[Frameworks] Desktop documentary/essay/narrative

John Muse jmuse at sonic.net
Wed Oct 25 15:46:55 UTC 2017


Yep, Noah is on my list.  See below.

> On Oct 25, 2017, at 3:11 AM, Aman Wadhan <amanwadhan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello John,
> 
> Memories of the following film leap to mind; you might find it interesting: 
> 
> 'Noah' (2013, 17 min.)
> dir. Walter Woodman & Patrick Cederberg
> 
> https://www.fastcompany.com/3017108/you-need-to-see-this-17-minute-film-set-entirely-on-a-teens-computer-screen
> 
> Best,
> Aman.
> 
> On Wednesday, October 25, 2017, John Muse <jmuse at sonic.net> wrote:
> Hive mind!  I’m looking for films that use the desktop and the graphical user interface as the ground and foundation for essays, documentaries, narrative films.  Below is my preliminary list of films.  Please share works that either take the desktop environment for granted, critically engage with it as a space and temporal structure, or use it occasionally but incisively.  What interests me most: how the window, pop-up, drag and drop, double-click, etc. create new editing protocols and rules.  Or how they ruin everything good and right and holy about film.
> 
> So far I’m thinking about:
> 
> Camille Henrot Grosse Fatigue (2013)
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Henrot
> 
> Patrick Cederberg & Walter Woodman, Noah (2013)
> https://vimeo.com/65935223
> 
> Nick Briz: Apple Computers (2013)
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GyvH3LApDI
> 
> Kevin B. Lee, Transformers: The Premake (2014)
> https://vimeo.com/94101046
> 
> Theo Anthony: Spirit Guide - Night Tremors Mix (2013)
> http://www.theoanthony.net/installation/2014/1/21/spirit-guide-night-tremors-mix-2013
> 
> Evan Meaney: Big Sleep (2015)
> http://evanmeaney.com/bigsleep/#start
> 
> Sondra Perry: Lineage for a Multiple-Monitor Workstation: Number One (2015)
> https://vimeo.com/131805970
> 
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