Exams - The Blog - Law School Exams, June 2007 - One photo, One song per day | 18 Jul 07

This photoblog (May 26^th to July 6^th) was an art therapy method, a way to achieve silence into my mind.

Some things made this process harder. Those were the quantity of music I took with me and the lack of an internet connection. At the begging, I thought that only my old compact camera, the terrible notebook monitor and time pressure on photoshoots were going to obstruct me, but I was wrong.
It is difficult trying to match a song with a photo without actually listening to it; so, I used only the songs I had. Therefore, you will notice repetitions of artists and music bands and a sense of confusion about the song choice.
The lack of internet connection at my apartment is an obvious disadvantage if you consider the the quality of internet cafes as workstations and the pressure on time.

I would like to write down some notes about the first issue, the quantity of music. Except from the stated above, this situation drove me to an interesting observation:
There are three ways to combine the visual (photography, video etc.) with the audio (music), the visual with the written (script, poem etc.):

• Picture leads. Picture is the main point of reference and you have to match (or create) the music or the script.
• Music or Script leads. Music or Script (music and lyrics at this case) is the main point of reference and you have to match the picture.
• Combination result leads. You make serious post-work about the project in order to achieve the best way to express your visualization, combining the visual, the acoustic and the script.

In "Exams - The Blog" case, I followed exclusively the first way. I can say that the result is far from perfection or even mediocrity, but as I said before, this photostory isn't about perfection. It is an inner goal, a way to achieve silence into mind.

Playlist

1. Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptyness
2. U2 - Wake up Dead Man
3. AMillionSons - Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck
4. Στέρεο Νόβα - Ο Εξώστης
5. AMillionSons - Misti Blu (Breezeblock Bootleg
6. Paul Oakenfold - De Moma De [Paris & Sharp Remix]
7. Orbital - Know Where to Run
8. Piano Magic - You Can Never get Lost (When You've Nowhere To Go)
9. Deus - Nothing Really Ends
10. David Bowie - The Loneliest Guy
11. ΑΡΛΕΤΑ - Το Μπαρ το Ναυάγιο
12. Fertile Ground (Navasha Daya) - Yellow Daisies
13. Manic Street Preachers - Ocean Spray
14. Grand Tourism - Les Courants D'Air
15. Cafe Del Mar - Traveller
16. U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
17. Wax Poetic - Angels (vocals by Norah Jones)
18. Flunk - see thru you
19. James - Waltzing Along
20. Moby - One Of These Mornings
21. Mattafix - Big City Life
22. AMillionSons - Imagination
23. Radiohead - No surprises
24. Paul Oakenfold - Starry Eyed Surprise
25. Billie Holliday - April In Paris
26. Ella Fitzgerald & Billie Holliday - What a Difference a Day Makes
27. Manic Street Preachers - The Everlasting
28. Tindersticks - Another night
29. Funk 4 Sale - Ocean Games
30. Piano Magic - Popular Mechanics - Metal Coffee
31. Client - Radio (Extended Mix)
32. Ampranoia - El Destino
33. Nicola Conte - Quiet Nights
34. Nina Simone - Feeling Good
35. Paul Oakenfold - Ready Steady Go
36. Flunk - Spring To Kingdom Come
37. Tuxedomoon - In A Manner Of Speaking
38. Piano Magic - A Trick Of The Sea
39. Semisonic - Who's Stopping You?
40. Moby - Dream About Me
41. Badley Drawn Boy - Silent Sigh
42. James - Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)