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<span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/mattt/woche-with-apologies-to-ruttmann-and-brock">Woche (with apologies to Ruttmann and Brock)</a>
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Woche (with apologies to Ruttmann and Brock) by mattt
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PhD portfolio piece. Binaural. Headphones recommended. cheers.
<b><i>Woche (with apologies to Ruttmann and Brock) </i></b><span style="font-style:normal"><b>2009</b></span> (26:37)
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<p class="MsoNormal">"Ruttmann's film could scarcely be used to guide a
stranger arriving in Berlin for the first time. It summarises far more the
memories and residual moods of a traveller leaving that city. If nevertheless
the film contains a characterisation of the city, it is not in the shots
themselves, but through their montage and rhythm."
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal">OR
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal">"Barnard's piece could scarcely be used to guide a
stranger arriving in London for the first time. It summarises far more the
memories and residual moods of a traveller leaving that city. If nevertheless
the piece contains a characterisation of the city, it is not in the sounds
themselves, but through their montage and rhythm."
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">____
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Using material recorded binaurally over a week long visit to
London, <i>Woche</i><span style="font-style:normal">... aims, with reference to
both Walter Ruttmann’s </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><i>‘Wochenende’</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> (1930), </span>‘<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><i>Berlin: Die Sinfonie der</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><b> </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><i>Großstadt’ </i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">(1927) and Timothy Brock’s 1995 soundtrack for
‘<i>Berlin:…’</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">, to
communicate on some level the pace and rhythm of the city, and the fleeting
experiences of a visitor.<o:p></o:p></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span>
<p class="MsoNormal">Greenwich I<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span><o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Musical Chairs<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">
</span><o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal">City Symphony<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">
</span><o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Slides<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">
</span><o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A Soundwalk I<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">
</span><o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Too Many People I<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">
</span><o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Brock and the Escalator<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span><o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Greenwich II<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">
</span><o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Toilet Break<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">
</span><o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A Ruttmann <o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A Soundwalk II<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span><o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Too many People II<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">
</span><o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span><o:p></o:p>
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