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.
Our friend Nigel Buesst. A friendship of so many years, 62 years since we first met. Plenty of water under the bridge. Nigel at home with his minder, Jedda photo by Ivan Gaal I was just starting out in my life as a filmmaker, working at the State Film Centre in the library section. One day I was on counter duties, receiving films returning from borrowers and handing out films to other borrowers. In walked Nigel with a bundle of films under his arm, returning them from a film society he was involved with at the time. I think it was the CSIRO film group and Nigel was collecting another bundle which they would run in an upcoming programme. A short conversation of a few minutes at the counter established that we were both interested in making films and soon enough we became close friends. Nigel was about to shoot “Fun Radio” which was a real buzz for me. He asked me to shoot a few shots from his fancy sports car so I got to operate his new Bolex camera for a tracking shot or two as ...
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...
Vale Ken! A farewell to muffin@labyrinth Last week I received this sad note from Inge, a close friend of Ken Mogg: Dear Peter, Just a sad note that our friend Ken Mogg passed away yesterday, 2nd Feb 2023. He had been in and out of hospital with breathing problems, was not eating properly, and had gone into a care home just recently, maybe a week or so ago. His sister rang me and said he had passed away peacefully yesterday. I hope you are well. Love -- Inge. Ken and Inge made the effort to attend a screening when some of my films were shown at the AFW workshop some years ago. (Photo taken by Bill Mousoulis) So many years have passed since I first met Ken at film screenings at the Bughouse in Carlton, the MUFS screenings and Melbourne Film Festival screenings in the late sixties. We got to know each other better when we shared an office for about a year at Melbourne State College, 1974. We shared a great enthusiasm for the works of many directors but foremost was our l...
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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