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WORK-IN-PROGRESS
Living
in the Medium is a film about time and
consciousness. The title comes from J.G. Bennett’s book, Creative
Thinking. This concept is the first condition for creativity: we
cannot create spontaneous work without being in real contact with some
medium. Second, our work must reflect the “process of
thinking.” I have privately called this film “a metaphysical
travelogue.” It
has been shot in Olympia and Tenino. Washington, Nevada, the Philippines,
Bangladesh, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Borrego Springs, Taos, New Mexico, and
Turkey (so far). It also represents my continued experimentation with
nonfiction forms, extending my work into the relatively new area of sensory
ethnography.
©2009
Sally J. Cloninger |