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Treatment For Film

  • AV Performance
  • Video Theatre
  • Experimental Electronics
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Treatment For Film
[Texto disponible solo en inglés] Sampled footages from various movies, videos from youtube, and the internet, are taken out of their original context and placed into a meta-narrative of what may seem to be a series of unrelated fragments juxtaposed to create a new movie. The performance investigates the possibilities of creating new forms of narratives amidst an overload of sensory experience. Sounds, like field recordings, Foley sound effects, and electronic noise, are transformed further away from their original sounds and never correlate to the images seen on screen. To counter the chaos, the audience is invited to close their eyes during the performance, while 2 different sound cues are played for them. Upon hearing a sound cue, the audience is invited to open their eyes to follow either one of the two parallel narratives that can be found in the rapid flow of data stream. The work is at first a deep investigation on listening, then the combination of listening and viewing.

“Treatment for Film” is an experiment on finding a balance in ambiguity and specificity, where the mind’s activity of reading or deriving meaning from signs, can help create individualized cinematic narratives with the images and sounds they perceive. The perception of order produces pleasure. “Treatment for Film” is literally “performed cinema”, where it makes the usual passive audience into an active participant of the movie making process.

This performance is performed with another artist, Joee Mejias [PH], and or additional one or two artists.

FLOW:

1. TOKYO CITY BY DAWN
2. RANDOM FACES ON THE STREET
3. CROWD
4. HALLWAY IN CONSTRUCTION SITE
5. AIRCON MACHINE
6. MIRROR
7. BARE ROOM, WOMAN TIED UP ON BED
8. SHOES BEING COVERED BY DIRT
9. SPIDER CLOSE UP
10. OLD NEWSREEL CLIP
11. FOG OR SMOKE PATTERNS
12. BUTCHER IN SLAUGHTER HOUSE
13. CEMETERY GATES CLOSING
14. BOTTLE OF LIQUOR SPILLING OUT
15. GLOVES BEING PUT ON
16. MURDER VICTIM
17. TELEPHONE LIGHTS

18. WATER CURRENTS
19. WASHING HANDS
20. HANDS LEAFING THROUGH BOOK
21. PRESSURE GAUGE RISING
22. TWO SHIPS PASSING AT NIGHT
23. ELECTRIC OVERHEAD FAN STOPS
24. HOCKEY PLAYER’S ELBOW
25. MIXING OIL IN A HUGE VAT
26. MONKEY IN A ZOO
27. ROCKING CHAIR
28. DANCING PEOPLE
29. WRITING ON A BLACKBOARD
30. HANDS WITH MANY RINGS
31. MONEY EXCHANGED BETWEEN TWO MEN
32. MIRROR REFLECTING ROPES
33. WATER BOILING
34. MAGIC ACT

35. LETTER DROPPED INTO MAIL SLOT
36. SNIPER RIFLE BEING PUT IN A SUITCASE
37. BUBB LES IN THE AIR
38. DOOR OPENS
39. CHOPPING ICE
40. FRUIT IN A BASKET
41. TELEPHONE
42. SHIRTS HANGING IN A CLOSET
43. SCISSORS
44. PULLING TAPE OFF A MICROPHONE
45. BOTTLE OF LIQUOR SPILLING OUT
46. INK SPILL
47. PULLING BOW BACK
48. DOOR OPENS
49. TOUGH MEN COME INSIDE
50. HANGMAN’S NOOSE
51. SLEDGE HAMMER
52. WHEAT FIELD

53. FACE, EYES DOWN
54. PAIR OF GLASSES
55. PAN UP FIRE ESCAPE
56. GLASS BREAKING
57. DRIVING IN A CAR
58. SNARE DRUM BEING BEATEN
59. FIREPLACE
60. KNIFE CUTS THROUGH ROPE
61. STEALS CAR
62. POLICE CHASE
63. BARE BACK WITH TATTOO
64. RACING CAR AROUND BEND
65. THE SUN
66. HALL OF JUSTICE

67. TRAIN
68. CROWDED SUBWAY
69. PLATFORM
70. DISTORTION MIRROR/FUN HOUSE
71. SHAVING FACE
72. CAR PULLS UP TO EMPTY LOT
73. EMPTY FACTORY LATE AT NIGHT
74. RAZOR REFLECTS LIGHT
75. DESSERT, WHIPPED TOPPING WITH CHERRY
76. CLOSE UP OF CAMEL EYE
77. MAP SECTION
78. SLEEPING PEOPLE INSIDE TRAIN
79. NIGHTMARE
80. MONSTERS
81. SHEARS CUTTING LONG GRASS
82. RIPPING DRESS IN HALF
83. DENTIST DRILLING TOOTH
84. KEY UNLOCKS CHEST
85. LOTS OF BASEBALL BATS
86. LIGHT BULB BEING PAINTED BLACK
87. STIRRING A MARTINI WITH OLIVE/TOOTHPICK
88. BLOTTER ON SIGNATURE
89. THREE FRIENDS ARM IN ARM
90. SAND POURED ON PAPER
91. FIRE HYDRANT
92. COUCH
93. LOOKING DOWN FROM LIBRARY STAIRCASE
94. MAN WITH GUN
95. HUNDREDS OF FILING DRAWERS

