CLING RING is a film, text and installation by Darren Tesar, featuring audio and artwork contributions by Brandon Cramm and the imagery of Song-yun Kim.
CLING RING began as remake of the film [ ] by way of it being conceived as an essay written inside the subtitle track (.srt) of the 1992 version of [ ]. Sections of description from the novel [ ] by [ ] were later introduced.
CLING RING is made possible by the imagery of Song-yun Kim, yet directed, sequenced and purposed by Darren Tesar. (Editing, processing or manipulation of the images was not allowed.)
CLING RING marks the first time Tesar’s writing has been repurposed for audio and speech, which has been entrusted to Brandon Cramm. In order to emphasize the spectatorial quality of everything in (and coming into) the space, Cramm has chosen to have the spoken audio track stand separately as its own entity within the viewing space.
CLING RING is a type of dis(tancing)-appearance made possible by and out of a prolonged proximity maintained between entities. Prolonged proximities that produce a kind of material pidgin—a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups that do not have a language in common. The result is a production and maintenance of signs that are doubly non-native, meaning the author and object/subject are both made into partial objects. This notion of partial plays off all three of its possible meanings, namely having a particular liking or fondness for something or someone, that, by nature of its sentimentality (a form of bias or prejudice), relates to being or affectation only in part, not total; incomplete.
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That's not[…] [
]
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[ ][m][e][ ][—] a[ ]part[ ]
[and] as a housing [ ]
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- No[thing real]?
- Yeah
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Now take a […][ ]
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[ ] city[:] realize[ ] there[’s] [ ]
no barrier between here and the [ ]
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[ ] highway [ ]
to keep the [ ] cut[,] [ ]
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[ ][e][xact [
] some alter[ity][ ]
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[ ] [ ][C]overed[,] [ ] block[ed] in
[with] plaster and [ ]old [ ] condos
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- How [ ] did [ ] this place[…][ ]
- Don't ask
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[ ] [ ][W]ait till you see this
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He[ ]’s the proof
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[ ] or killer[ ],
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[ ][…] don't know which[ ][ ]
[ ][A]she[s][ ] [slipping] through the
[ ]…
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See, there's no w[ ][i]ll [ ]here
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Only a [ ] chest[—beating—] separat[ ]
[ing] us from [ ][one an]other[:] a[ ]partment
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[ ][M]ould [to pour,] some[ ]b[lo]od
[ ] to[ ]let
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- [ ] [ ][A][ ]part[ ][re]me[ai]n[ ]s
vacant
- Are you sure[ ][you are…]
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[ ][ ][t]here[ ][?]
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[ ] Now take a look
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[ [ ] ][r]ing[ing]][ ] ]
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- [At] [ ][w]hat?
- I saw a light go on
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[ ] [ ][N]obody[’s] there
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- Psyche [ [ ]laughing[ ] ]
- [Wait,] [ ][t]hat’s not [ ]
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- [ ] me at all
- Yeah, right
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You don't believe [
], do you?
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I don't Do you?
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[ [ ]No[ one there] [ ] ]
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You do[ubt] [ ] the story,
do[ubt][ ] you[rself]?
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No
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[loud laughter]
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Then [ ] bury me[ ]
[again and again ]
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The [ ]end first [ ]
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[ ][ ]as the s[um]
[ ] of a [ ]
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[ ] a[ ]mass[ ][—] [
] design[at]ing[ ] [ ]
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[ ]
[ ][A]fter[?] [ ]
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[ ][ ] [ ]
[ ][S]ent to[…] [ ]
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[ ] [not] grown up in [ ]
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[T][ ][h]e[y] had [
]
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and [ ] sought after [
]
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[ ] in a[n ever
“anding”] portrait
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[Already many of the surrounding buildings
had disappeared beneath the proliferating vegetation]
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that [ ]miss[ ]ed
[ ] a wea[ ]th[ered][ ] land[ ][—][dr]owne[d][ ]
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[by the will] to capture [
]
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[ ]
[ ][T]hey fell deep [ ] [[ ]
blotted out the white rectangular faces,
shading the lizards in their window lairs][—]]
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[ ] sta[ ]gnant[ion]
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[ ]
[ ][ ][[T]he endless
tides of silt had begun to accumulate
into enormous glittering banks,]
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Poor[er] [ ]and[ ]
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[ ] f[ ][ur]ther execut[ ][ing]
a terrible revenge[ ][,]
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[ ] a pack of brutal [offs]hoo[t][ ]s
to do the de[ ][a]d[ening work]
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[
], [[each of
which seems to represent
one of [ ] spinal levels]]
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where they proceeded to saw
[ ]and [ ] rust[ ][…]
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- No one came [ ]
- [screaming]
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But this was just the beginning[…]
[ ]
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[ ]
[ ][L]ives, filled with hung[e]r[ ]
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[screaming continues]
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[ ]
and stole[n] [ ]com[munion][ ]
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[through a succession of ever stranger
landscapes centered on [ ]][…]
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[ ][hu]man[ity] [ ] st[r]ung to death
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<|>[ ] burn[ing][…][ ] [B][ ]od[ ][ies]</|>
<|>on a giant pyre</|>
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<|>[ ] scattered [ ] ashes</|>
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Hell[ ]?
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[gasps]
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[coughing]
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[buzzing]
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- What?
- You[ ] believe [ ]
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- [ ][t]he pictures[?][ ]
- A[n] [ ]end [ ] mine[d,] saved [and][ ]
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[ ] written [ ] off
The camera [ ] sma[rter][ ]
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[ ] b[y][ ] ta[ ]king
[ ] some publi[c][ ]
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[ ] interest[ ]
[ ] [ ][T]he local[—]section[ed][ ]
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[ ]a[nd] be[ing] publi[cized]
[ ][—]
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[ ] over[turning any] tomorrow[
] [from] get[ting] started
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- [ ]
- [ ]
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[horn beeping]
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[distorted [hu]man[ ] voice][:] Hell[o][ ]…
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Yes[?][ ]
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Hell[o][ ]…
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Who is that?
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[ ] [ ][I]s that [you]?
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[ ]…
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I came f[ ]r[om] you
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Do I know you?
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No
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No, but you doubt[ ]
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[ ] [ ][S]orry[?][ ]
I have to [
] [be your] need [ ]
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[ ] I'm late
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You are not [your own] content[ ]
[ ][W]ith[in] [ ] stories,
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[ ] I [ ]li[n]ge[r][ ] to [be]come[ ]
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[[ ][n]igh[t] [fall’]s]
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[ ] victim[,][ ]
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[to] [ ][b]e[ing] my [own] [ ]
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I [f]a[il][ ] [ ][w]he[n] writing
[f]o[rces][ ] [ ][an] [ ]all,
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[ ] whisper[s] in[to] [ ]a[ ]roo[d][ ]
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Without [ ][be]ings,
I am no[ ]thing
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[ ]
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[<div ]c[lass=“container”>]me with me
- [[ ][hu]man screaming]
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[moaning, crying]
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[moaning, sobbing]
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[heart[-]beat[ing]]
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[wailing [growing more distant]]
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But it's crossed your mind?
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[ ] [ ][A]nything[?][ ]
[ ][A]ny detail, however small[?][ ]
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[ ] [ ][Y]ou[r] [ ] recall [ ]
help[s] us substantiate [ ]our version of events[ ][ ]
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[[ ] [ ][ ]lack[ ][ing] out[ ]]
I mean, I
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[I] don't know[ ] [ ][W]hat happened[?]
[ ]
