synthesia..weird

playing with senses i feel is nothing new when it comes to art. creating a piece or art according to what you feel seems like it has always been a tool when it comes to creation. all of the examples posted on wiki from artists who describe their experiences with making art according to their senses was almost boring to me... and it became pretty redundant. the neurological condition on the other hand was pretty interesting... especially the fact that there are 60 types 1 in 23 people.. you would think we would hear about this more rather than just with a creative process. A lot of the medical junk that's described I've actually been researching a lot lately.. I'm writing a script right now about a man who wakes up loses his smell (anosmia) and goes crazy. but ive been doing a lot of reading on the condition and has a lot of the similar things in it..probably just because senses are involved. the most interesting i read in the articles.. was how some of those people view the year like a map, in a 3 dimensional way... super cool. wanna make a model of the 'year' in a tangible way.. hmmmmmmmmmmmmm........

Scratch Film Junkies. it was okay.

Last semester I had the opportunity to take history of avant-garde film with Kreul. Scratch Film Junkies was very very similar to a lot of short films that I watched last semester. The overall feel of the film was definitiely rhythm, the music that goes along with it definitely helped to guide that, but the variety of shapes and color did as well. The rhythm helped to keep the film entertaining. My favorite aspects of the film were the different people's faces throughout in different positions. The different tools that coincide with avant-garde films were evident in this such as the scratches on the film stock and the chaos of the image assortment. But it was cool, I liked it. I just happened to get a little burnt out on those types of films last semester, but every now and then I'll still see one that I like a lot.