User:Thijshijsijsjss/Gossamery/Citizen Kane (trailer)

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Revision as of 20:03, 29 March 2024 by Thijshijsijsjss (talk | contribs) (Earlier today, I was talking to my friend Ilse about nomadic campings (not campings for 'nomads', but camping sites that are themselves nomadic). We concluded that there are many practical considerations to this idea, but would think it hilarious to develop (and log) this idea as a fuctional concept.)
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In light of the upcoming T2 assessments and my role in the SI23 launch event (e.g. this and this), and amidst my evolving practises in and around XPUB, the I've been thinking more and more about documentation. Non-reactionary documentation, the connection between documentation and invisible labour, fictionalization in documentation, documentation as a communicative practise. The list goes on.

Orson Welles's work has already shown his influence on me in last trimester's The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_an_Active_Archive, taken inspiration from War of the Worlds (1938). Researching documenting practises, I once again stumble upon Welles, this time for Citizin Kane. Instead of showing parts footage from the story, this films trailer is a 4 minute documentary that shines light on its production. How hopeful, documentation as a tool for engagement, as promotional material even.