HereandElsewhere

Fineartinvideoformat.IthinkIjusthaveasoftspotforfilmessay,andthisbasicallyseemslikeGodardonChrisMarkermode.It’sinterestinghowthestructureofthiskindaactsasaninteractiveexperimentontheaudience,towhichtheexplorationoftheimage-soundrelationismoresoaskedandpresented,ratherthanbeingevaluated.Thefilmisassembledinawaywheretheconcatenationofeverysceneisconstantlycancelingitselfoutandbeingreplacedbysomethingelse.ThissortofrhythmandpurestructuralistdemandreflectsonalargerscaleofGodard’svalues,whichIbelieveismuchmoreeffectivethangoingaboutfromatraditionalfilmmakingapproach.Theentireideaofbeingintwo‘presents’isalsorefreshing.There’swaysweoccupyandcapturemutiplespacesatatime,andbeingawareofthatmakesusmoresensibletowardswhat’shappeningtoourselvesandaroundus.[Learntoseehere,inordertohearelsewhere.Learntohearyourselfspeaktoseewhatothersdo.Othersarethe‘elsewhere’toour‘here’.]