Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Oneiric Views and Sceneries; A Moving Diptych

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A short experimental dooble-voodle by moi and bk featuring an oneiric view on sceneries - captured just outside Bari, Italy, 2008.06.21 - and other mindsets. View the moving diptych with Gurdonark's fine soundtrack 'Zugzwang', mashed-up with Skoria's 'Vocal Echo' and some additional local noise.
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moi and b.k.: video 072 for lomeg-rom.blogspot.com - 4'40''
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8 comments:

SAM RENSEIW said...

superb diptych & zungswangs fits well.

LOMEG_ROM said...

the dry landscape outside Bari - on the way to the legendary town of Matera - has a beauteous dreamlike quality on its own. traveling by bus alongside the olive-groves with the scattered Trulli is indeed a surrealistic experience. unfortunately we missed the part which we like the most and that's the reason why we've chosen to treat the voodle as we did.

memory is a strong and vibrant tool to recall past occurrences (...?!?) and thus this dooble-voodle - as a moving diptych in between the figurative and abstract - is the mnemonic device that can serve our memory. ...and it might do so better then a photo-album.

b.k./lomeg_rom

themattblack said...

Fantastic! The slight angle difference of the two images makes it really compelling for some reason. All the elements of the piece really hold together well.

LOMEG_ROM said...

dear matt! i didn't see your comment before now - thank you for the nice remark. how's your voodling going - i see you haven't posted on the mattblack since march...?

b.k./lomeg_rom

ale said...

Hi,

This is Ale, or Skoria on CCMixter. I would love to show your nice film at a local "open mic" for independent films, called Bluescreen, which takes place monthly at the cube cinema in Bristol, UK. If that sounds like a good idea to you, please let me know and we'll chat about it.

I'm so glad to discover this new road my little vocal samples have found...

Ale

LOMEG_ROM said...

hi ale!

thank you for the nice comment and the interest you show in that video. we left you on ccmixter.org a note on our contact-information. looking forward to hear back from you, and compliments on your audible-work!

b.k./lomeg_rom

ale said...

Hi

Just to say, we just showed it tonight and it opened tonight's Bluescreen event (http://microplex.cubecinema.com/cubewebsite/bluescreen.html ), where it was followed by a trailer of an independent film on Robert Mugabe. We couldn't get the audio working on the computer, so we (the orchestra cube - http://orchestra.cubecinema.com/ ) improvised to it live. The performance was not recorded so it is lost in the wind, but it may have been photographed by members of the audience. I tried to play to it very slowly, on a tabla. Others didn't.

Ale

Anonymous said...

Dan Zukovic's "DARK ARC", a bizarre oneiric modern noir dark comedy called "Absolutely brilliant...truly and completely different..." in Film Threat, was recently released on DVD and Netflix through Vanguard Cinema (http://www.vanguardcinema.com/darkarc/darkarc.htm), and is currently
debuting on Cable Video On Demand. The film had it's World Premiere at the Montreal Festival, and it's US Premiere at the Cinequest Film Festival. Featuring Sarah Strange ("White Noise"), Kurt Max Runte ("X-Men", "Battlestar Gallactica",) and Dan Zukovic (director and star of the cult comedy "The Last Big Thing"). Featuring the glam/punk tunes "Dark Fruition", "Ire and Angst" and "F.ByronFitzBaudelaire", and a dark orchestral score by Neil Burnett.

TRAILER : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPeG4EFZ4ZM

***** (Five stars) "Absolutely brilliant...truly and completely different...something you've never tasted
before..." Film Threat
"A black comedy about a very strange love triangle" Seattle Times
"Consistently stunning images...a bizarre blend of art, sex, and opium, "Dark Arc" plays like a candy-coloured
version of David Lynch. " IFC News
"Sarah Strange is as decadent as Angelina Jolie thinks she is...Don't see this movie sober!" Metroactive Movies
"Equal parts film noir intrigue, pop culture send-up, brain teaser and visual feast. " American Cinematheque