Complexity, flux and webs of connection 

Out of all the readings I’ve read through the semester, my favourite reading is  Frankham’s reading- Complexity, flux and webs of connection. This reading sums up what I’ve learnt in this semester. Hence, I will be using quotes from this reading for my final assignment. Below are a list of quotes that I am interested in working on.

Quotes about Listing 

• The application of a list-like structure has facilitated space for paths of connection to be reimagined thereby creating more complex and nuanced interpretations of the material.(p.138)
• -he list can motivate individual processes of synthesis and provide the means for documentary to embrace fragmentation, provisionality and complexity(p.140)
• The list can also inspire thought that follows the structure of memory, impulse and flases of association. The structure of the list acts as mnemonic device that helps us to recall what we have already seen in the linear presentation of material.(p.141)
• With the list , the possibilities for structure are not necessarily occurring in a linear manner.(p.145)
• The list becomes a way of reshuffling the world, almost putting into practice Tesauro’s invitation to accumulate properties in order to bring out new relationships between distant things and in any case to cast doubt in those accepted by commonsense ( Eco, 2009) (p.146)
• Each item on the list can trigger a sense of memory, an imagining , a concurrence or a questioning (p.147)

Quotes about Poetic approach and Montage 

• A poetic application of associational form creates relationships between element that are more often felt than thought (p.139)
• Montage brings element into contact and thereby gives rise to new meaning out of each combination(p.142)
• A poetic approach to documentary can also be conceived of as a process of wondering (p.143)

Quote: A poetic approach to documentary can also be conceived of as a process of wondering (p.143) 

Outcome of the video – The potential of this form is that the openness of structure may allow room for critical engagement and an experiential knowing. There is room for the agency of the self and a talking back to the work in the spaces that exist between the elements of the list ( p.147)

IDEA – Montage: overlaying videos and footages of an object + things that are related to the object  + things that are not related to the object (a process of wondering), relation to things that might not be related or often thought of. For example (Coffee and plate)?

Object Coffee grounds

Direct relations: Coffee, addiction, adrenaline, beans, plantation, east timor, flavour, milk, white, black, sugar, soy, caffeine, clock, ticking, sleep, body, reactions, dripping, control, cold, warm, brew, stovetop, french press, cafes,

not directly related: kitchen, car, petrol, sports, acting, fight, conscious, crash, mixed up, laptop, weights, hanger, jacket, boots, receipts, radio, social media, steamer, wood, leather, rice, dreams, coins,

Sound: use direct related sound consistently

Video: start off with direct related videos to  non-direct related videos