this thing...(redux)
this thing...(redux) takes a close but albeit compulsive, complex and systematic look at the word "thing" when it is used to describe a romance or relationship. To take it a step further, I wonder about our relationship to objects and our desire for them and for others.
Aren't relationships a bit nonsensical and mis-communicative as a fragmented memory of a conversation, or a disjointed sentence in the wake of a heated discussion, or in throes of desire? What are the interpretations and assumptions that people have when they read or say things like, "It's a thing,"
"They have a thing," "We have a thing." Somehow we know what "this thing" is, yet cannot always say it just so, and this is fascinating.
compulsive gestures (exercise for writing the word "thing"), graphite on paper
On several occasions I photographed in rapid succession the activity of writing stream-of-consciousness lists beginning with the word "thing". I wrote as fast as I could, but no matter what, I could not always write perfectly or legibly. New words would form as the handwriting became sloppy, lending to other interpretations and phonetic or even misspelled words.
Most curious was the disconnect between the hand, mind and seeing. Overall, the content of the writing lends itself to the necessity/futility of rewritten and reread love and Dear John letters. The following film was created with the resulting photographs from the writing exercises, reiterating further successions akin to many ridiculous behaviors or circumstances in relationships.
Most curious was the disconnect between the hand, mind and seeing. Overall, the content of the writing lends itself to the necessity/futility of rewritten and reread love and Dear John letters. The following film was created with the resulting photographs from the writing exercises, reiterating further successions akin to many ridiculous behaviors or circumstances in relationships.
compulsive gestures (exercise for the photographs of writing the exercises for the word, "thing")
And the second film became yet another distillation of excerpts of the writing exercises, which were transcribed into type text, which was then made into a film accompanied by a music mash-up only to be caught in the meddle of disjointed recollections.
compulsive gesture (declarations). 2: 44
(Roxy Music The Main Thing + Billie Holiday This Thing Called Love + Phillip Glass Metamorphosis II)
(Roxy Music The Main Thing + Billie Holiday This Thing Called Love + Phillip Glass Metamorphosis II)