Fields and Frames : Briefing

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Vicky briefed us on fields and frames being an innovative way for experimentation. We learnt what exactly the unit wanted us to explore, think about and develop along the process as creative people :
  • Technical procedures
  • Production Practises 
  • Engagement in what we're making
  • Professionalism
  • Research 
  • Planning and organisation 
  • Awareness of audiences, contexts and networks
This could take the form of work in narrative, experimental art, expanded cinema, documentary or installation.

Here are pieces we looked at throughout the brief :

David Hall // TV Interruptions - Tap Piece (1971)



Commissioned by the Scottish Arts Council, 7 pieces out of an original 10, were assembled together as TV Interruptions. The third one, Tap Piece features a tap placed by unknown hands in the right of the screen and  which then begins filling up a tank with water. The meniscus of the water gets higher and higher until it eventually takes up the entire screen, submerging the tap. The tap is then taken away and after a short period the tank is drained, the line of the water going down horizontally on screen until it vanishes. The edges of the tank coincide with the TV screen's edges, demonstrating an importance of framing as acknowledged by Nicky Hamlyn.  The piece is very self aware and in those few moments of stillness after the tap is removed it leaves the audience viewing the emptiness on screen, something that never occurs in standard TV and cinema. 

Lis Rhodes // Dresden Dynamo (1971-72)



A very experimental and political piece, investigating the relationship between sound and image. Lis Rhodes states it was '...a film I made without a camera - in which the image is the soundtrack - the soundtrack the image.' Filters and stickers were used to achieve all the shapes and colours observed, along with white noise and atonal beeps for the sound. The piece illusions itself to be more than just a flat surface, giving it more of a depth.

Turbulent // Shirin Neshat (1998)


Statement about how females aren't allowed to perform in public in Muslim culture. Two screen piece, however the screens were not placed side by side but opposite, forcing the audience to make a choice in which one to watch. I liked this piece a lot due to the movement and style, as well as the strong performances. To me it conveys a very powerful message. 

Gary Hill // In as Much as it is Already Taking Place (1990)


 

Various body parts were displayed through different channels. It gave an impression of how the body exists in frames and how the audience created a meaning through having to walk through the screens and piece the parts together. 

Tony Oursler // Various 



Projections on to objects. I really liked how he gave personality to these items and focused on movement and feeling through the eyes and mouth - he spoke at one point on filming them separately to do specific acting such as "eye acting."

Malcolm Le Grice // Horror Film (1971)



Using 3 different projectors, each displaying a different colour, Malcolm Le Grice used his own body as a screen. 


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