Einstein’s Dreams
This video is a response to an excerpt from the book Einstein’s Dreams 25 JUNE 1905. I took that idea of walking down the street playing a violin to another level. The response was due to the idea of walking around with so many other things going on. The idea of time speeding up and time slowing down was also a huge influence to the video.
The second video is a response from chapter 11 MAY 1905.
March 16th, 2008
So, after the cameras were cut and cleaned up- the multi step project begins. Each camera has been sized according to the position that it will live in each “mold” or “relic”. These sizes are tight fitting to the cameras. The idea is that there will not be too much free space around the cameras for the resin to live. They will live tight in the resin. I was trying for the resin to not overcome the idea of the cameras as relics, moments in time, and or a memory. These molds are made out of white board or mess-amine. These boards have a smooth surface that will allow for the resin to not take shape or texture of the mold. Each camera has been broken into three size categories. These categories seem to be the best fit for each camera. Once each mold is made, I will have to seal the edges, just to make sure that there will be no resin that leaks outside of the molds. The resin that is being used has a tendency to melt other products once the catalyst is adding as the heating agent which allows the resin to dry.
Each of these molds are finished. I have left a picture of one mold which will be used for the Golden Eye camera. The next post I have should be a a final product. Camera as object and camera as relic.
Digital Video_Project 5
This video is a reproduction of a scene from Clerks 2. This scene is supposed to recreate an argument from a previously recorded video. However, I chose to recreate a scene that shows a battle in conversation, but not necessarily a screaming battle.
March 2nd, 2009
Now, for the messy part. When cutting the cameras in half, pieces tend to fly off, fall off and completely disappear. So, I now have nine cameras cut in half, and 18 objects to fit back together, clean up around the edges and clean up. The plastic that is used in the cameras has a tendency to fray in all different directions. The plastic has also melted in a few places where the blade took longer to fully cut through the camera. As part of the tools I would need to complete this project, I decided that a Dremel tool would be a great investment. The first camera that I cut in half a few months ago was made mostly of plastic. The newer the camera, the more metal used. So the more recent cameras, like this pictured here took longer to cut, leaving all shorts of frayed and melted plastic. Since cutting the final cameras, I have been spending time sanding the edges of the cameras, finding missing pieces and cleaning the cameras. All of these steps are preparing me for the final stage of the project; the resin. Once I finish cleaning all the cameras, I will then decide how many final shapes that cameras will be molded into. These shapes will all be generally the same, the only thing that will change is the size. I have decided to go with two to three different sizes. I feel that this way, I will be able to add some depth to the project table that these objects will live on in the exhibition. So for now, I hope you enjoy the mess I am making. Hopefully next time you will see the beginning stages of the mold and the resin.
