Thursday, 19 April 2012

Fear of Flying (pieces)

Ergens in februari van dit jaar schreef ik 'Disturbance in the maze (Fear of flying)' en maakte ik er video voor. Het een combinatie van beeld en klank waarover ik nooit helemaal tevreden was.

De tekst hoorde gevoelsmatig bij 'Galapagos' van vorig jaar, de video hoorde een zusje te zijn van Galapagos.

Galapagos
It's got a crack", she said, and she put the magnifying glass into her lap.
A string of creeping saliva finds its way into the kitchen. Sturdy feet.

"I've seen enough"
Seven days later she boarded the train
for Prague. Trees zipped themselves into greenish lines.

Above a nightshop the neon light vainly tries to reveal the truth.
"God is Everywhere"
A blue fly with an open mouth drills itself into the last slice of pizza.
Slowly.
Chewing.

I remember what I red in a translation of Vonnegut's Galapagos:
"Here we are dealing with a human flaw"
The milk has gone sour.

Opnieuw dus.
Een  nieuwe track.





En beelden die, hoewel gemaakt voor andere video's, nauwer aansluiten bij het idee dat ik in mijn hoofd had bij 't schrijven van 'Fear of Flying' Dezelfde kleuren en sfeer als bij Galapagos.

Fear of flying

I do not like badly rehearsed repetitions, she said. It's only fear for silence. An eternal longing to create. I stare at the screen, but there's no answer.
I loose myself in the inability to adjust, surrounded by neatly folded steel and glass.
A spurious protective layer of polished chrome.

As she left, a beam of light uncovered the dust, flying away from broken book spines. Too many words dancing and singing around the smoldering fire extinguished by last night.
Shadows of aeroplanes frighten me.

Enfin, nu is't écht klaar...

Fear of Flying



words, voice, camera, editing, music: Swoon
Thanks: Arlekeno Anselmo

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