Today was a day of returning to something i've been exploring for about a year now: taping video cameras to bodies and finding a way of moving that relates to the landscape and creates a rhythmical conversation between body and land. It is a challenging way of working that demands a huge shift in perspective to begin to be aware of the camera in a strange location and taking account of the physicality of the camera, the body and the land. We worked first in the studio and then took it out into the park. An added surprise was that two young men approached us to find out what we were doing and we stayed chatting for a while. One of them rapped for us and even invented a bit of rap in my honor.
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a day in the park
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Re: a day in the park
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Scottja
on Thu 08 Sep 2011 14:40 BST | Profile | Permanent Link
What an interesting concept. Since the video camera wouldn't be stationary, I imagine the video would be going up and down and all around. I would get vertigo! Just make sure you have good batteries for you camera. If the experiment is successful and you want to call everyone you know, make sure you have good phone batteries too! I find when my phone roams (looking for a signal), it drains my battery faster than normal.
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