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Thursday, February 19, 2009

HOLLA BACK, Y'ALL!

A friend recently asked me if this is a blog or a website. I guess the answer is a little of both. It actually evolved from a newsletter I used to mail out a couple of times a year, reporting on where I'd been, and trying to make sense of where I was headed. I'm continually trying to figure out how to create some kind of dialog.
"This is so wonderfully good.  Is this your editing?  It's gorgeous, sharp, light on its feet. Sweet and heartbreaking and vaguely familiar in the first piece.  Memory, human and animal.  The textures in the opening of the second piece - abstract at its best.  The image disturbing but set off by that beauty. The third is full of life, humor, success.  The deer dances juxtaposed.  How cool is that!"


"I like that the piece changes from recording to location sound. Love the voyeuristic POV in camera work and that you have added deer to your ever-morphing company.  And skating as dance! The red coat and the freak out in the snow all very powerful. What a poem.  Might be my favorite!"

9 comments:

Alberto said...

For a four minute work, as presented here, while the skating was certainly interesting, given it's richness I was surprised at it's relatively brief exposure and inclusion in the film as a whole. I guess it felt like a brand new idea, and I'm not sure what it was for in context of the deep material presented before it. Not sure how I felt about the deer either. ;-) The person in the snow and the sound of the damp weather was brooding and drew me in, particularly the action of the scrapping against the snow. I loved not ever really being able to see the dancer's face, but the ragged hair in the snow and cold rain was intense. This seems to be an interesting idea with regards to a bigger picture. I'm certainly curious to see more. Thank you Marta for making such provocative and intriguing dance on camera.

Unknown said...

The short moment of the fall and the deer playing were beautiful - that is chance grabbed Marta!
I love the peek-a-boo sense of the beginning, and could have watched the red coated dancer appear and take form even more.
My brain jury is still out on Red Coat in the snow and off the ice. but loved Sweater Hair In Her Face in the snow.
Hope those thoughts are helpful!

Anonymous said...

I like how it seems like the evoluton of movement: sorta wildness through to civilization: "Look, she can skate!" And deer dancing in between as if, "What's so hard about movement?"

Rev Kate said...

It's gorgeous !!! Don't change a thing.

Anonymous said...

POV is wonderful. The music is perfect. The branches become a major character in the piece. Seeing only the flash of color first is very effective. The timing of the fadeouts is great.

Just some wishes...I wish the color bearer did more upon sighting after the first 2 or 3 times. Thought the deer could come in earlier or... if the sighting of the deer could in with the skater falling down.

Unknown said...

I love the trilogy/triptych format. They are like three haikus about the same patch of winter. Also three different feelings associated with winter: playful, stuck and frustrated, gliding and fancy free. I agree with other commentors that the framing through the branches is a really nice common thread. I like seeing the skater glide off at the end too.

lifedance said...

Inspired and inspiring. Just as I am sitting here on March 2nd in the Catskills, lamenting yet another snowstorm - and it's snowing in the city, too! - and thinking I just can't bear it another minute, then here comes this ode to ice and snow and the white noise of the soul turned into music - ah, lovely. Thank you.

Anonymous said...

The beginning of the film is very beautiful like a moving painting. The setting is serene and meditative for a while. Then it changes in a place where life/history happens and happened.I agree with Alberto, this section of the film does more for me than the 2nd part (the skater). I really enjoyed the music integration in the first part of the film and I like the music a lot.
Oh Winter,
Thank you Marta for making dances in nature

Gabri said...

Just got to watch it again and not sure if i commented already. I like the feel of it and the POV. Wish it would have stayed with the skater and the deer. Not sure what the connection to the beginning was. But then again, if it is just a poem, it could work well. Thanks for letting me comment.