I really liked how Foster described intermedia as “more a
question of finding means of motorizing ideas and expectations in different
areas of activity.” I agree that a major focus isn’t exactly the idea
themselves, but how they are expressed. It’s interesting how he relates being
intermedia to being political. In a way you really are manipulating your
audience to feel or do something, and without that the work has no influence—its
“powerless,” Foster writes. Video has an extensive amount of influence because
it all feels real, i.e. the attitudes conveyed. Intermedia explains how video
and writing are similar in that they both express ideas that delineate the
extension of one’s self. People have ideas that will always associate with
being political and partisan.
Foster said real art “is left an open question.” I found
this clip interesting and relevant to the latter statement.
The “disclaimer” at the beginning says that the video is not
a documentary, but an “attempt to create an atmosphere by associating visual
impressions and familiar sounds intimately mingled with a musical score.” This very
much reminds me of what intermedia means. The description even states it is a “poetic
documentary.” Some of my observations include: instead of the sound of a lazy,
slow, chug when a train starts, you hear low brass that kind of conveys a “waddle”
that equates to the chug. As the train speeds up and gains momentum, so does
the music; it becomes much lighter, using more woodwinds. The clip employed
personification quite well with these techniques.
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