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<v Visual andAudio Descriptions> The clip opens on video with audio of a shallow stream running over rocks. This continues until 01:57.
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<v Visual andAudio Descriptions>
Nikki Reimer:
i am building you a structure.
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<v Visual and Audio Descriptions> The stream footage is overlaid with a transparent, overexposed photo of a tree trunk with bare branches.
Nikki Reimer:
bring the epoxy.
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<v Visual andAudio Descriptions> The photo slide transitions slowly off the screen to the right, leaving just the stream.
NikkiReimer:
roots under roots under roots.
i lost sensation
[00:14]
<v Visual andAudio Descriptions>The stream footage is overlaid by a single set of blue glasses frames which slides in from the left and sits at centre.
NikkiReimer:
in my temporal lobe for a minute. i lost sensation
[00:18]
<v Visual andAudio Descriptions>The stream footage and glasses frames are covered over by a green-tinted image of ladybugs mating on a leaf which transitions in from the left, turning transparent to show the stream when it aligns centre.
NikkiReimer:
in the left shirt pocket.
grief travels like this
[00:24]
<v Visual andAudio Descriptions>The ladybug image transitions out right, leaving the stream, replaced by aPolaroid of a stuffed bear tucked into a tree over a faded yellow sky, scribbled over in maroon, which transitions in left.
NikkiReimer:
through generations.
[00:27]
<v Visual andAudio Descriptions> The Polaroid transitions out right, replaced by a photograph of Chris Reimer’s folded hands, blended with a white line drawing of waves. He’s wearing a purple ALS bracelet.
NikkiReimer:
you mention coffins many times in your writings, but when it came time, we had no method of choosing.
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<v Visual andAudio Descriptions> The hands fade out, leaving just the stream.
[00:36]
<v Visual andAudio Descriptions>The stream footage is overlaid by a yellow and black cartoonish cat head doodled by Chris Reimer near the centre of the screen.
Nikki Reimer:
periodically one of us would excuse ourselves from the planning meeting to vomit.
[00:41]
<v Visual andAudio Descriptions> The cat head doodle is replaced by a transparent, elongated theta wave, which transitions in from the left.
Nikki Reimer:
arrival was delayed by an excursion to procure middle class beverages.
[00:03]
<v Visual andAudio Descriptions>The line transitions out right, replaced by a photo of a conifer branch, with a line drawing of waves blended over it.
Nikki Reimer:
we never had a treehouse.
[00:53]
<v Visual andAudio Descriptions> The tree photo fades out, replaced by a photo of an open window, with trees beyond, blended with a line drawing of waves.
Nikki Reimer:
triangulation occurs if one of the columns is removed.
i need you to tell me
[00:58]
<v Visual andAudio Descriptions> The trees photo transitions out, replaced by a transparent black and red effects pedal schematic.
Nikki Reimer:
what colour scheme to use here.
‘cause the music is boring.
[01:06]
<v Visual andAudio Descriptions> The schematic is covered over by an unfocused photo of plant leaves which starts transparent as it transitions in left but solidifies once aligned centre.
Nikki Reimer:
if these intertextual references get too opaque, we can switch to hand signals.
[01:10]
<v Visual andAudio Descriptions>The leaves fade out. A split photo of Chris Reimer as a child and as an adult fades in, overlaid by transparent green trees.
Nikki Reimer:
blink twice if you can hear me, yellow hair.
[01:13]
<v Visual andAudio Descriptions>The photo fades out, a transparent gamma wave fades in over the stream.
Nikki Reimer:
there is a trick with dimes i am learning to do.
[01:18]
<v Visual andAudio Descriptions> An opaque black effects pedal schematic transitions in from left to sit underneath the waveform. The line fades out.
[01:20]
<v Visual andAudio Descriptions> The schematic transitions out right, an opaque elongated theta transitions in left, turning transparent black when it aligns centre.
Nikki Reimer:
where did you hide my UJ3RK5 album? no really. that shit’s worth money.
[01:24]
<v Visual andAudio Descriptions> The theta wave transitions out right, replaced by a gamma wave transitioning in left and out right, replaced by a photo of Chris Reimer looking over the edge of a pool into the water. The gamma wave transitions in left just behind it. Both stop when aligned centre.
Nikki Reimer:
it was funny when you returned Baba’s high school t-shirt wrapped around my Christmas present in 2010
[01:34]
<v Visual andAudio Descriptions> The gamma wave transitions out right, the photo remains centre then is replaced by the blue glasses frames. An unfocused photo of yellow flowers appears under the glasses.
Nikki Reimer:
but it wasn’t funny when i recovered Brad’s dad’s sweater out of your closet in 2012. (it’s all about context, see)
[01:43]
<v Visual and AudioDescriptions> The glasses disappear, then the yellow flowers fade out as the doodled cat head reappears.
Nikki Reimer:
a sudden easing in the chest. sensation
[01:48]
<v Visual andAudio Descriptions> The cat head is covered over by an opaque photo of a guitar and amp collection which transitions in left and turns transparent as it aligns centre.
Nikki Reimer:
of flying or falling
transcendence is impossible
[01:55]
<v Visual andAudio Descriptions>The guitar collection fades out and the stream is a replaced by a fade-in of a new video. The scene is filmed standing under a building overhang, with wet and snowy pavement. The audio from the flowing stream can still be heard.
Nikki Reimer:
but if you crack the skin at the right angle, you can actually hear the start
[02:02]
<v Visual andAudio Descriptions> Large chunks of melted snow and ice fall from high up to audibly splat onto the snowy ground with loud crashes.
Nikki Reimer:
of spring breakup. tremulous [ice crash] cracking.
[02:09]
<v Visual andAudio Descriptions> The snow scene transitions out right and the snowfall audio ends. The stream transitions in left with an elongated grey delta wave overlaid and a gamma wave transitioning in left and out right overtop.
Nikki Reimer:
if the stream of consciousness for one voice sounds identical to the stream of consciousness for another voice
[02:18]
<v Visual andAudio Descriptions> The delta wave fades out, replaced by a fade-in photo of a peregrine falcon in bare branches. The sky in the photo starts out white but then becomes transparent. This photo stays overlaid on the stream. The gamma wave transitions in left overtop of the photo.
Nikki Reimer:
what does that tell us about subjectivity? about consciousness? about GPS coordinates? no really, can you drop a pin on your phone or something?
remain in light. this is not my beautiful house.
[02:33]
<v Visual andAudio Descriptions> The gamma wave transitions out left, replaced by the doodled cat head which transitions in left, pauses at centre, then transitions out right. This is replaced by the blue glasses frames which transition in left.
Nikki Reimer:
if you were here i might tell you not to take this stuff so seriously. or maybe you would tell me not to take this stuff so seriously. stop me if you’ve heard this one.
[02:44]
<v Visual andAudio Descriptions> Vocals end. Blue glasses frames fade out, leaving the falcon photo and the stream. The photo fades out, then the sound of the stream fades out.
