Walter Benjamin Hiking Trail

Walter Benjamin Hiking Trail

Notes from Jean-Marie sent to me on Aug. 4, 2016:

There are a wealth of resources for you to explore in terms of your proposal but most specifically thinking about such artists as Diana Thater who often uses biological components in her video works and installations (plant, animal, celestial life), Guido van der Werve whose slow-paced works are self-reflective within the landscape,  the filmmaker, Peter Hutton’s exquisitely executed films (Three Landscapes, Study of a River, At Sea), and of course the films of Chantal Ackerman (La Chambré a beautiful taxonomy of space) would be in close alignment with your concepts surrounding stillness.  Pessoa’s Book of Disquiet, Still Moving: Between Cinema and Photography by Karen Beckman and Jean Ma, David Campany’s introduction to the Book Cinematic, entitled When to be fast when to be slow, Barthes, Image Music Text, and John Cage’s Silence may be useful texts to consider.  Additionally, the eco works of site-specific sculptor, Jackie Brookner, and composer David Dunn may be fruitful.