Herman Slobbe (Blind kind 2)/Herman Slobbe (Blind Child). 1966. Directed by Johan van der Keuken.		That and How Situations in a film don't really explain anything. What counts is that they have come about by way of participation. And it is only by way of participation that they can come to mean something to the viewer. Since I am unable to see things in pure isolation, I have also introduced a destructive emotion. Life erodes every statement you make. If you operate on that wavelength you create prototypes of reality. This can be done in very simple everyday images. I would rather not have power over specialized technical machinery. Film is more a way to put things into a context than to create a story. An innovation of the eye. As soon as a person has been filmed, he is no longer a person but a piece of fiction, filmed material. And yet, at the same time, he goes on living. There is a great amount of tension in this double movement. Discovering a form for this tension means projecting an imaginary world and describing the human struggle within it. By linking the approach of the painter to the love of music, I am gradually entering the realm of poetry. July 1969 © 1999 Johan van der Keuken