Harald Gråfell Skiing
I decided I can file this on under “outdoor adventures,” too, since I recorded some of the video on skis during the winter of 2011 (February 9, 2011 according to the file information) at Pebble Creek. This is a layered video (having multiple superimpositions of images) that I included, albeit briefly, in the video projected in Skibladnir at the Viking Ship Museum. Something didn’t seem quite right, so I removed it. One of the problems is that I didn’t need any more monochromatic sequences in the video loop. Another is that the subtleties of the layered images are lost when projected. However, I still like the video, so I thought I’d share it. It’s rather short, and just ends. . .rather odd. . .I added a “fade to black” but it still has an unsettling effect, as if it is demanding to be continued. I’m not trying to create a narrative, but to set a mood, or present ideas. I’m still conscious of “filmmaking,” which I try to use and subvert at the same time. I watched the video loop at the museum today, which runs about 24 minutes, and I am still not sure how the use of “fades-to-black” affects the installation. I have to have a “fade-to-black” to hide the point where the DVD restarts the loop, and I’ve used others intermittently to camouflage that specific break. Now I wonder, though, if using this cinematic convention is a good idea, thus, I’m inspired to removed the transitional “fades” and see what happens.
