Showing posts with label static. Show all posts
Showing posts with label static. Show all posts

Thursday, March 12, 2009

bring a little water, sylvie



A few in progress things. I've been getting very little done over spring break but here's a sampling anyhow. The above is a mask I'm making out of fabric and wax. The fabric/wax combo was made by Danielle as a part of another project. Long story. School story. Boring. Below are a few quick clips from a video I'm working on for class as well. It's about the future, kind of, and space, kind of. It's going to be called "Visions of the Multiverse". I made the costume but I'm not entirely happy with it. ideas to explore further. Lotsa sniffles in this one. The static videos I posted earlier will probably be a part of this finished project as well



and some more:



sniff snifsnif, it was dag cold out.

Also, for kicks, here is my favorite video that I made in highschool. I used pictures of my mother and elements of this movie by Maya Deren, 'In the Very Eye of Night':



I don't think my mother operates in this way but when I made this I was imagining people holding onto their fondest moments and defining themselves by them. Maya Deren compared the movements of dancer's human bodies to the movements of stars which she described as being perfect. I compared the movements of constructed stars to images of a charming personal history vignette. Does that begin to make sense? I can't be sure. Here it is, the audio is a little poppy, I'll have to fix that sometime:

Monday, March 9, 2009

More analog broadcast TV stuff

I must be getting less creative. This is from GlobeTrekker, on MPTV, the first thing I recorded when I got my new little portable TV. Digital broadcast just isn't going to be the same. The camels are premium and the singing children are premium. This isn't a finished piece, just a test. More later, I hope:



Also:


I took this video still today from a podcast I'm subscribed to (Obama's weekly addresses and key speeches) He's a good man.

And some stills from the above video. pretty patterns, abstractions, tones:



Saturday, March 7, 2009

active static

Hopefully these will be parts of other projects, no sound in either one:





also, in the same vein as an earlier post (I think it had something to do with identity) here's a list of my fave songs. There are others that I like but I think these ones are ones I wouldn't want to exist without. The list is not quite done and some have yet to stand the test of time, but, for the most part... yes, favorites:

songs:

I will always love you (Dolly Parton)
train song (Vashti Bunyan)
babooshka (Kate Bush)
lay lady lay (Bob Dylan)
don’t be cruel (Elvis)
words of love (Buddy Holly)
mr. record man (Willie Nelson)
just a little (Brenda Lee)
MX missiles (Andrew Bird)
Here comes the sun again (M. Ward)
chain gang (Sam Cooke)
black jack david (Carter Family)
a well respected man (The Kinks)
hobo’s lullaby (Woody Guthrie)
There but for fortune (Phil Ochs)
Alone and Forsaken (Hank Williams)
Wildcat (Ratatat)
The Model (Kraftwerk)
Neon Lights (Kraftwerk
It's my party (Leslie Gore)