Jean Luc Godard: "a story should have a beginning, middle and end, but not necessarily in that order". Gordon enjoys this notion of disorder, illusion and pretence. He wants to blur the boundaries with his work, what is real and what's not? In his art, he enjoys the aspect that you can see yourself in every piece of it, just ever so slightly - this was shown particularly in Hall of Mirrors.
In nearly all of his film work, he places them on loop. Or shown in Psycho 24 Hours, he drastically slows down a film to make it last for 24 hours. The audience becomes lost within the work, waiting to see its progression, aggravated by the speed - becoming restrained by the work. Gordon informs that the reason for this process, is because he wants it to be relentless. Whilst growing up, he said that he had to endure doing relentless things: going to school, church, etc. Things that wouldn't let up, he couldn't get away from. This work is relentless, but now the audience is able to say when they want to leave.
Gordon's piece that caught my attention most was Phantom 2011. It's a "brutal piece" claims gordon, and i totally agree. this piece was based around the idea of finding out how slow a piece of work can go, but for it to still engage people. It is a film of a blacked out eye crying. In front of it on the floor is a large grand piano, silent, and a baby piano that has been burnt to a pile on the floor. The music being played is by Rufus Wainwright, all of the songs are taken from the album dedicated to his dead mother. It is in fact Wainwright's eye which is crying. The eye lashes look like some sort of claws, like a venus fly trap that is luring you in. It presents an uneasy and disgusted feeling. The film, music and object placement all perfectly fit together in this piece. they wonderfully evoke the feeling of death and loss. The severed connection through the burnt piano.
As i am not definite at the moment on my soviet montage style films, and prefer the more photograph slow like films, I have been thinking to maybe include object placement within my work. This placement could be more telling as to what happening within my films. It alludes to so much in Gordon's work, and so i believe that i should try this with mine?! I'm not sure why i make/ film model scenes, perhaps it's so i can get everything just as i want. The perfect place to create these uneasy and unsettling scenes.
In nearly all of his film work, he places them on loop. Or shown in Psycho 24 Hours, he drastically slows down a film to make it last for 24 hours. The audience becomes lost within the work, waiting to see its progression, aggravated by the speed - becoming restrained by the work. Gordon informs that the reason for this process, is because he wants it to be relentless. Whilst growing up, he said that he had to endure doing relentless things: going to school, church, etc. Things that wouldn't let up, he couldn't get away from. This work is relentless, but now the audience is able to say when they want to leave.
Gordon's piece that caught my attention most was Phantom 2011. It's a "brutal piece" claims gordon, and i totally agree. this piece was based around the idea of finding out how slow a piece of work can go, but for it to still engage people. It is a film of a blacked out eye crying. In front of it on the floor is a large grand piano, silent, and a baby piano that has been burnt to a pile on the floor. The music being played is by Rufus Wainwright, all of the songs are taken from the album dedicated to his dead mother. It is in fact Wainwright's eye which is crying. The eye lashes look like some sort of claws, like a venus fly trap that is luring you in. It presents an uneasy and disgusted feeling. The film, music and object placement all perfectly fit together in this piece. they wonderfully evoke the feeling of death and loss. The severed connection through the burnt piano.
As i am not definite at the moment on my soviet montage style films, and prefer the more photograph slow like films, I have been thinking to maybe include object placement within my work. This placement could be more telling as to what happening within my films. It alludes to so much in Gordon's work, and so i believe that i should try this with mine?! I'm not sure why i make/ film model scenes, perhaps it's so i can get everything just as i want. The perfect place to create these uneasy and unsettling scenes.