Casting a Glance.mkv

Benning begins working on casting a glance (2007) before completing the train film RR (2007). He concerns himself with a place he has repeatedly visited and filmed since North on Evers (1991): the Spiral Jetty by landartist Robert Smithson who died in 1973. This portrait by Benning of the famous earthwork consists of 78 one-minute shots filmed with a static camera at various times of the day and year. He again adheres to a rigid scheme: Each of the 16 sequences consists of four to seven shots separated by black leader. They are marked with dates, thereby providing a timeline. The title of the film and ensuing dedication, in memory of Robert Smithson, is followed by an image of the surface of the lake accompanied by the sound of lapping water. Water and sky seem to merge, the horizon line can barely be distinguished. A title indicates the year the Spiral Jetty was built: April 30, 1970. In this first shot the jetty appears in its entireity, the shoreline runs parallel to the bottom of the frame while the jetty coils at its center. Symmetry and complete visibility establish a perfect view of the landscape. Subsequent perspectives oscillate permanently between this concept of perfection, beauty and its deconstruction.





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