DAY TWO

QUESTIONS CONCERNING METHODOLOGY

• WHAT IS BEING CAPTURED?

  • AM I THE SUBJECT? NO - THE LANDSCAPE IS SUBJECT

  • HOW MUCH SHOULD I BE REPRESENTED ON SCREEN?

  • A SERIES OF TROPES, CINEMATIC ARCHETYPES: MIRRORS AND WINDOWS, SHADOWS, SHIFTING LIGHT OF DAY, STILL LIFES OF PLANTS AND FURNITURE

• AREN'T THESE JUST SO MANY BORING SCENES OF MUNDANE EXISTENCE?

  • NO ACTION - YES, THIS IS THE POINT. THE FIRST SCENE IS A BEGINNING, COMES BEFORE ANY ACTION HAS TAKEN PLACE. REMEMBER: NOW IS A TIME FOR COLLECTING NOT CRITICALITY

PROVISIONAL SOLUTION: WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT IS IMPORTANT (YET) EVERYTHING SHOULD BE EXPERIMENTED WITH. THE BEGINNING IS A STATE OF NOT KNOWING. EVERYTHING IS FAIR GAME.

THE GOAL IS NOT TO DOCUMENT ME (AS SUBJECT) OR ENVIRONMENT (AS SCENE) BUT TO FOCUS UPON THE STREAM (CASCADE) OF THOUGHT BUBBLING UP IN THE PRESENT. THE HERE AND NOW SERVES AS THAT INVISIBLE LINE SEPARATING PAST FROM FUTURE. ALL OF THIS DOCUMENTATION IS MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE, WITH TOTAL DISREGARD FOR THE RAMIFICATION OF SUCH ACTIONS.

DAILY WRITING TASKS

• A LETTER WRITTEN EACH DAY, TO SOMEONE SOMEWHERE. SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN A SINGLE DAY. FIRST: PLANS FOR CA IN FEBRUARY-APRIL. CAR?

• SOME WEB-BASED CORRESPONDENCE: DIRECT MESSAGES, EMAILS, ETC. KEEP THE CONTACTS ALIVE. FIRST: JEBBE, OTHER COPENHAGEN FRIENDS, START FROM MOST RECENT AND WORK BACK.

• BY THE END OF THE DAY: SHORT PIECE OF EDITED TEXT TO BE READ/RECORDED FOR LIBRETTO. FROM ANY SOURCE.

DAILY VIDEO TASKS

• UNSUPERVISED TIME-LAPSE FOOTAGE OF A NEW SUBJECT. SCENE OBSERVATION, FURNITURE PORTRAITS, MAPPING ROTATION OF THE EARTH, ETC.

• FOUND MANUFACTURED NATURE ARRANGEMENTS: COLLECTED WHILE OUT FOR A WALK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. CONSISTS OF HAND-HELD VIDEO STILL. ANT HILLS, SHRUBBERY, GEOLOGICAL COMPOSITIONS.

• CONCENTRATED TIME-LAPSE OF A SPECIFIC OBJECT-SUBJECT, IE: STACK OF BOOKS ON NIGHTSTAND, ASSORTMENT OF ROCKS ON VANITY/BATHROOM, CLOTHES IN CLOSET, FLIPPING THOUGH PAGES OF NOTEBOOKS.

• SCREEN CAPTURE OF ALL CPU TIME!

DAILY MUSIC TASKS

• RECORD IMPROVISED GUITAR: ZOOM (OUTSIDE, DISTANCE), TAPE (ROOM), IPHONE (CLOSE, PUT INTO OTHER OBJECTS), OR FOCUSRITE (IDEALLY!)

• RECORD OTHER MUSIC:

  • YOUTUBE>OFFLIBERATE>MIDI CONVERSION>ORACULAR MUSIC

  • YOUTUBE>OFFLIBERATE>CUT-UP METHOD>SPONTANEOUS TONAL POETRY

  • TAPE RECORDING OF WEB/RADIO/ANYTHING>PLAYED BACK AT SLOW/FAST SPEED (WITH ANALOG EFFECTS?)>"PLAY" WITH PHYSICALITY OF MEDIA

DAILY READING GOAL

• CREATIVE CONCEPTUAL PLAGIARISM: FIND SMALL SECTIONS TO LIFT, TRANSCRIBE TO CPU, ORGANIZE INTO FOLDERS OF THE CASTE OF CHARACTERS

DAILY ARCHIVE GOAL

• KEEP ARCHIVE CLEAN: AUDIO/VIDEO FOLDERS BY DATE, TEXT BY TOPIC, EVERYTHING AS NEATLY TAGGED AS POSSIBLE. DEDICATE SPACE ON AN EXTERNAL HD. CONSOLIDATE EXISTING MATERIALS TO CLEAR AS MUCH SPACE AS POSSIBLE.

• PURGE NOTEBOOKS, AT LEAST A LITTLE EACH DAY. < INSPIRES NEW DIRECTION FOR CONTINUED RESEARCH. ALSO, I WILL NEED THE CULMINATED DOCUMENTS FOR RESEARCH IN NORWAY.

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PLANNING TASK

• DECIDE A GOOD DATE TO ORGANIZE GARAGE, BEDROOM, COMPILE PERSONAL ARCHIVE. THIS WEEK WHEN PARENTS ARE GONE??

• DEDICATE WHOLE DAYS TO SINGLE ACTIVITIES? MAYBE/MAYBE NOT.

  • DAY OF GUITAR PLAYING

  • DAY OF READING

  • DAY OF SELF-NARRATION

• ACT OUT A SCENE. SOMEWHERE, SOMEHOW, SOMETIME. THIS MONTH. GARAGE? CLOSET? BATHROOM, WHILE TAKING A SHOWER? SITTING IN A CHAIR GETTING HIGH DESCRIBING THE ONSET OF INEBRIATION (INTOXICATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS).

• INTERVIEW QUESTIONS FOR EXTENDED FAMILY. NOT FORMAL OF COURSE, BUT HOW TO INJECT INTERESTING TOPICS AND PRODUCE STIMULATING CONVERSATION?