Rounding off the collection is 'Raoul', whose subject is the painter Raoul Middleman, captured at work in the studio using time lapse photography while an improvised soundtrack (performed by the filmmaker and subject in collaboration) accompanies the rapid influx of images.
A 59 minute extreme close-up long take of ice cubes slowly melting until they become just water in a stainless steel sink to Phill Niblock's composition "Stosspeng".
The series of films ‘The Movement of People Working’ portrays human labor in its most elementary form. Shot by Niblock between 1973-91, on 16mm color film and later video, and in locations including Peru, Mexico, Hungary, Hong Kong, the Arctic, Brazil, Lesotho, Portugal, Sumatra, China, and...
A 30 minute extreme close-up long take of the flow of sand trickling from the upper to the lower glass chamber of and hourglass to Phill Niblock's composition "Feedcorn Ear".
A short film by Niblock which consists simply of Armand Schwermer reading from his epic poem The Tablets with commentary, while strolling about in front of a Staten Island cityscape...
Morning begins with performers dressing and preparing for their day to the accompaniment of clashing male and female internal monologues, and subsequently depicts various characters going about their daily business while we listen in on their thoughts and anxieties.
