Down on Me

John dances with, and is led by, the camera, which is running at one frame per second and turning its own way on the end of a fishing pole line while being raised and lowered from rooftops and bridges. Throughout, the camera is looking down at John on the ground, who is looking back up at the camera and turning with it. Camera hoisting was done by John's friend Stephen Niblock. Many different locations were used, edited in-camera, and there were two shooting sessions, a year apart. The first was of outdoor locations. The second was of indoor locations (stairwells) shot with time exposures, creating occasional abstract vortexes.