For this weeks experiment I decided to try and make a film with my mobile phone exploring movement. I started by making a few short films of me walking places (all of different lengths), specifically looking for lines and shapes. I then decided to link them all together into one larger narrative. I decided to play them all simultaneously in a grid, made using Flash.
I was interested in films that would conceptually play forever without repeating. By looping each video constantly, the composite image is unlikely to ever be repeated. Also, the camera on my phone only outputted low quality videos, by playing many simultaneously, I was able to overcome this technical problem, with what I feel is a relatively creative solution.
The playing of the videos simultaneously has some good effects in my opinion. It creates a sense of being in multiple places simultaneously, highlighting the ubiquitous aspects of the technology, whilst the movement in the images attempted to highlight the 'mobile' aspects. Lastly, this video relates to my recent interests in craft, in particular the patchwork quilt, which I would at some point like to make. The composite image is also quite hard to follow, in retrospect quite similar to work by Nam June Paik. This relates to the overload of data we witness in modern society.
Below is a 3 minute low quality excerpt
