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The seven audio notes recorded following the shooting of this sequence can be listened to by clicking the numerals below:
Or click here for a transcript of all seven.
Additional description and details below...
I still find this stop-motion video remarkable in that the motion flows so smoothly despite the fact that the camera was hand-held as I walked beneath the bridge, shooting many still photographs (not video) and using no additional steadying device.
The method was simple. To take each photograph, I sighted with my eye through the viewfinder of the camera maintaining a visual hold on a visible target (in this case, an iron cross-brace on the bridge) keeping it centred on the viewfinder crosshairs. After taking a picture, and without removing the camera from my eye, I took one step further along the ravine path, and took another picture, repeating the process for the entire sequence. It took almost half an hour.
As I approached the bridge, walking along the path, I began the image sequence once the bridge and its cross-brace first came into view. I continued the image sequence, first walking forwards towards the bridge, and then, after passing under the bridge, I continued the image sequence, stepping backwards along the path until I could no longer see the bridge's iron cross-brace.
If you hold your finger at the centre of the screen, you will see that iron cross-brace of the bridge is always at the centre of the screen.
I found it particularly interesting to consider the mechanics of my neck and how it accommodated such a smooth transition from walking forward to backwards, and from looking straight ahead to looking up over my head and then back down again, as I passed under the bridge. It was a remarkable thing to experience, in the moment.
Preparing for this show, I have come to see this work has a performance aspect.
Immediately following shooting this sequence, I used the memo function of the camera to take seven audio notations, as a journal document of the experience. You can listen to these audio recordings (or read the transcripts) by clicking the links at the top of this page.
Video compiled from 269 jpg images at 640x480 dpi
Date and duration: from Nov 2, 2004, 10:29:03 to 10:55:08 am
(26 minutes and 5 seconds - (1,565 seconds / 269 = 1 image every 5.8 seconds)
Video Playback: 30 frames per second.
Video Duration: 08:99 seconds
Camera:Canon Powershot G-5