Always a bittersweet moment when you find someone's been doing what you do , but much, much better. I discovered these cut-up films from Augart Media recently and can't stop watching them. Though this format may drive some of you crazy, it has been an interesting one for me to explore. These works combine film footage and construct musical or percussive songs from it. Weird--wonderful--and a little annoying. Like Martin Arnold on speedy LSD.
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Monday, July 28, 2008
Friday, January 4, 2008
Harun Farocki and the Politics of Found Footage with William Burroughs on Cut-Ups
Harun Farocki has used found footage in innovative ways throughout his career challenging dominant political perspectives with a simple common sense approach to the world. His films are sometimes almost untouched appropriations and others deeply nuanced assemblages that find incredible connections between disparate source materials. He is a humane, empathetic and serious found footage filmmaker who unlike his colleagues has created uncynical films that speak truth to power without being self-righteous. I highly recommend his films Interview, How to Live in the German Federal Republic , Still Life, Videograms of a Revolution, and War at a distance. Below are clips from some films.
A clip from a documentary on William Burroughs explaining the Cut-Up Method:
Here is a Cut-Up Film by Burroughs:
A clip from a documentary on William Burroughs explaining the Cut-Up Method:
Here is a Cut-Up Film by Burroughs:
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