This month's bath house reading was really intriguing. Konrad Steiner came into Ypsi from San Diego, California to talk to us about his film making. On Monday, Steiner held a 2 hour lecture on the history on his art form, "The New Talkies." What he does it turn the sound off of films that already exist, and talks over them. Re-narrating, or re writing the dialogue.The history of this medium started in the 20s when foreign films were imported into Japan without the text slides being translated. People called Benchies would sit beside the screen to narrate what was going on. These narrators became more popular than the actors in the movie being shown.
At his performance on Wednesday, Steiner showed many different types of projects he has completed. A few films he made for pre-recorded dialogue, a few films he talked over live (one he even used his body as a projection screen), two pieces where he collaborated with Carla Harryman. His work has an interesting way of combining writing and film making in a way I never really considered possible. I've seen this type of medium on the Internet, the "Literal Music Videos" are something I'm well familiar with, but I didn't realize it had such a rich history, and that it is such an expansive art form.
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