John Ashbery Videos

Matthew Zapruder parses a John Ashbery poem.

click for video: Quicktime / .m4v for iPod / direct streaming for Pc at Blip.tv "How are we to inhabit/This space from which the fourth wall is invariably missing,/As in a stage-set or dollhouse, except by staying as we are,/In lost profile, facing the stars, with dozens of as yet/Unrealized projects, and a strict sense/Of time running out, of evening presenting/The tactfully folded-over bill?" Sometimes a voodle may have the distinctive qualities of a Lumiere video; Yet, the subtleties of errant, limpid silence seem to prevail, ponders Sam Renseiw, returning with fresh footage from a short trip south. View the framed fixation with added soundscape by clicking here or try to turn the sound off.(patafilm#614, 01'14'',7.3Mb, Quicktime/mov - other versions at Blip.tv) Today's Bonus Lumiere Video features some more potent traffic on the way to the starting line ( Lum # 133, "cph. historic grand prix 08", 01'00'', 5.1Mb, Quicktime/mov) Today's Patalab Metaphor Video re-play supplement features a two year old night-concert.( patafilm #218, 01'47''[26.07.2006 post], 8.2 MB, Quicktime/mov)

click for video: Quicktime / Blip.tv = direct streaming in Flash or .m4v for Pc "How little we know,/and when we know it!//It was prettily said that “No man/hath an abundance of cows on the plain, nor shards/in his cupboard.” Wait! I think I know who said that! It was...//Never mind, dears, the afternoon/will fold you up, along with preoccupations/that now seem so important, until only a child/running around on a unicycle occupies center stage./Then what will you make of walls? And I fear you will have to come up with something,//be it a terraced gambit above the sea/or gossip overheard in the marketplace." Investigating the inconspicuousness of daily-life, Sam Renseiw caught footage from a recent visit to the dentist. View the coming up of something by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 522, 01'57'', 3.6MB, Quicktime/mov - direct streaming in Flash or Mpeg4 versions at blip.tv)