Silicon Sensorium
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OK but nothing special and feels like it is in the wrong media
I have seen a few short films where it was likely that they were actually meant to be an installation but the director went with whatever media gave up the funding first and Silicon Sensorium looks like another one to my eye. Delivered with a rhythmic approach, we are shown director Johnston working in the lab to develop cloned workers in some sort of lab, leading to the creation of some sort of android. Calling it a dance film is a bit rich, although I did see it as part of a collection of recent dance films, because it doesn't have a lot of "dance" although it does have basic motion. To me this was a problem because, without a narrative to speak of, it needed something to drive it forward and the images might have been enough in an installation. However in the media of film (which is what this was presented as), one cannot walk around it and view different bits at different times so it happens then it is over.
If the "motion" had been impressive or engaging then maybe it would have been different but as it was I didn't find a lot to write home about within this film. The music was quite good and the collection of images over images did look quite good if only it had had more to it. An OK effort from Darren Johnston then but I couldn't shake the feeling that his piece wasn't presented in the way most helpful to it as a product.
If the "motion" had been impressive or engaging then maybe it would have been different but as it was I didn't find a lot to write home about within this film. The music was quite good and the collection of images over images did look quite good if only it had had more to it. An OK effort from Darren Johnston then but I couldn't shake the feeling that his piece wasn't presented in the way most helpful to it as a product.
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- bob the moo
- Feb 1, 2006
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