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title: My year condensed into 11 minutes
author: George Mandis <george@mand.is>
date: 2014-03-19
tags: post, post, travel, facebook, video, boring
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<p>Last year I took over 12gb of photos through 18 different countries. I'm still processing it, literally and figuratively. Along the way I also recorded short video snippets here and there, a number of them by accident and many more without any clear reason in retrospect. I seemed to do so most often on long travels days waiting at bus stops, staring out the window and off into the horizon.</p>
<p>Somehow this 11 minute video captures the quietness, stillness and isolation of traveling alone for a year. But it's not lonely, per se. It's kind of meditative. Comforting. I'm not entirely sure why.</p>
<p>Watching the abrupt shifts in location is amusing. There are many memories, events and continents that are unceremoniously skipped over in favor of videos of... Moss on rocks? Sitting at a train station? Waiting for a bus? A ceiling fan?</p>
<p>I feel I should warn any potentially squeamish viewers that there is a fish market scene in Hong Kong towards the end which is kind of gnarly, if you're not expecting it.</p>
<p><iframe src='https://player.vimeo.com/video/89585463?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff' height=350 width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p>That's literally all the video content I shot for 2013. I have a similar project on my plate using much more interesting audio recordings from last year. That'll have to come in another post.</p>