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Parataxis

In cinema, Narrative, Theory on 14 April 2012 tagged dutton, parataxis, sprawl with no comments

The reason to read Autoportrait is to savor the shocking precision—a guillotine’s—of its rapid cuts between unlike ideas, and to savor the actual information offered about the textures and peculiarities of a specific consciousness. The Prince of Parataxis – by Wayne Koesenbaum “Parataxis” : the juxtaposition of two or more sentences without a conjunction. “I came. I [...]

D|N|A Symposium

In cinema, DBnarrative, Doc, Interactive, Practice on 15 May 2011 with no comments

Just a brief summary of the Database|Narrative|Archive Symposium in Montreal.  I spent last weekend with about 120 others discussing and exploring a range of projects that were mostly non-fiction, interactive and cinema driven.  The scale of the conference was perfect – small enough to weave good conversation, large enough for a range of points of view. Organizers [...]

Practices of Construction

In cinema, Collage, Practice, Theory on 26 May 2010 tagged blake_butler, cinema, Collage, david_shields, experimental, fragment, htmlgiant, michael_robinson, Practice, raul_ruiz, reality_hunger, video with no comments

This year I have been doing a lot of listening to the now all-inclusive field of “digital media art.” I regularly read the blog HTMLGIANT for insight into how fiction and poetry writers are adapting to the changes digital culture brings to literary form. In a recent conversation between Blake Butler and Matthew Simmons about [...]

Signs of Light

In 'Pataphysical, cinema, Psychogeography on 21 May 2009 tagged abstract, art, cinema, city, experimental, light, PDX with 3 comments

click to play iPhone Images from a walk home after a Bruce Connor screening. The twilight blue played with the electric hum of street lights. The magic hour.

A cinema art market?

In cinema, Novelty, Poetics on 23 April 2009 tagged 1000fans, art, cinema, distribution, indie, market with 2 comments

Digital filmmaker Alejandro Adams, of the original and newer braintrustdv.com, has organized and posted a self-distribution roundtable. Here is my entry: What if cinema art’s economic model shifted from its traditional show business roots to something resembling the art market and in the process helped reconstruct the economics of art–making in the digital age. That’s [...]