What time is it?

Post by gk1 » Tue, May 01, 2012, 2:58 PM UTC

excuse-me wrote: post #33

_djo_ wrote: post #24

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I think I understand what Formanek was aiming for with this. Unlike pre-compiled footage that can just be made 24 hours long, this was done in real-time with the workers forced to match the demands of the clock without the opportunity to pause during their shifts. Because of its real-time nature when you view the video synced to your local time you can't help but become somewhat invested in the success of the workers…

Every saturday millions of people invest $100s each and colleges invest $100millions in finding out which team of people can carry a leather oval from one end of a field to another. This is at least novel and at the end of it you have a clock.

Post by blahedo » Tue, May 01, 2012, 3:06 PM UTC

extension wrote: post #5

So is this a clever split frame trick or did they actually spend an entire day doing that? EDIT: Actually, the lighting would be really difficult if it was a trick so I'm going to say it's real.

Post by scott_s » Tue, May 01, 2012, 3:14 PM UTC

ntkachov wrote: post #13

_djo_ wrote: post #9

This is an art project called 'Standard Time' by Mark Formanek. In late 2007 he filmed a team of 70 workers constructing this clock through 1611 iterations (every minute) for a 24-hour period in Berlin's Sculpture Park. So when originally filmed it was done in real-time. The flash video here is based on a screensaver that Formanek has made available which synchronises that video to your system clock, making it appear…

>Formanek has since staged a few live re-enactments of this clock being built I will never understand people that appreciate this kind of art. Call me classical, but I really don't see watching a clock interesting. Someone at the Boston MFA made a 24 hr movie where they compile different bits of film that includes a clock into a real time clock (so if it was 10:23 it would show 10:23 in a bit of the clip). It was int…

Post by richbradshaw » Tue, May 01, 2012, 4:04 PM UTC

motiejus wrote: post #45

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Post by Retric » Tue, May 01, 2012, 4:25 PM UTC

hnhg wrote: post #31

ars wrote: post #25

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That's not it. They are basically saying "the Emperor has no clothes". i.e. that people pretend to get it, but really, there's nothing there. And what they don't understand is why pretend?

I've had someone say this about all of poetry. All of it... It takes some breathtaking arrogance to think that a good chunk of educated and intelligent people are indulging in pretending to 'get something'.

  Just Die  *What someone says*
  End the Endless Breath with Death *What an author says*
  Endless Breath Ended *What a poet says*