# Soft and Distance Montage ### Background the notion of "soft montage" that would subsequently have a significant impact on the development of his later multi-channel installation work. Soft montage comprises a general relatedness of images, rather than a strict equation of opposition produced by a linear montage of sharp cuts. ([[@alter_two_2015]], 151) Farocki also made it a point to introduce the students to the breathtaking films of the Armenian director Artavazd Peleshyan (distance montage) and developoed by examining [[Jean-Luc Godard|Godard]]‘s *Numero deux* (Number Two) (1975) multi-image experiment (soft montage) 1. Soft montage: *Numero deux* (Number Two) (1975) > Distance montage, Peleshyan believed, opens up the “seam” or “interval” between two elements; instead of “patching” them together, he advocated “ripping them apart” and adding more elements. The elements appear in a different context each time, and with varying connotations. They do not carry inherent meanings, and shots do not collide with one another. ([[@alter_two_2015]], 152) 2. Distance montage: The Seasons of the Year (1975) → 이 둘의 몽타쥬를 이용해 작업한 것이 [[Harun Farocki]]의 Schnittstelle (Interface) (1995) ### Soft Montage > “Cross Influence/Soft Montage” (2002), “Imagine three double bonds jumping back and forth between the six carbon atoms of a benzene ring; I envisage the same ambiguity in the relationship of an element in an image track to the one succeeding or accompanying it.” ([[@farocki_cross_2009]], 70) → placing images into force fields is key to understanding why most of [[Harun Farocki|Farocki]]’s multiscreen projects were also made in single-channel versions ![[Screenshot 2022-10-12 at 14.44.37.png]] 마르크스주의자도 아니고 포우커교도도 아닌 토플러는 산업의 최대주의 생산성이 원자폭탄에서 파괴적인 것과 동등하다고 말한다. 사후 산업 또는 데이터 처리 생산은 높은 정밀 무기 시스템을 필요로 하며, 적은 폭발력과 더 나은 유도 시스템을 필요로 한다. My point of departure was the fact that only one image is seen when editing film, rather than two images when editing video: the one already mounted and the preview of the next one. ([[@farocki_cross_2009]], 72) A montage must hold together with invisible forces the things that would otherwise become muddled. ([[@farocki_cross_2009]], 73) ## Related Notes ```dataview LIST FROM [[202210121337]] and -"Plans" and -"resources" ``` ## References