Peter Weibel- Vulcanology of Emotions

Vulcanology of Emotions, is one of Peter Weibel's six body videos that were shown at the Slought Foundation. It was made in 1971, so it was the earliest of his body videos that was shown. Vulcanology is the study of volcanoes, so one can come to the assumption that what Weibel could be relating to is an "explosion" of emotions, that similar to a volcano. The way the video is filmed is almost voyeuristic. There is a bold vignetting that makes you focus on what Weibel is doing. The camera is focused on a corner of a room with white walls and white floors. Weibel is in the room, naked, in different positions. He first starts out by lying down on the floor, his face away from the camera. However, each position is a clip of about 10 seconds at first. In between each clip the screen turns black and the sound of whales is then played. Having the sound of whales in my opinion was a good choice because they make somewhat sad sounds and the clips that show Weibel are depressing in a way. As the video progesses the camera moves closer, some of the images are now video and others still. Also, the images move faster so instead of being on the screen for 10 seconds its 6 seconds. Weibels positions also change and don't involve him just lying down on the floor and he is now allowing his face to be shown. As the video speeds up the camera moves further away and this brings us to the end.
I found this video to be one of two that I could actually stand to sit down and watch all the way through other than his tele-action videos... which some were in fact quite entertaining even though the tv-aquarium made me feel very uncomfortable