‘Fading in, Fading out, Dissolving’
by Steven McCabe
Images juxtaposing a needle or vaccine with the idea of film credits rolling at the end of a love affair.
A list of ingredients on a label on a jar. The love affair revisited as a series of scenes.
The body memory supercharged with moments of elation or conversely defeat, possibly reacting to the cure. Striving to achieve harmony.
Film As Art written by Rudolf Arnheim. Film als Kunst first published in 1932. A book of standards, a theory of film.
In the chapter ‘Other Capacities of Film Technique’ a section: Fading in, Fading out, Dissolving.
Sometimes in order to avoid sudden appearance a picture is allowed to grow slowly out of the darkness, or to disappear in the same way.
Fading in and fading out can be used to show people’s subjective perception; for instance, when a person is waking up or falling asleep.
for instance,
when a person is waking up
or falling asleep.
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Bravo! What a brilliant piece of work. So affecting, the image of the coffin shape and the idea of a vaccine. And what you’ve gotten out of the blog format …
Thank you so much for your generous appraisal and for considering the images/idea. Yes, I love this ‘scroll-like format. It’s flat with height and seemingly no depth. And illuminated. Working with low res the images can’t be printed so they only exist here. That’s a strange thought to consider. Meaning + impermanence. Maybe not so strange.
Incredibly powerful… Image, repetition, size, repeat – the fading in and out of… life, of love and affairs and memories and dreams. Of (and because I cannot put it any more eloquently I resort to quoting you) “The body memory supercharged with moments of elation or conversely defeat, possibly reacting to the cure. Striving to achieve harmony.” Supercharged with emotion…
Thank you Stephia for your dualistic response: mirrored patterns & pulses…the emotionally charged and the reflective. Yes to this. Yes to the fading in and out of milestones, artifacts opening and closing…a zippering effect. Like two hearts pumping blood in one organism.
can’t believe I’ve been missing out on all of your stunning winter explorations but now here and eating each post like a lost and starving dog…can’t add anything to profound comments made already except to say you’ve turned my head around tonight with so many new ideas…
John, thank you so much! I’m sure you’re not a lost and starving dog but I love the immediacy of the image! I appreciate that these pages you found speak to you.