TheMovementofPeopleWorking

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  • Director:PhillNiblock Year:1973-74 Time:96mins Mus… Director:PhillNiblock Year:1973-74 Time:96mins Music:PhillNiblock,withDanielGoode(Clarinet),DavidGibson(Cello),ArthurStidfole(Bassoon) Shotinthemid-70s,TheMovementofPeopleWorkinghasbeenfrequentlyusedasavisualaccompanimenttoNiblock'slivemusicperformances,anditisarguablyboththeleastobviousandthebestpossiblescreenexpressionofhismusicalvision.Thefirstpartofthecollectioncomprisesfourdifferent16mmfilms(TrabajandoandSur,bothdividedintwoparts)and,exceptforSurDos,recordedinPeru,allwereshotinMexico.Thefilmsfocusonthealmosttactiledetailsofnon-orsemi-industrializedlabormethodsinthesecountriesandarealmostentirelycomposedoftightclose-upsofhands(Sur)andbodies(Trabajando).Threshing,seeding,weaving,painting,carvingorfishing,bodiesandhandsaresetinarelentlessandoftenimpersonalizedmotionthatcreatesahypnotictapestryofrepeatedgesturesanddiversifiedtechniquesofimmensechoreographicbeauty.Niblock'ssoundtrack,recordedbetween1975and1980,featurestheauthor'scharacteristicmulti-layered"drone"immersionsinwhichoneradiant,glowingsound-objectissentintoadynamicbutimperceptiblechainofsimultaneouslyminusculeandoverarchingtransformationsthatconstantlychallengedistinctionsbetweenmotionandquietude.Despitetheapparentcontrastbetweenthetwodimensionsoflabor,thereisadeepbutunfathomablecorrespondencebetweenthesuccessionofthesebrightfragmentedimagesandtheillusorycontinuityofNiblock'sauralradiance:asiftheslow,minutegesturesofthehandsandtorsosthatweaveandthreshfindanunexpecteddoubleinthetactileandintricatemovementofthemusician'sworkings-SoundofEye

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