96. RECORD TURNS ON TURNTABLE
97. TRAFFIC JAM
98. BEES SWARMING
99. RINGING A HAND BELL
100. STORM CLOUDS GATHERING
101. A CHAIR
102. PENDULUM CLOCK
103. FULL ASHTRAY
104. CHESS MOVE
105. TARGET
106. CITY MORGUE
107. PENGUINS
108. LONG STAIRS
109. TYPEWRITING
110. HANDS CHANGING ENVELOPE
111. REFRIGERATORS
112. DEAD BODY
113. TAXI CAB
114. SHADOW
115. BIRD CAGE
116. CUTTING A CABBAGE IN HALF
117. PUPPET ON STRINGS
118. TREES AT NIGHT, BLOWING IN THE WIND
119. CARTESIAN DIVER
120. TWO HANDS SHAKING
121. FIRE HOSE
122. SHOVEL DIGGING
123. BALL ROLLING ON METAL TRACKS
124. ANCIENT LANGUAGE / HIEROGLYPHS

125. SWIMMING POOL
126. BRIEFCASE
127. CRAGGY MOUNTAIN TOP
128. HINDENBERG DISASTER
129. MAN OPENS DOOR – SHADOWS
130. FIVE SMALL STONES
131. HIGH FENCE
132. ARTIFICIAL LIMB
133. CURTAINS SLIGHTLY MOVING
134. CHIMNEYS
135. CHALK “SCULLY” DRAWN ON SIDEWALK
136. BARKING DOGS
137. METRONOME
138. HOT CUP OF COFFEE
139. WOMAN TAKES HER STOCKING OFF

140. BLANK WALL WITH ONE WINDOW
141. TYING A TIE
142. SIGHTS OF A RIFLE
143. PAPER BAG
144. ASIAN EYE
145. LIGHT ON PHONE BLINKS
146. WINDOW SHADE UP
147. FINGERS OPENING A SMALL CASE WITH INSTRUMENTS
148. WIND THROUGH THE CURTAINS
149. OLD STYLE STREET LAMP
150. KNIFE SLITTING OPEN ENVELOPE AND OPENING LETTER
151. KEYS OF A PIANO
152. TRIMMING HEDGES WITH LARGE SHEARS
153. BONES IN SAND
154. BLACK NIGHT GOWN
155. DEALING PLAYING CATCH
156. FINDING MICROFILM IN BELT BUTTON
157. DROPPING A STONE INTO WATER
158. ROSE IN A LAPEL
159. MOTOR OF A CAR
160. LIGHT BULB IN LEAVES OF MAPLE BUSH
161. ICEBERG

162. DINNER TABLE, SET
163. BLACK CAT WALKS IN KITCHEN
164. HYPODERMIC SYRINGE
165. BEAK OF A BIRD
166. BOOKS WALL-TO-WALL
167. LADDER
168. CLIMBS UP AND HIDES
169. OCEAN SHOT
170. ORCHARD STREET MERCHANT STALLS
171. KEY OPENS DOOR
172. KEY OPENS CHEST
173. TELEGRAPH WIRES
174. WALL WITH NUMBERS ON IT
175. LAUNDRY IN A MACHINE
176. ENVELOPE WITH POSTMARK CHANGES HANDS
177. SKULL, SKELETON
178. GIANT CURTAINS
179. FIXING THE PLUMBING
180. THE PLANETARIUM


181. HAND WITH ROSARY BEADS
182. FISH IN A MARKET
183. BAG OR PACKAGE THROWN OUT OF A WINDOW
184. FLASHING LIGHT
185. SUITCASE BEING PLACED UNDER BED
186. EXPLOSION
187. MAN LOOKING THROUGH BINOCULARS
188. SWITCHBLADE OPENS
189. ROWS OF NUMBERS
190. TAPE RECORDER, FAST FORWARDING
191. BABY’S RATTLE
192. DRIED MUD FLATS
193. ELECTRIC SAW
194. A HOUSE
195. OCEAN
196. MAN SWIMMING


197. WIRES ON THE FLOOR
198. MAN TAKES HIS GLOVES OFF
199. DELIVERING BOXES OFF TRUCK
200. SNIPER SCOPE
201. MIGRATING BIRDS
202. MIXING DOUGH OR BATTER
203. POOL OF BLOOD ON THE FLOOR
204. SMELLS RICE
205. THE TRACKS OF A CAR IN FLASHLIGHT
206. HANDS TAKING PULSE
207. FIRE BUCKET
208. SHADOW OF RUNNING MAN
209. TAKING TICKETS AT A THEATER
210. SWEEPING BROOM
211. TWO PEOPLE RUNNING ON TV
212. CYCLONE FENCE
213. OCEAN WAVES
214. BEACH
215. ONE DEAD MAN BY BEACH ONE MAN SITTING WATCHING THE WAVES
216. SEAGULLS
217. BLINDING SUNLIGHT

BLACK SCREEN
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Duración (minutos)

40

Qué se necesita

A.

2 projectors (min. 5000 lumens each)
or
1 cinema-like projector (high DSP, high contrast) (min. 10,000 lumens)

B.
Quadraphonic sound system
(4-channels audio)
6 standing speakers 250 or more each
4 subwoofer type speakers
* speakers set-up surrounding audience space
* audience in cinema set-up, or lying down on bean bags, or facing one view sitting down.

C.
2 moving head sharpie lights, white, no filter

D.
Smoke machine

E.
Requirement of no lights in venue except from projectors and sharpies.

  • AV Performance
  • Video Theatre
  • Experimental Electronics

Autores

UNDE
UNDE

Philippines Mandaluyong, Antipolo

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