These scenes are very abstract, with no context and it worries me a little bit, but this the info I understood.
Eisenstein's Methods of Montage Explained | Russian Soviet Montage Theory | VIDEO ESSAY
The Transition of the dying men's breath towards the camera , and the transition of the clouds is very masterly done, plus with the audio still going of him breath, really paint a picture of him taking his last breath.(The Revenant Film).
TIM HECKER / BLACK REFRACTION
For this scene I really enjoyed the use of color from the very darkness of the whole scene but with a spots of colors, and then transitioning to just just black screen but with white spot in back again to the spotty colors.
Pipilotti Rist: Sip my Ocean / Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney
This is by far my favorite video of abstraction so far, I really enjoyed the different shots in the begin that introduced us to the location of the Museum. Is it from us entering in with the people I really enjoyed the use of noise cuz in the beginning was very quiet but then it got really loud when we got closer to the people. Also the pieces the pieces in the museum very interactive with its viewers. From the little bubbles of different colors to the projection on the floor and on the wall and on the little silver bowls it was very beautiful. these shots really explained the overview and experience of going to such location.
Thanks for your thoughts, Ange. I think some context is missing here, and hopefully we'll have time to go through these various issues and tactics together in class. In the meantime, please reach out about questions and concerns, as I worry that you might feel a bit overwhelmed by this topic. Each video clip in the reference screening is addressing a different way of approaching the topic of non-narrative. Images are used more for their symbolic and visual potential than for their ability to create continuity of a story. Some video links are ABOUT this issue, such as video essays on montage, aspect ratio, or interviews with artists. Other video links are actual video pieces, such as Sabrina Ratte's and Peter Mack's work, for instance. How do all of these people deal with imagery, and the various ways it can be sequenced, juxtaposed, and composited? Perhaps your analysis of Ratte's music video gets closest to this way of thinking in that you are noticing colors and patterns as they juxtapose with sound, as opposed to searching for a story in the pieces. This is tough stuff, but we have to try to feel our way through, as we do other media such as painting or sculpture, as opposed to rely on the expectation of story.
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