This series of videos builds on the film work made in the 1970’s called Observational Series. They were filmed in Super 8 as 3 minute continuous takes of different kinds of natural phenomena. The new ongoing series takes advantage of the flexibility of a hand held HD digital video camera which enables a quicker and more intuitive response to changing phenomena, for example to changing light or moments of transformation in ‘real time’ in events or occurrences which happen in landscape time/space. New also to this series is the filming of selected ‘objects’ in ‘real time’ within the landscape. These representations in digital video provide a different kind of phenomenological viewing experience. They present some questions concerning video and the represented light from objects recorded in space/time in continuous duration – the nature of the light of objects?
The video series will be ongoing and more will be added when appropriate. It is the intention to film the series in shorter continuous takes in comparison to the longer durations of my other video work.
OBSERVATIONAL SERIES 2 2010-2015
John Woodman
98 minutes, sound/silent, 16:9
Original format: HD video
Available format: HD video file
A series of 20 short videos in HD each between 3-7 minutes filmed in continuous duration, each made over a 5 year period from 2010-15. They follow on as a second series to my original OBSERVATIONAL SERIES made on Super 8 in 1978 . They are dedicated to the life and work of the A.L Rees.
BLUE BOAT – 5.50 mins. sound, 2011
BEECH TREE- (extract) 4.38 mins. sound, 2010
SARCOPHAGUS- 3.06 mins. sound, 2011
IT CAME TO PASS- 2.58 mins. sound, 2011
CONISTON- 5.03 mins. sound,2011
CLOUDS OVER ST.PAUL’S- 4.03 mins. silent, 2014,
CIMIEZ MONASTERY- 3.01 mins. silent, 2013
WOOD- 4.25 mins. sound, 2011
MATISSE’S DOUBT- 3.30 mins. silent, 2013
FIELDS IN WINTER- 3.21 mins. sound, 2012
CATHEDRAL- 7.09 mins. silent, 2014
CORNFIELD 1- 5.20 mins. silent, 2013
MORNING RAIN- 3.16 mins. sound, 2012
RUSKIN’S POND-DENMARK HILL (extract)- 5.01 mins. silent, 2011
SUNDAY MORNING- 3.59 mins. sound, 2012
WINTER LIGHT- 7.10 mins. sound, 2015
SANCTUARY- 5.15 mins. silent, 2014
AFTER VERMEER- 5.37 mins. silent, 2012
MOUNTAIN CLOUD- 6.23 mins. sound, 2012