PelleNotes
Achievable aims for next session: Pelle will make start on thesis following the outline below. send to Steve on the 10th January 2023. Steve gives written feedback and we discuss material which will provide inspiration for the next session. We go through what Pelle has written and Steve's response.
Thesis in the form of a report on practice...
outline for first draft (4000)
intro (500)
Current work (500) describe work and describe choices made
everything that needs to be said (500) describe work and describe choices made
my sweet failure (500) describe work and describe choices made
Anemoia (500) describe work and describe choices made
related work by others (larger context) Compare and contrast methods used by them and yourself.(1000)
conclusion(500)
Chapter on reading material
Synopsis; summery (200)
Discussion (200)
method for chapters:
Use "what , how, why" method.
PLEASE USE MATERIAL FROM TEXT ON PRACTICE AND YOUR PROJECT PROPOSAL (AND MATERIAL, NOTES &C FROM YR1).
- Notes from
Interested in radical empathy (a privileged position to be in).
What does caring look like?
How is caring expressed through the actions of the camera? the camera lingers; a feeling of place is established, through the pace of the editing (how?)
How is caring expressed through the actions of the main protagonists in your work?
Henk expresses affection more easily; dad through giving gifts
- RED THREAD? Legacy and inheritance...
Nobody Knows Many Things About Me is a graduation project which will result in a film or film installation in which we’ll enter the lives of two friends who devote their lives to art. Each in their own way they struggle with mortality and the meaning of legacy. Just as their lives run, the two storylines intersect and sometimes run simultaneously (on multiple screens).
At the heart of the film is a place where we often come back to: Henk’s dilapidated house full of belongings and paintings. Daily he waits for his dear friend Rinke who brings his groceries and joins for small talk, or sometimes a heart-to-heart. On the other hand Rinke struggles with a burn-out and is challenged in his role as caregiver. The garden seems to give him some redemption, but winter is coming and the question arises: what needs to be cared for?
The protagonists: Henk van der Ploeg (73) lives close to my parents and I have known from many brief encounters over the last 15 years. Rinke Nijburg (58) is my father. During the past years their relationship evolved as Henk’s health has declined and my father sometimes struggles with his mental health. It made me wonder: what drives my father to go there every day to bring the groceries? Their situation makes me reflect on how my own life is organised, as well as my position as an artist. How do we meet the Other? The other human-being, the animal, the planet? I have touched these themes before in previous films but they were never so close to home as this piece. The challenge for me as a filmmaker is how to translate this everlasting struggle: the attempt to care in an audio-visual piece - this time on a hyper personal level.