Several hours of the morning were spent grappling in ever-decreasing circles with the limbs of a curly-legged tripod. Late into the afternoon I discovered cable ties and we are now best friends.
I was doing all this because I’ve realised I won’t be able to get the video quality of the matchstick camera high enough to project onto my big screens, so I’m reverting to an ordinary camera to make all the films. The curly-legged tripod is an attempt at a more heavy duty version of the matchstick camera clamp I made out of wire the other week.
Some success with the new setup. I’ll post a video soon. I had some of today’s experiments playing on the big screen during today’s Open Studio, and here are some of the visitor comments I particularly liked:
– “like liquorice”
– “like stitching, going through the page”
– “like a black hole swallowing up the lines”
Interesting that most people’s first responses were similes.
Walking over to the art shop to pick up some materials this afternoon, I think I settled on a form for the final work. But I don’t want to write it here yet, it needs more thought.
