Joe Hambleton - Walking through sequence
3:45, 2006DirectorJoe Hambleton
Edition2006
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Who is Joe Hambleton?
Joe Hambleton is a Canadian emerging artist from Windsor Ontario. He has received his BFA in visual arts from the University of Windsor in 2005, and is currently enrolled at the York University for his MFA visual arts. His works have been shown in North America and Europe.
Why filmmaking?
I work in film and video because its a new medium that allows me to explore subjects such as time and space in different ways then I could in other medium. Walking through sequence is about... My video explores time in temporal human experience, and how it affects our perceptions and feelings. Through images of mundane everyday events such as walking through a building, I explain time in its most common and unseen form. By manipulating the different properties of video and film and how the mind reads and perceives it, a distinct sense of time and space is shaped. The frames of the video are presented unconventionally with the frames adjacent to each other, creating a series of sequential narratives where time becomes spatial, distributed across the surface of the work. A narrative is formed in both the images shown, and is inferred within the arrangement of the images. The juxtaposition of non-linear images is used to form a linear description that conveys a sense of regular time in an irregular space.
Financing your movie?
My movie is completely financed by myself. I used myself as the actor. The video was shot on DV and edited digitally to reduce the cost.
New Media; a challenge for film makers?
New Media has huge potential to get your work seen. There are a number of ways such as internet, or mass producing DVD´s to get your work out cheaply. If I was just working in film my audience would be greatly reduced. Technology gives me the means to show across the world. Do your films have style, just as some painters have? My films definitely have a style to them. The video quality itself is more similar to just a hand video recorder, to try to get a sense of the everyday mundane life. The way I edit video together also has its own style, with usually multiple images merging with themselves to form a narrative.
Influences?
Stan Douglas was the first video artist I really connected with. His works kinda showed me how I could express concept in film.
Which film related websites do you frequent?
I frequent Terminus1525 a lot. It is a site for mostly Canadian artists. It has decent message boards for upcoming film festivals and art shows.
Individual film making or co-operation?
I always work alone in my videos. I find I get exactly what I want to achieve this way and am free to work at my own pace.
Your plans and dreams...
I just want to keep making video and showing it to as much people as possible. I would also like to teach others in the future.
Did you ever had another ambition in life than to be a filmmaker?
I have always wanted to be an artist in some form. I used to be into illustration more, and wanted to be a comic artist.
Digital or classic?
Right now I prefer digital. I shoot in miniDV. In the near future I hope to begin shooting in High Definition.
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Joe Hambleton is a Canadian emerging artist from Windsor Ontario. He has received his BFA in visual arts from the University of Windsor in 2005, and is currently enrolled at the York University for his MFA visual arts. His works have been shown in North America and Europe.
Why filmmaking?
I work in film and video because its a new medium that allows me to explore subjects such as time and space in different ways then I could in other medium. Walking through sequence is about... My video explores time in temporal human experience, and how it affects our perceptions and feelings. Through images of mundane everyday events such as walking through a building, I explain time in its most common and unseen form. By manipulating the different properties of video and film and how the mind reads and perceives it, a distinct sense of time and space is shaped. The frames of the video are presented unconventionally with the frames adjacent to each other, creating a series of sequential narratives where time becomes spatial, distributed across the surface of the work. A narrative is formed in both the images shown, and is inferred within the arrangement of the images. The juxtaposition of non-linear images is used to form a linear description that conveys a sense of regular time in an irregular space.
Financing your movie?
My movie is completely financed by myself. I used myself as the actor. The video was shot on DV and edited digitally to reduce the cost.
New Media; a challenge for film makers?
New Media has huge potential to get your work seen. There are a number of ways such as internet, or mass producing DVD´s to get your work out cheaply. If I was just working in film my audience would be greatly reduced. Technology gives me the means to show across the world. Do your films have style, just as some painters have? My films definitely have a style to them. The video quality itself is more similar to just a hand video recorder, to try to get a sense of the everyday mundane life. The way I edit video together also has its own style, with usually multiple images merging with themselves to form a narrative.
Influences?
Stan Douglas was the first video artist I really connected with. His works kinda showed me how I could express concept in film.
Which film related websites do you frequent?
I frequent Terminus1525 a lot. It is a site for mostly Canadian artists. It has decent message boards for upcoming film festivals and art shows.
Individual film making or co-operation?
I always work alone in my videos. I find I get exactly what I want to achieve this way and am free to work at my own pace.
Your plans and dreams...
I just want to keep making video and showing it to as much people as possible. I would also like to teach others in the future.
Did you ever had another ambition in life than to be a filmmaker?
I have always wanted to be an artist in some form. I used to be into illustration more, and wanted to be a comic artist.
Digital or classic?
Right now I prefer digital. I shoot in miniDV. In the near future I hope to begin shooting in High Definition.
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