not appear here. More info here.
All performers are over 18 and appear by consent.
This work is not for your pleasure, it is for our mutual edification.
Charles,
I watched this last week when it was first posted, and I wasn’t sure what I thought, but realized I couldn’t stop thinking about it. At points I thought i was watching an old man, which I found interesting, so there’s that. And, the movements often created a little anxiety for me and which was resolved by her hands finally holding each other, for eg. Not sure what you’re after, but I found this part quiet, insular or maybe self-involved, inwardly focused. detached from the rest of us. Just some thoughts. I liked it. Would watch it again. (and have)
Thanks, Paula (or Madame LaMère de L’une des Etoiles, as some might call you)
Anxiety is interesting. And an old man is the initial impression I’m interested in. (May have to work on the pink coat. We’ll see…
….)
I am thinking this movement is a small/distant focus of a larger image. But one that gradually assumes more presence as it repeats (either in a different time or space, or over and over again in the same place) and becomes a focal point of a larger constellation.
I am also snagged by your description of it as “insular or maybe self-involved” — which I also can see, and is a part of the impression I’d like to keep as well — but I am hoping that something like this at the end of a long tunnel (like looking through a paper towel tube?) might give it a slightly more fascinating quality. Navel-gazing can be a little dull, especially in others. (Maybe only in others…for some reason I love counting my own navel lint fluffballs.)
Insularity is a way of thinking about something I’m after that I hadn’t thought of before. I’m gonna run with that idea now for a while and see where we end up. Next work date is in early October.
Thanks again.