In Praise of Blur
HD video, 5’35”, 2017
By Richard Misek and Martine Beugnet
A brief respite from the visual precision of the ultra high definition image.
Made as a part of Indefinite Visions
Music
Oren Ambarchi, ‘Passage’
Gabriel Yared, ‘Sauve Qui Peut’
And assorted samples
Images
I.. Dreaming (Stan Brakhage, 1988)
Three Colours: Blue (Kryzsztof Kieslowski, 1994)
Delicatessen (Jeunet & Caro, 1991)
Dog Star Man (Stan Brakhage, 1988)
Pitch Black (David Twohy, 2000)
Amer (Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, 2009)
The Double Life of Veronique (Kryzsztof Kieslowski, 1991)
September (Esther May Campbell, 2009)
The Ipcress File (Sidney Furie, 1965)
Wuthering Heights (Andrea Arnold, 2011)
The Back Steps (Leignton Pierce, 2001)
Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 1982)
Nightcrawler (Jake Gilroy, 2014)
Disorder (Alice Winocour, 2015)
Visions in Meditation (Stan Brakhage, 1989-90)
Lore (Cate Shortland, 2012)
Cat’s Cradle (Stan Brakhage, 1959)
Mountains May Depart (Jia Zhangke, 2015)
Remainder (Omder Fast, 2016)
Adieu au langage (Jean-Luc Godard, 2014)
Sauve qui peut (Jean-Luc Godard, 1980)
Il Deserto Rosso (Michaelangelo Antonioni, 1964)
Fruitcake (Sara Kaaman and Ester Martin Bergsmark, 2009)
Scenes From Under Childhood (Stan Brakhage, 1967-70)
Commingled Containers (Stan Brakhage, 1997)
Somersault (Cate Shortland, 2004)
Black Sun (Gary Tarn, 2005)
And assorted bokeh videos from pond5.com