On Light, or the Ingression of Forms | 2007 | Circuit Bent Webcam->DV | 2:10

… all that sense can comprehend, is Light: because it partakes of that which it is. To comprehend dark, or a shape, it must withdraw from its own nature – it must withdraw or turn against its own electrical illuminating nature in order to comprehend a shape.¹

STAN BRAKHAGE

Synopsis

An homage to the philosopher of light, Robert Grosseteste. Made using a circuit bent webcam.

Screenings/Exhibitions

May 29, 2009. Buzz, Crackle and Hush: Audio Art and Contemporary Experimental Film and Video, Winnipeg Cinematheque, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Curated by Dave Barber.

September 7, 2007. The Personal Image, WNDX Underground Film Festival, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

1. “Stan Brakhage – The Text of Light,” Cantrills Filmnotes 21/22 (April 1975). This text is a transcription of the introduction and the question-and-answer session after a screening of Brakhage’s film The Text of Light (1975). Brakhage was paraphrasing from Robert Grosseteste’s work, On Light or the Ingression of Forms. [↩]