In this final set of images I have reworked some of the moving images I was creating. This time I have tried to be quite adventitious in an attempt to split the frames in the original video and use this to piece back together these still images. As we work our way through the series we experience slowed down journey between that denotes the start and end of the clip. If we think of the frames as a sequence, I have arranged the first ten frames and blended them together to create the first image. I have then repeated the process but this time subtracted the first two frames and added the next two frames in the sequence. What this does is alters our experience of time by exposing us to ten individual frames at a time. Blending together these frames creates a ghostly trail across the skyline of a city. Viewing the images we see a distorted essence of a true image. Thinking back to the Structuralists we face an awareness of film being an illusion. The structure of this process has also been predetermined. Its eventually has been realised through the methods undertaken but this preconceived plan already existed as an instruction.
Do these images purport images of a city or are they exposing an altered sense of reality. When the images are placed back into a moving image sequence there are aspects of the work that are lost while others are gained. One thing that I noticed immediately was the motion dramatically reengaged us with the sensation of travel. It was now much clearer there were shapes of cars where as before there was an ambiguous presence of shape. What the moving image did reinforce was the fact we were staring at multiple images. We become trapped inside the frames and are jolted forward one by one. Despite the fact the clip is quite short, on repetition we regain the sense of mesmerisation that I was begin to achieve with some of the earlier work within the project.
I also created a panoramic scan of the road, this combined the images to create this uncanny cityscape. This mix of images starts to work well but i felt discomfort between the failed juxtapositions. There are sections of the panorama that are formed really nicely but others that just let the whole image down. Personally I feel that the individual images convey these concepts of structuralism with the greatest effect. They also creates these great aesthetically tones and intriguing patterns that evoke emotion. The intricacies in some of the convulsions capture the eye and there is reason that these image should be viewed for a long period of time.
