Lumiere-et-son

One MInute - Volume 5

2011-06-22T10:36:00.000-07:00

"Ah Lumiere" says Son, 'it is time again", "for what?" replies Lumiere, "why - for the One MInute programme of course". "ah yes, do you have the programme detatils", "even better I have a link to the One Minute blog ".

Shuffling Off

2010-11-29T09:33:00.000-08:00

Son taps the calendar and muses " it has been a whole year since the first Lumiere & Son piece; probably time to shuffle off". Lumiere replies "do you have anything in mind?" Son rummages around on the hard drive " ah yes I have just the thing".
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Suffix

2010-11-23T13:50:00.000-08:00

It is almost the last week and Son suggests they go out dancing whilst Lumiere reflects on a dead end.

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Seas of Weighing

2010-11-03T01:33:00.000-07:00

Lumiere considers the original while Son is happy to fake it.
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Helicoptics - Farewell

2010-10-19T11:11:00.000-07:00

Lumiere muses that there is one thing cinema does better than almost medium and that is departures. Son agree as he boards his private helicopter ready to join the cruise ship bound for who knows where to return who knows when.

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Checkout Art Fairs

2010-10-13T10:28:00.000-07:00

The art fairs are on again 'it's a good time to stock up on Art says Lumiere'. "At these prices we can't go wrong" agrees Son.

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Petrissage

2010-09-30T23:44:00.000-07:00

Son lathers whilst Lumiere rinses
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Sucked in - a memento mori

2010-08-27T00:42:00.000-07:00

Lumiere notes the summer break is all but over and asks is it time to start posting again? Son considers the viewing figures which are far from shapely and wonders if online screening is really better than inroom. In the meantime a memento mori originally made for MM .
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Bird Box

2010-06-24T00:04:00.000-07:00

Lumiere et Son are in a flap as they prepare to take a summer vacation but they will be back posting here in the Autumn

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A Beauty Overblown (Krasota)

2010-06-19T03:54:00.000-07:00

It is the summer and Lumiere & Son are feeling lazy - 'lets make a Russian pop video for Zemfira ' they say. After several hours working on an elaborate story board with a cast of thousands and much dramatic action they realise there is no need for lights, camera, action as they have something in the can already that fits perfectly.
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As Planes Go By

2010-06-16T03:27:00.000-07:00

Lumiere waits for a taxi whilst Son can't get that tune out of his head.
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Aye Aye

2010-06-09T01:50:00.000-07:00

Son secures a job in an opticians whilst Lumiere assures him that spectacles really don't make vision worse
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Nutcracking

2010-06-02T15:49:00.000-07:00

Lumiere takes in a fine Polish performance whilst Son only has ears for the Portsmouth Sinfonia.
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Nourish

2010-05-26T12:18:00.000-07:00

Son considers nourishment whilst Lumiere goes ona diet.

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Overseen Overheard

2010-05-26T04:40:00.000-07:00

Lumiere et Son are troubled by patanormal activity in which voices seem detached from the body.
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Happiness is...

2010-05-19T09:26:00.001-07:00

Son considers happiness whilst listening to the sound of Delia's Air and smoking a cigar meanwhile Lumiere ensures a clean sweep of the gallery
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Sqaure Dance

2010-05-12T12:01:00.000-07:00

Son counts the beat whilst Lumiere records the steps

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Lumiere et Son

2010-05-07T02:04:00.000-07:00

Lumiere waits for the lights to come on whilst Son recalls the applause that greeted the first electric candle
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Theory of the Young-Girl (in the Rain)

2010-04-30T23:23:00.000-07:00

Lumiere watches the progress of the young girl in the rain whilst Son sits back and listens to some After Dinner music whilst considering Tiqqun

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Tarts for Tea

2010-04-22T11:42:00.000-07:00

Lumiere reflects on Atget whilst Son has tarts for tea.
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Ash Wednesday

2010-04-18T02:26:00.000-07:00

Lumiere dreams of flying whilst Son tries to swot up on his morse code for airmen LP only the needle is covered in....
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Right of Passage

2010-04-14T14:31:00.000-07:00

The Queen shall arise and sit down again in King Edward's Chair, while the Knights of the Garter bear away the pall; whereupon the Queen arising, the Dean of Westminster, assisted by the Mistress of the Robes, shall put upon her Majesty the Colobium Sindonis and the Supertunica or Close Pall of cloth of gold, together with a Girdle of the same. Then shall the Queen again sit down; and after her, the people also.

