Hi Johannes, Absolutely agree with you; I think I'm dealing w/ too much horror at the moment which dominates my mind and work at the moment. But then I've always unfortunately gravitated towards that...
Best, Alan - do not ask for whom the bell tolls... - one second of a tolling bell ... On Wed, Oct 2, 2024 at 1:03 PM Johannes Birringer via NetBehaviour < [email protected]> wrote: > > dear Alan and Björn: > I couldn't quite follow where you were going, Alan: "'no place and time > for crying" was not the point, I gathered, > the emotional side of war or violence or devastation, or someone's brief, > was never addressed, I take it, > nor the time one might need to mourn or to react. > > What Björn points out is an interest in the absurd. Yes, that call for a > one-second film is absurd, and possibly, > given the context in which we live, a complete waste of time and our > patience. As is the > other festival I read about - a biennale that does not take place. > > >> > Open call > The biennale doesn't take place, with works that don't exist. > There is nothing special to do. > > Do you want to participate? > >> > > > No thanks > > But then again, who am I to complain about the theatre of the absurd. > regards, > Johannes Birringer > > > > On Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 5:04 PM Alan Sondheim via NetBehaviour < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> an interesting discussion - 'no place and time for' crying i think >> implies >> devastation, people beyond recovery, beyond crying as an expression, in >> other words, one way or another 'shell shocked' - in which case crying is >> reduced to zero time... temporary or permanent destruction of the self as >> capable of healing... >> >> On Sat, 28 Sep 2024, Bj?rn Magnhild?en via NetBehaviour wrote: >> >> > Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 10:57:11 +0200 >> > From: Bj?rn Magnhild?en via NetBehaviour < >> [email protected]> >> > To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity >> > <[email protected]> >> > Cc: Bj?rn Magnhild?en <[email protected]> >> > Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] "I cry and I cry": Open Call for One-Off >> Moving >> > Image Festival 2024 >> > >> > It has taken me some time to find a response. I believe it's through a >> sense >> > of the absurd that this work, and others I've done, has found an >> expression. >> > Other than the one second film festival, there's also the leap second >> > festival, a biennale.no (which doesn't take place), etc. It questions >> the >> > relation between art and the world, representation, the >> > non-representational. Incongruence all around. The theme of "I cry and I >> > cry" is also about an inability to cry, there's no place and time for >> it, >> > becoming insensitive through violence and media, not being able to >> process >> > it. Absurdity I think is a key. Nothing is working, there's no fix. No >> > understanding. >> > >> > On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 8:01?PM Johannes Birringer via NetBehaviour >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I would agree, with what is mentioned here in the reply, and >> > I'd add this call for submission >> > for a one second film is nonsensical and probably very insensitive to >> > many. I also didn't realize >> > that filmic/video experimentation is down to one second. >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 4:35?PM Alan Sondheim via NetBehaviour >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Given the state of the world and brutal violence resulting >> > in the death of >> > an old friend, , alas, it would be difficult to contain >> > this >> > >> > On Wed, 18 Sep 2024, Bj?rn Magnhild?en via NetBehaviour >> > wrote: >> > >> > > Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 11:10:53 +0200 >> > > From: Bj?rn Magnhild?en via NetBehaviour >> > <[email protected]> >> > > To: netbehaviour <[email protected]> >> > > Cc: Bj?rn Magnhild?en <[email protected]> >> > > Subject: [NetBehaviour] "I cry and I cry": Open Call for >> > One-Off Moving Image >> > > Festival 2024 >> > > >> > > We are inviting filmmakers, artists, and creators to >> > submit ultrashort >> > > video works for the festival centered around the theme >> > "I cry and I >> > > cry". >> > > >> > > This theme invites reflection on the intimate and >> > universal act of >> > > crying ? whether as an expression of joy, sorrow, >> > frustration, or >> > > release. It explores the power of vulnerability, >> > emotional outpouring, >> > > and how crying can be a response to personal, social, or >> > global >> > > experiences. 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