Journey to the End of the Night Chicago 2011 by Con Tricker
May 30th, 2011 7:52 AMClick the photo to watch on Vimeo, since it was too big to upload.
Comments are always appreciated. This is my third video, and by far the longest. I learned quite a lot!
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There's always next year! And I don't regret doing it, since I'm pretty happy with the video and how much I learned.
I kind of want to do a checkpoint, though... I have Ideas.
I would love for you to email me these ideas! Also, great video.
Did you ever think about narrating it with your own voice? I liked the way you did it but I wonder how/why you made the decision.
Hi Dan. Thanks for commenting. I didn't narrate for a couple reasons.
1) I believe that art is the meeting of artist's intention and audience's perception -- and that actually frees me from trying to control the audience's perception. I wanted people to get their own idea of what the "voice" should sound like based on their perception from the video.
2) I wanted this project to be... not so much about *me*, but to share my experience of isolation and voyeurism. I think the text screens do that better than my voice. I get the feeling that if I'd been speaking, it would be more about my persona than people experiencing the footage for themselves. I hope it was somewhat successful -- it is only my third video, so I didn't angst about it.
As for the checkpoint ideas... any interest in collaborating on a Halloween event?
Though I understand being sad at having not been a player, your wonderful documentation is Very appreciated!