Sidenote (still in Haukijärvi but digressing)
Once in a while, something falls into my perception that I want to share.
Post 06 from Haukijärvi Finland – Arteles (event sidebar)
The Event
Aurora Wondrous Haukijärvi 1
It was not the most spectacular or long lasting, but all events have significance; they bring with them their own special dynamic and provoke response. We get to be fascinated children gleefully dancing to the music of chance.
Moving blob of glow
Being part of a herd of artists scurrying around, finding the best angle and exposure, excitedly chatting and wondering (and in the act of witnessing wonder). The event created an event.
Aurora Wondrous Haukijärvi presen[t]ce
Aurora Wondrous Haukijärvi 2
Fingers cold enough that one could not find those buttons that have become so familiar, fumbling with apertures and shutters.
Can’t see the tree for the forest.
How can we be sure something happened if no one saw us there?
Orion came to the show, witnessing the witnesses.
Post 05 from Haukijärvi Finland – Arteles
Since starting to work with sound, I have always been projecting some kind of imagery on the wall in front of me for inspiration; usually it has been Andrei Tarkovsy’s “Stalker”, the most visually stimulating film for me.
What I have realized during my experience at Arteles is this is actually part of my process. I have been developing sound and video simultaneously as I work. The sound is not at all a “soundtrack” for the video or the video a “imagetrack” for the sound. It is something else entirely. Together they seem to create a mindscape of sorts; a way to explore experience and the persistence of memory. Merci Marcel Proust! Once I spend a bit of time with performing to these images I will add a version with sound.
Across the Silence v02 – (soundless version) from Pierre LeBlanc on Vimeo.
Post 04 from Haukijärvi Finland – Arteles
And the artists gathered for the ritual burning of the construction waste.
soft fire
The sky at 21:00 in Finland is almost identical to the sky at 05:00 in Corner Brook.
ritual
Cider wisdom: “smile like you mean it” – inside cap of cider bottle.
yellow fire
embers + fire