Alvar Aalto Videos

Experimental architectural docu-voodle featuring some spaces in Alvar Aalto's tuberculosis sanatorium at Paimio, Finland. June 2009. Fine drone soundtrack addition from Kelly Davis. [Sam Renseiw: video # 702 for patalab02.blogspot.com]

click for video: Quicktime / .m4v for iPod/iPhone / direct streaming for PC " The wall returns to form the fourth side of the open courtyard, where the majority of it is missing, leaving nature beyond to complete the enclosure. Herein is an aura of immanence, of engagement with something in the process of happening. Fragments of collums fluting or stretching room-forms are in the process of transmuting towards growth or decay... The main room resembles something of the traditional multipurpose "tupa" space, with an open fire, and with the addition of a small loft studio, nestling between the apex of the roof. At the meeting of the two wings there is a small kitchen. The modest bedrooms and bathrooms are accessed by a cloister-like corridor which faces the courtyard, being either pierced by the sun through its doors and windows, or shuttered tight against the cold..." Apparently taking a scrutinising, moving approach (in)to a memorable piece of Nordic architecture, Sam Renseiw stretches the limits of testing body-space morphologies in the apparent maze of the simple corridor. View the elementary observations, complete with boatshelter, book reviews and diary of a parachutist noise-art re-mix by clicking here, or, on the links above.(patafilm # 701, 06'45'', 62Mb, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv) Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features a more static point of view, nevertheless representing an animated moment. (Lum # 212, 00'53''," window dog, tampere ", Quicktime/mov)....For a more psychedelic version, with sound, of the same scene, click here.

click for video: Quicktime / .m4v for iPod/iPhone / direct streaming for PC "Keep Ithaka always in your mind./Arriving there is what you're destined for, /but don't hurry the journey at all,/better if it lasts for years,/so you're old by the time you reach the island,/wealthy with all you've gained on the way,/not expecting Ithaka to make you rich. // Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey./Without her you wouldn't have set out./She has nothing left to give you now./And if you find her poor, Ithaka won't have fooled you./Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,/you'll have understood by then/what these Ithakas mean." The journey, the journey mumbled Renseiw, encountering numerous flash-backs and other deja-vus, circling the Villa while wondering on matters of morphology of body and space. View the unfolding around the pool by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 700(!), 05,14'', 46.4MB, Quicktime/mov -other versions at Blip.tv) Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features a contrasting balance, mixing location, semiotics and acrobatics. (Lum # 211 " jamaican superman, helsinki" 01'00'', 6MB, Quicktime/mov