[NetBehaviour] "I cry and I cry": Open Call for One-Off Moving Image Festival 2024

Alan Sondheim sondheim at panix.com
Wed Oct 2 21:37:08 CEST 2024



I love the idea of it, and not sure again if I replied (long covid weirds 
memory), as I mentioned, I'm very close to someone who's living near the 
border w/ Lebanon, and I worry about him; I'm also dealing w/ long covid 
which certainly leads to tears, etc. etc. Hard times and again apologies - 
I understand the work, am amazed by the series, this one just hit me 
weirdly - now by the way upset as well over the massive flooding in 
Asheville, North Carolina - know people there, and taught a semester at 
UNCA (U. N. C. Asheville) -

On Wed, 2 Oct 2024, Johannes Birringer wrote:

> Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2024 19:02:06 +0200
> From: Johannes Birringer <johannesbirringer1 at gmail.com>
> To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity
>     <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>
> Cc: Alan Sondheim <sondheim at panix.com>
> Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] "I cry and I cry": Open Call for One-Off Moving
>     Image Festival 2024
> 
> 
> dear Alan and Bj?rn:
> I couldn't quite follow where you were going, Alan:  "'no place and time for
> crying" was not the point, I gathered,
> the emotional side of war or violence or devastation, or someone's brief,
> was never addressed, I take it, 
> nor the time one might need to mourn or to react. 
> 
> What Bj?rn points out is an interest in the absurd. Yes, that call for a
> one-second film is absurd, and possibly, 
> given the context in which we live, a complete waste of time and our
> patience. As is the
> other festival I read about -  a biennale that does not take place.
> 
> >>
> Open call
> The biennale doesn't take place, with works that don't exist.
> There is nothing special to do.
> 
> Do you want to participate?
> >>
> 
> 
> No thanks
> 
> But then again, who am I to complain about the theatre of the absurd.
> regards,
> Johannes Birringer
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 5:04?PM Alan Sondheim via NetBehaviour
> <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote:
>
>       an interesting discussion - 'no place and time for' crying i
>       think implies
>       devastation, people beyond recovery, beyond crying as an
>       expression, in
>       other words, one way or another 'shell shocked' - in which case
>       crying is
>       reduced to zero time... temporary or permanent destruction of
>       the self as
>       capable of healing...
>
>       On Sat, 28 Sep 2024, Bj?rn Magnhild?en via NetBehaviour wrote:
>
>       > Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 10:57:11 +0200
>       > From: Bj?rn Magnhild?en via NetBehaviour
>       <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>
>       > To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity
>       >     <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>
>       > Cc: Bj?rn Magnhild?en <noemata at gmail.com>
>       > Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] "I cry and I cry": Open Call for
>       One-Off Moving
>       >     Image Festival 2024
>       >
>       > It has taken me some time to find a response. I believe it's
>       through a sense
>       > of the absurd that this work, and others I've done, has found
>       an expression.
>       > Other than the one second film festival, there's also the leap
>       second
>       > festival, a biennale.no (which doesn't take place), etc. It
>       questions the
>       > relation between art and the world, representation, the
>       > non-representational. Incongruence all around. The theme of "I
>       cry and I
>       > cry" is also about an inability to cry, there's no place and
>       time for it,
>       > becoming insensitive through violence and media, not being
>       able to process
>       > it. Absurdity I think is a key. Nothing is working, there's no
>       fix. No
>       > understanding.  
>       >
>       > On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 8:01?PM Johannes Birringer via
>       NetBehaviour
>       > <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote:
>       >       I would agree, with what is mentioned here in the reply,
>       and 
>       >       I'd add this call for submission
>       > for a one second film is nonsensical and probably very
>       insensitive to
>       > many. I also didn't realize
>       > that filmic/video experimentation is down to one second. 
>       >
>       >
>       > On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 4:35?PM Alan Sondheim via NetBehaviour
>       > <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote:
>       >
>       >       Given the state of the world and brutal violence
>       resulting
>       >       in the death of
>       >       an old friend, , alas, it would be difficult to contain
>       >       this
>       >
>       >       On Wed, 18 Sep 2024, Bj?rn Magnhild?en via NetBehaviour
>       >       wrote:
>       >
>       >       > Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 11:10:53 +0200
>       >       > From: Bj?rn Magnhild?en via NetBehaviour
>       >       <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>
>       >       > To: netbehaviour <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>
>       >       > Cc: Bj?rn Magnhild?en <noemata at gmail.com>
>       >       > Subject: [NetBehaviour] "I cry and I cry": Open Call
>       for
>       >       One-Off Moving Image
>       >       >     Festival 2024
>       >       >
>       >       > We are inviting filmmakers, artists, and creators to
>       >       submit ultrashort
>       >       > video works for the festival centered around the theme
>       >       "I cry and I
>       >       > cry".
>       >       >
>       >       > This theme invites reflection on the intimate and
>       >       universal act of
>       >       > crying ? whether as an expression of joy, sorrow,
>       >       frustration, or
>       >       > release. It explores the power of vulnerability,
>       >       emotional outpouring,
>       >       > and how crying can be a response to personal, social,
>       or
>       >       global
>       >       > experiences. Due to the challenging format of a one
>       >       second movie, we
>       >       > encourage creative techniques and experimental forms
>       of
>       >       video art.
>       >       >
>       >       > # one second short
>       >       > # original material
>       >       > # no credits added to the movie (it's added by the
>       >       festival)
>       >       > # mp4 web-optimized format
>       >       > # 4:3 aspect ratio
>       >       >
>       >       > Deadline for participation was: November 1, 2024.
>       >       >
>       >       > https://noemata.net/one-off
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