the twitter film (racing north, chased by tweets, chasing tweets) from svanes on Vimeo.
the film is constructed around a time-lapse journey by car from los angeles to san francisco, while twitter postings from the same day travel across the bottom of the screen. in this sense, the tweets function like a news ticker, transmitting reports from all over the globe.
concurrently, time, as experienced in the film, moves forward on three levels: the actual travel that is recorded on film that can be measured in distance and time, while the twitter postings provide an additional register of the day’s progression.
finally, the movement and rhythm of the tweets mimics the ebb and flow of car traffic during the day. some tweets move into the passing lane to overhaul slower tweets, while other tweets rush at each other from opposing directions.
this is a non-commercial project that was created solely out of my own curiosity and for the amusement of my friends and contacts in the “twitterverse.”
A few of my tweets are in there. Can you spot them?
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