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From: http://huubkoch.com/theweeklyvlog/?p=38
Pure Emptiness
From: http://blip.tv/file/1348435
Visiting Gomel, 100 km from Chernobyl !
Hello Gabriel, I’ve seen that you are working on a series of videos called Gomel. Is there a special purpose to this visit?
Hi there, yes there is a purpose : Gomel has been the twin city of Clermont-Ferrand for a long time (dates back to the communist period) and every year there are cultural exchanges. It was my first visit and I was impressed. People lived in a post commmunist country, 100 km from chernobyl and it looks as if they are living on a different planet or at a different time… of you ar interested there 8 or 9 episodes and i’ll put them all on semanal.
Thats interesting. I’ll keep following. I believe you are right to say ‘different planet and different time’. I’ve seen a lot of documentairies about former Russia and former Balkan countries. They all seem to have this sort of naive and innocent feel… officially!
Huub, I’m interested in your comment “sort of naive and innocent feel…officially!” Did you mean that Gabriel’s video is naive and innocent, or….I’m not sure. Could you expand on your comment?
Thanks,
Milt
Milt, My comment has nothing to do with Gabriel’s video itself. It has to do with the subject, the people from former USSR and other former ‘behind the iron curtain’ countries. It strikes me that people from those countries seem to have a sort of innocence, introvertness, etc.. But I know that this is not always the whole truth at the same time. But at least it seems to be so.
I used to work a long time ago at the printing department of a fruit import company. They had Russian ships who brought bananas from Columbia. Once in a while we had these sailors and captains around who insisted we had lunch with them aboard (with lots of vodka). This same sort of feel, slightly formal, spiced with some shyness, a longing for friendship, sharing, etc. but also a certain uncertainty in their behaviour… I’m not sure how to put it exactly, but one thing is sure: its nice and human and goes beyound being too well educated in selling and presenting yourself that is very much a part of our western world.
Well, that’s something like that I experienced in my first visit so far east in the ex-communist world (nothing to compare with Prague or Warsaw or Budapest which I know).
Thanks Huub,
I appreciate your longer explanation. I agree with what you are saying. It’s fascinating. I think of it more as being keep in cold storage for many years, and then suddenly being thrust into the open. There was a fun movie a few years ago with Christopher Walken and Brendan Frazier where they had been in an elaborate bomb shelter for many many years. The father has a heart attack and they have to leave the shelter. The same sort of innocence was present there too. Very strange.
I am a big fan of Christopher Walken, which movie was that?
From: http://hollowbonefilms.manykites.org/2008/10/love-my-bike/
Folks, I’m really getting into appropriate technology, and appropriate transportation. So here is a look at my brand new bike from Ecospeed. It is just too much fun.
nice bike!
“Rode right out of my view”.
That’s a cool bike; quiet, fast and the seat looks comfy.
Well thats a pretty good question: How are you gonna stop…
Great Bike Milt! Have fun!
From: http://perros.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/go-ahead/
dogs again. i have no specific plan. chile is just dogsland.
gods save all of them.
I love dogs - you can do as many as you want!! They are really fine folks. So - it looks like it’s still winter in Chile - just getting ready for spring - yes?
Milt
i agree with you, they are great people.
milt, its funny you ask me about seasons in chile. now it´s spring and it´s warm but i shot this video in juni (i normaly post what i shot during the week).
Its really a touching video, Pepa. Is this a metaphor too?
it wasn´t my plan it to be a metaphor, but it may be… before i maked this video i read what you guys posted in the semanal forum about continuing posting or not.
From: http://davidleeking.com/etc/2008/10/15/train-to-madrid/
While in Spain, I took the train from Valencia to Madrid … and made a video of the event.
Took that train too, but then from Valencia back to Sevilla, Málaga, Córdoba and Granada. What are you doing out there?
I was on a speaking tour of Spain - speaking about web 2.0 to spanish librarians in a couple of cities. It was fun!
Oh god, I am so longing to be in Europe. I had forgotten how cool the train stations are, and of course the trains. Is there any way to travel that’s more fun?? I don’t think so.
M.
From: http://mikemoon.net/vlog/2008/10/14/mike-gyver-wide-angle-lens-on-xacti-hd2/
I have on order the proper wide angle lens for the thread less Xacti HD2.
Until it comes it, or for special projects, I attached my Raynox .3x semi fisheye lens.
Mike Gver - cool. So I am really curious to see the comparison of the wide angle vs the regular angle. It looks very natural that it is hard to believe that this is a fish eye lens.
thanks,
Milt
From: http://mikemoon.net/vlog/2008/10/05/xacti-hd2/
Here is the video without wide angle. In fact, I’m forced to hold the camera further away from my face in this video then with the semi fish-eye.
From: http://alejandroangel.es/tv/2008/10/16/4-anos-en-casi-4-mil-imagenes/
I’ve been living in Spain for the last 4 years, 4 years where I have lived, worked, studied, traveled and a thousand other things.
I am not very keen to repeat in words and verse how important and enriching the experience has been, today I prefer to let the images speak for themselves because if a picture is worth a thousand words how much worth 4000 pictures?
That was totally cool. It was very inspiring, and it looks like you really have way too much fun.
Milt
thanks milt.
actually i’ve spent a good times living in spain and fortunately for the bad times, always there are ones, i don’t have photos
Mc Douglas Lee a talented MC and musician was killed in a bar (”Le Cafe Paname”)in Chengdu…He was a wellknown musician and a good friend…..
From: http://lomeg-rom.blogspot.com/2008/11/lomeglumiere-041-central-light.html
A Lumierevideo by moi featuring the Grand Central Light captured in New York City - 2008.09.30 at 09:15 am. Principles; fixed camera, handhold, no audio, no zoom, no effects and going on for exactly 60” (65” with credits). Visit the lumiereproject at http://videoblogging.info/lumiere/