4.6.11

Distance(s) #22, or: no matter without art, for Jean-Claude


I

La Vallée close - Jean-Claude Rousseau, 1995, super 8



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Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, May 2011


La Vallée close - Jean-Claude Rousseau, 1995, super 8



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Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, May 2011


La Vallée close - Jean-Claude Rousseau, 1995, super 8



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La Vallée close - Jean-Claude Rousseau, 1995, super 8


Juste avant l'orage - Jean-Claude Rousseau, 2003, DV


La Vallée close - Jean-Claude Rousseau, 1995, super 8



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Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, May 2011


La Vallée close - Jean-Claude Rousseau, 1995, super 8



VI

Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, May 2011


La Vallée close - Jean-Claude Rousseau, 1995, super 8


Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, May 2011



VII

La Vallée close - Jean-Claude Rousseau, 1995, super 8



VIII

Les eaux de pluie s’infiltrent dans un épais manteau calcaire et sont drainées vers le conduit remontant de la fontaine, dont le débit moyen est supérieur à 20 m3/s (maximum 4 et maximum 100 m3/s). Le conduit s’est mis en place dans une faille et mesure plus de 300m de profondeur. Il s’est formé au moment où la Méditerranée s’est asséchée, il y a 6 millions d’années.

--descriptif de la résurgence de Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, musée Requien (museé d’histoire naturelle) en Avignon. [Cited by Cyril Neyrat in Lancés à travers le vide.]



IX

La Vallée close - Jean-Claude Rousseau, 1995, super 8



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Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, May 2011


La Vallée close - Jean-Claude Rousseau, 1995, super 8



XI

La Vallée close - Jean-Claude Rousseau, 1995, super 8



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Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, May 2011


La Vallée close - Jean-Claude Rousseau, 1995, super 8


2 comments:

Matthew Flanagan said...

Twelve lessons, like the film. Extraordinary place. These images were taken on 24.05.11 (and, sadly, suffer from compression after uploading). Very hot, bright day. See also, perhaps: c.

Just Another Film Buff said...

Wow. This is arresting on so may levels. And slightly surreal. Separated by 16 years, media formats and much else. Moreover, I can't even begin to understand the personal implications that it has for you. (And boy, do you have a good memory for images, with the exact locations and positions!). I would have guessed that Rousseau's images were video, if you hadn't mentioned that they were super 8.

Next stop, Jean-Claude Rousseau.

Hope you are doing well, Matthew!