The Alan Sondheim Mail Archive

November 6, 2005


Saigon test real

Coppola made Apocalypse Now as test reel.
I make test real in Saigon.
http://www.asondheim.org/saigon.mov
I will always remember our nights in Vietnam.
Teelak (named changed) has given me untold pleasure.
We American doughboys know how to have good time.
We take care of our girls in very proper style.
Now, America is giant superpower.
Soon we will take care of you.

I think this is brilliant; you're working in uncharted territory. As far 
as broadband's concerned, this is pretty small; my stuff has loaded up to 
30 megs at one point.

What amazes me is the resonance of this with 'experimental film' - the 
fact that a new piece emerges out of each run is amazing, especially since 
all the aesthetics are there, perhaps dialectically in negotiation with 
our own predilections - Alan


On Sat, 5 Nov 2005, mldeed1 wrote:

> Michael --
>
> I enjoyed this immensely.  It's one of those compositions that makes
> me wonder how imagination works anyway, because I could never think
> this up, yet I am delighted by the lines, the motion, the colors.  And
> -- of course -- the music.
>
> I think a musician should not apologize for a large file for his
> music.  For you to restrict yourself to smaller file images would be
> like a writer deciding only to make art with stick figures (who do not
> speak).
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> Some day when broadband becomes affordable in my region, I will be
> able to watch these large file pieces without planning ahead.  For
> now, I can open a second browser tab and then wait -- this piece took
> about 15-20 minutes to load.
>
> I know I am missing some wonderful work this way -- and especially I
> am missing some of Alan's work -- but (even though it hurts) it does
> seem to me that broadband is almost mandatory at this point for anyone
> serious about web installations.
>
> There is always the question of audience outside of the web art world,
> but broadband is becoming more common among the non-techie audience --
> partly I think because there are so many commercially-based options
> now, such as getting live or on-demand newscasts from your home town
> station, etc.
>
> Anyway, I ramble.  Thanks for this, Michael.  I plan to look at it
> again now that it's cached on my machine.
>
> Martha
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>>> --- In webartery@yahoogroups.com, Michael Szpakowski
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>>>> 'fresco' - a generative movie
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>>>>  *allow pop ups
>>>>  *sound on
>>>>  * 2.5 Mb - most of that sound..
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>>>> http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/fresco/
>>>>
>>>> best
>>>> michael
>>>>
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mysterium

just more of this
where i live and work
you probably won't see me
(but you can feel my hands

http://www.asondheim.org/room.mp

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