Monday, May 7, 2012

Police Car by John Cale

Police Car is about a minute of silently blinking lights. First, one blinks near the bottom right hand corner of the frame. Later, two blink together More towards the middle of the frame, occasionally syncing up.
What's really lovely is the simplicity of these images. They seem pretty deliberate, but also simply observational. There is no personal narrative attached to the police cars' blinking lights.
What's interesting also is the exemption of anything extra. What has blinking lights? Which blink like those? Police cars. Everything but what is necessary is enveloped into darkness. Simple, to the point. Lovely.
Police car is one of many in a series, but even by itself the images are charming in a very quiet, identifiable way.

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