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Cheers Paul - Abington Friday at 4. Meet you in there? I'll have my phone, if Abington is of the labyrinthine interior type. Find a quiet spot - where our obscurist mumblings can be done out of mainstream pub-goers' earshot. I'll bring a portable DVD player; in case we get round to me showing you a bit of live improv footage of my last band. In essence, I see my blog as you see your site: a repository, but with the possibility that certain inclusions might be, well, whole, autonomous, insofar as they might work as a 'thing'. It is, though, all just movement of information, as you say, or can we say energy, without seeming to be too New Age?! Felt sure you'd be familiar with Keiller. Same thing: I was knocked out by Robinson when it was aired on Channel Four in the 1990s. And psychogeography is right - as is connecting mention of Sinclair. His London Orbital took a lot from Keiller. But both took a heap from Marker. Sans Soliel is the one to see. It's astounding. Gilliam I'm not keen on - furcoat and no knickers, to my mind. Rather have Spike Milligan... Bed-Sitting Room? Wonderful. Marker's La Jetee is almost entirely stills, with a narrator's disembodied voice over, all in beautiful black and white. Sinclair I like; though London Orbital film is somewhat hysterical, over-egged, I think. I like that whole meditation on place/historical residue. Didn't realise Orison referred to Northampton, thanks. You read Greil Marcus' Lipstick Traces? ... Nice to be barking up similar trees. See you Friday. Best wishes, Anthony----- Original Message ----- From: * To: Anthony Donovan Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 10:47 PM Subject: Re: kinetic graphics hi anthony glad to hear you got there in the end and thanks for your positive words. again my response is brief but the nature of what i'm doing is indeed ongoing, never a finished article but never incomplete: each thing having its own beginning middle and end and then moving on. the website lets me archive them, and maybe i can return to some things to apply them to something closer to the idea of product. i'm certainly familiar with patrick keiller's films, both london and robinson in space are absolutely up there for me. films i go back to again and again, when i'm bored with all else. seeing robinson for the first time is still burnt into my memory where i was looking and listening to something completely unexpected and, to me at least, something unique. speaking of psychogeographers i've just finished iain sinclair's 'dining on stones' and am about to begin 'edge of orison' which features a big chunk in and around northampton. chief magus alan moore features heavily i think. chris marker's work i'm not that familiar with at all i'm afraid. other than through terry gilliam's appropriation of la jetee (which i think i have a memory of making a point of watching last time it was shown, but i think it was late and i was a bit tired/drunk, so can't really comment). so, friday at 4. is that ok? gives me time to get things during the day that need to be done. Paul On Tuesday, January 10, 2006, at 10:00 PM, Anthony Donovan wrote: Hello Paul A PS really, just to say have managed to open your visuals now. The previous version of QT must have been faulty for some reason. Have to say I like what I see. By no means a fulsome critique or set of reactions at this stage! ... But, like the fractured, strobing aesthetic; the alarm bell; the use of figurative, recognisable elements. Dare I say: verisimilitude over rarefied abstraction, but, deftly, not direct reportage either. I like this tightrope act; as it keys into what I was saying last time about my own love of black comedy-cum-surrealism as a route back to saying something new, cogent about reality. Also, I like the image of branding the project as '...research...'. Reminds me of Robert Filliou (once Fluxus) specifically, and lots of Conceptual Artists generally. I like the idea of explorative, process-preoccupied endeavours, as opposed to concern with objects and conclusions. Isn't everything an ongoing project in essence anyway? The trick in avoiding the object/conclusions route, though, is to genuinely experiment. Hence: improv. But, improv with brains, and a purpose. I'm going on probably, but I got a good feeling from your material. Tell me, are you familiar with/a fan of the films of Patrick Keiller ('London', 'Robinson in Space'); and Chris Marker ( 'La Jetee', 'Sans Soliel')? Look forward to Friday. Best wishes, Anthony No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.16/225 - Release Date: 09/01/2006