My commentary in a post to webartery at top - address
of Alan's piece at the very bottom - check it out
-quite long download but worth it - it's wonderful!
michael

— Michael Szpakowski <szpako@yahoo.com> wrote:

> To: webartery@yahoogroups.com
> From: Michael Szpakowski <szpako@yahoo.com>
> Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 02:34:04 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Re: [webartery] tinnitus
>
>
> What touches me deeply about this is its nature as a
> portrait.
> Form: the two people; the bipartite structure of the
> movie, a 'task' or surface 'topic'( cf *self
> portrait
> as a…*)
> Content: the still, focussed quality of Alan and the
> amused & mobile presence of Eleanor Thornton (and of
> course if the two adjectives each were enough then
> one
> wouldn't need the film)
> Also - a piece of humour and great warmth.
> When I see something like this then I feel more than
> ever there's a continuity in the visual arts from
> cave
> painting to today.
> For me, without hype, this has the same quality as
> the
> Rembrandt self portraits or the portraits of
> Giacometti - and to those who'd say -'it's just a
> film' then it seems to me that within *this film*
> one
> can sense all the films that Alan has made which are
> *not* this one -I don't believe this could be made
> by
> anyone just starting out.
> A rich and wonderful work!
>
> michael
>
> — Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > tinnitus
> >
> > Eleanor Thornton and Alan Sondheim both have
> > tinnitus, continuous ringing
> > in the ears.
> >
> > In this video, a highly sensitive microphone is
> > placed between the two of
> > them, recording the sound of mixed tinnitus.
> >
> > Please turn your treble up full and your bass down
> > to zero in order to
> > hear this. For those with graphic equalizers, try
> > full above 4k and 0
> > otherwise. Thank you.

http://www.as.wvu.edu:8000/clc/Members/sondheim/tinitusss.mov




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