My friend Darko is making films which he now posts on YouTube since his banishment from Facebook. His films could also be called "experimental" or "avant garde" but I find these terms too ill-defined and dated... I would rather call his films "personal poetic expression".
"Thinking About You"
There are many questions one might ask.
Who is to provide an answer?
What's the point of creating an enigma if people demand an answer?
Well, at least Darko does provide some notes which may be helpful:
The work was realized in the immediate vicinity of the building in which I live with the intention of returning the nature to the reflection of obscurely playful light and ending my dark thoughts created in a relations with the urban environment. It may or may not be associated with the video interpreted before. By "irritating" early morning lights with my pocket photo cam, I removed / mystically covered architectural objects from the raw shots and drew a film image to the idyllic picture of a grandmother and grandchildren who were in the mood to participate in this video.
Recently I posted this: From Richard: We knew it was coming, but it's still hard to believe February 20, 2024 In that blog Richard introduced me to SORA which I found astonishing. Some of you may also have been as astonished as I was. Since then Richard sent me a new lead on "LUMA DREAM MACHINE" which offers in some respects more than what SORA did. Here's a link to their main page which has been going viral: https://lumalabs.ai/dream-machine Well I 've been playing with Luma for a few days now, and to-ing and fro-ing with Richard and Alix... some of the results took my breath away, some were totally disappointing. Let's start with...
Darko has recently introduced me to multimedia artist Maria Korporal. Of Dutch origin, Maria lived in Italy for many years but she has lived and worked in Berlin since 2014 . Her artistic production includes video art, interactive projects, installations. Her multimedia work has been designed using a wide variety of techniques. The narrative aspect, both personal and social, plays a major role in her work which together with the directness of the images and the sounds leads to greater participation of the viewer. In her work she plays with virtuality and reality, with undergone and artificially generated experiences. Most of her projects deal with social and environmental issues, often with an ironic approach. A good example is her project Korporal Zoo , a series of video works made between 2010 and 2018, which observe the animal and human world from several perspectives: cultural, social, environmental. Over the last two years Maria experienced the...
Eyeless in Gaza... Footnotes: I wanted to leave these images up clear of any text. My friend Richard suggested we should acknowledge the sources so I've made a big effort to track them down out of respect for the incredible job they do, and especially for their courage, working in the dangerous zones where so many aid workers and journalists have lost their lives. But some are not credited on the pages of publications I drew them from. Here's a list I've just completed, numbered from the image No.1 at top of page down to the final one, No.9 1. Abdulqader Sabbah/Anadolu 2: Mohammed Dahman/AP 3. P hotograph: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu/Getty Images 4. Photo: WFP/Ali Jadallah 5. April 18, 2024. (AFP) 6: Mahmoud Issa: Reuters: Redux 7. Photographer: Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images 8. P hotographer: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu/Get...
Thanks dear friend, your blog is the refugee space for my works...
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ReplyDeleteOne comment is more than enough in this case Darko, and it is great to have you on board. Keep them coming!
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I wrote it just once Peter something is wrong with the blog engine...
DeleteOkay, not really a problem Darko... it doesn't happen very often.
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