MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA : THE GLOBAL REMAKE
2014-2007 ongoing
A Bigger Picture Commission Arts (Council of England, BBC, Cornerhouse Manchester).Database cinema. 67’
Through a website developed for this project at http://dziga.perrybard.net (now offline) people around the world upload shots to remake Vertov’s 1929 classic film. Uploads play in sync with the original.Software designed for the site by John Weir delivers a new film daily incorporating uploads to the project.The site has been preserved by Rhizome.The archive can be viewed at http://rhizome.org/art/artbase/artwork/man-with-a-movie-camerathe-global-remake/
THANK YOU RHIZOME!
A recent (1.16.17) version of the remake can be viewed at