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Speaking Voice

2010-04-07T08:51:00.000-07:00

Lumiere is careful to watch the lift off of the little mermaid whilst Son marvels at her beautiful speaking voice.
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Waterlogged

2010-03-30T13:34:00.000-07:00

Just for Holy week Son puts on some liturgical jazz whilst Lumiere logs the changes in the current.
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Looking Back to Front

2010-03-24T11:54:00.000-07:00

Lumiere reflects that a window is nothing more than a see through mirror whilst Son is breaking glass in your room again.
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Space Salon

2010-03-18T01:02:00.000-07:00

Lumiere et Son are pleased to see that the new space station is equipped with all mod cons including the latest in hair salons.
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Goings On

2010-03-11T10:19:00.000-08:00

Lumiere shoots some footage outside the GSA but it is only when Son add the audio that they realise that the shady dealings involve a spectacular commodity
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LegoLand

2010-03-05T00:42:00.000-08:00

Lumiere films an upright vibraphone (or is it a missile centre) in LegoLand whilst Son listens to Daphne Oram.
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The Music of his Life

2010-02-25T07:19:00.000-08:00

Lumiere (in a challenging role) notices the chandelier swaying gently in the breeze and Son (truly a master of the macabre) recalls the horror of the trailer.
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Art of the Universe

2010-02-18T13:28:00.001-08:00

Over a game of boules, Lumiere et Son consider the art of the universe.

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Spring Greens

2010-02-12T14:52:00.000-08:00

Lumiere is busy in the cold of Copenhagen et Son has a cold in London. At such times thoughts turn to spring and the annual re-enactment of scenes from Blow Up.
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Having a Ball

2010-02-04T23:57:00.000-08:00

Lumiere switches on the Orgone Accumulator whilst Son listens to a talk on Reich (with a little backing from Morricone)
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Now Close your Eyes

2010-01-30T12:25:00.000-08:00

Lumiere et Son wonder if dance really is a pathway to cosmic consciousness particularly if you must close your eyes.
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Skate

2010-01-23T05:19:00.000-08:00

Aware they may be on thin ice Lumiere et Son nevertheless get a straight 10 from all the judges
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Living Room

2010-01-20T14:56:00.000-08:00

Surveying a Glasgow skyline Lumiere et Son prepare to wash off some of that healthy dirt in their new living room.
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Dogged

2010-01-17T12:27:00.000-08:00

Even though the troublesome chien Boule refuses to come Lumiere et Son keep calling his name
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Cooking Time

2010-01-09T12:28:00.000-08:00

Lumiere et Son share some cooking tips on how to spice up the kitchen and conclude there is no substitute for Alien Brains.
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No Visible means of Support

2010-01-05T12:29:00.000-08:00

Lumiere et Son now back in the smoke recall the uplift air can bring to both skirts and feathers
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Time Travel

2010-01-03T12:39:00.000-08:00

A new year - indeed a new decade and so time for an experiment in time travel in which Lumiere et Son discover that the faster you travel the shorter your rod becomes.
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Three Legs are Better than One

2009-12-19T12:41:00.000-08:00

Today's Lumiere et Son production is a virtuous circle of support.
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Bells Jingle

2009-12-07T14:38:00.000-08:00

Lumiere is taken by a festive display whilst Son wonders how a singing mouse got arrested.
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Belisha Code

2009-12-04T00:08:00.000-08:00

Son is transmitting coded message which Lumiere decodes with the help of a Belisha Beacon or two
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Letterboxing

2009-11-30T12:40:00.000-08:00

Lumiere first met Son on a trip to England. Lumiere was studying a composition through a concrete letterbox at the Barbican whilst Son was naturally listening to music from Orrori del castello di Norimberga (Baron's Blood).
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