Victoria De Leone
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Victoria De Leone
‘The problem is not to make political films but to make films politically’.1
Documentary_practice_as_radical_process
This is a defining feature/bug of any work that I seek to do now. This is not "activist documentary"... it's a fully different thing. Yes of course there is a point of view... but there always is. Earlier in this paragraph, the author says that documentary is the fusion of art and reality... I've spent so long striving for the art to overtake the reality, focused on the FORM. And that is right and good... but it cannot be the way forward, or the only way forward. Finding a middle ground here is key.
But “how” is logistics. It is scaffolding without a structure, syntax without a sentence. It can mimic intelligence with its spreadsheets and self-help blueprints, but without a “why” anchoring its orbit, “how” becomes a treadmill in disguise: movement, yes, but no forward motion. Like a ship with immaculate sails and no compass, it looks impressiv... See more
Tamara • The Anatomy of a “Why”
Emphasize the why earlier, more intensely. Some people have identified the why already (Mo!), but push on it. Is your goal really just to get your work out there? Because you need to make a music video for a single? Why do it this way, in this form? Why have you ruled out all the other ways you could do this why? In what way is the Why inherently linked to the how?
“You know, you and especially your grandparents could have used more of a spirit of lawbreaking. One day you will be called on to break a big law in the name of justice and rationality. Everything will depend on it. You have to be ready. How are you going to prepare for that day when it really matters? You have to stay ‘in shape’ so that when the b... See more
Justin Beal • Anarchist Calisthenics
This is the nugget, from which the idea grows.
Goes on to talk about traffic lights in particular, and the ways in which overly prescribing action results in folks looking for the ways that they can steal back agency, like speeding between lights, etc. Once one arbitrary “rule” (system) is in place, people will ONLY FOLLOW the rules, and will not endeavor for unprescribed courtesy.
Makes me think of Maine drivers always ignoring right of way to let me go… I find it so annoying, but is it actually safer? It requires both of us to pause and observe more intentionally to avoid an accident…
This idea has really expanded in scope after the publication of this article… how did the life cycle shift so radically?