Now, I have held many jobs involving computers, and I am not just talking about the generic word or spreadsheets. I am talking about cartography people!! I can make one hell of a map, and thus I love technology, but I am not getting into a war here over the better software (mac). The work by Jonas Mekas, I find, is inspriational. He is breaking ground, showing us that cinema can break out of the cellouid past and hurdle into the future. IT IS FANTASTIC!! Mekas is able to record his life and then upload it two seconds. SInce it is a slice of life we are viewing, he brings some cinematic truth to his work. He is declaring, through his images, that THIS IS LIFE!! AIN'T IT A BEAUTY?! I loved nothing more than spending an afternoon with a Hasidic Jew. I get learn more about my own faith through the eyes of someone else. Acconci's article work well with Mekas' art because it creates that intimate, in your face moment. Then again, his 365 days might be his world, but can it become the viewer's world as well. It is seen subjectively, as if the viewer is taping the occurences of the day.
I hate to say it, but film is dead. VIVA LA COMPUTER AND INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY!!
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YEAH!
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