09 June 2008
Sebastioan Diaz Moralez
I’m interested in situations; I’m interested in life itself.
Nevertheless, I do not trust in the appearance of reality as it is showcased to us in mainstream culture. I like to believe that the surface hides deeper clues and essential mechanisms. Like archeologists, we need to dig in order to excavate what lies beneath.
I am interested in unveiling the simulacrum, or appearance, from the situations that I capture or recreate. To do so, I utilize the same resources and codes, as do other filmmakers, yet I also let the images communicate with a language of their own. The clash generates conflict, which hopefully raises questions. In fact, it is this process of forming questions, which takes us forward.
It has been said that with the help of new technologies we can invent a narrative structure that does more than just illustrate reality. Illustrating is what most cinema does, but that is not what I’m interested in. What interests me is fading reality in order to see it in its most absurd and raw shape. This bleaching of reality helps me not just to transform my senses into forms and ideas, but into energy and force.
I experiment with various filmic genres, forms of expression, and styles. My work is evocative of memory fragments, or travel impressions. My work resists categorization—it is not merely film, not merely documentary, not merely art. It is a hybrid poetic form that expresses my interest in socio-political issues, language, and life itself.
My work articulates the process of exposing and disassociating with the symbols of power, of society, or of communal ideals. This inversion sometimes triggers a mis-en-scène of apocalyptic scenarios. That is the way it should be. If what we take for granted vanishes or proves to be fictitious, we are left either in utter chaos or at the very beginning, where the newly unmasked civilization will be forced to once more reformulate its reality.
Nevertheless, I do not trust in the appearance of reality as it is showcased to us in mainstream culture. I like to believe that the surface hides deeper clues and essential mechanisms. Like archeologists, we need to dig in order to excavate what lies beneath.
I am interested in unveiling the simulacrum, or appearance, from the situations that I capture or recreate. To do so, I utilize the same resources and codes, as do other filmmakers, yet I also let the images communicate with a language of their own. The clash generates conflict, which hopefully raises questions. In fact, it is this process of forming questions, which takes us forward.
It has been said that with the help of new technologies we can invent a narrative structure that does more than just illustrate reality. Illustrating is what most cinema does, but that is not what I’m interested in. What interests me is fading reality in order to see it in its most absurd and raw shape. This bleaching of reality helps me not just to transform my senses into forms and ideas, but into energy and force.
I experiment with various filmic genres, forms of expression, and styles. My work is evocative of memory fragments, or travel impressions. My work resists categorization—it is not merely film, not merely documentary, not merely art. It is a hybrid poetic form that expresses my interest in socio-political issues, language, and life itself.
My work articulates the process of exposing and disassociating with the symbols of power, of society, or of communal ideals. This inversion sometimes triggers a mis-en-scène of apocalyptic scenarios. That is the way it should be. If what we take for granted vanishes or proves to be fictitious, we are left either in utter chaos or at the very beginning, where the newly unmasked civilization will be forced to once more reformulate its reality.
02 June 2008
I went to a show
At nort Western University this past weekend.. It was pretty dope there was mud EVERYWHERE THE COOL KIDS preformed, THIRD EYE BLIND, FLOSSTRADAMUS, and most importantly to me (just kidding) Common. Man his foine ass invited this chick on stage and serenaded her to 'Come Close' and im salty as all hell wishing I was her. His motivational songs and alluring shiny head is just enough for a younging to retire their sould to him. Or me at least.
I saw this on 'Around the Way girls'
The small boy in me is thoroughly amused. Id def. put this chair in the back if mommas comin over though. Psshh. Im a lady.
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