“Knoxville, Summer of 1915” by Samuel Barber. It makes me cry every time starting around minute 11.
A de-educational musical film.
Working on a cover of “Nero’s Expedition” by Moondog. I learned it back in August during a workshop with Meredith Monk’s vocal ensemble at her studio in the village. Since then, it gets stuck in my head about once a week. Loop pedal, harp, voice.
Stop motion with atoms… It is interesting when the sheer production technique makes you feel something, so much so that the content doesn’t matter. I love how crude the style is. I think when I watched this, I experienced something similar to the first audiences of film or animation or recorded music. The technology is so confounding and out of reach, that anything created with it feels like a miracle. It’s the sense of possibility I think.
Thinking very much about loops. This is one of my favorite classic loop videos:)
Premiere: Ghost Box Orchestra's "Rhythm Of The Hills"
This is an amazingly creative Boston band. I’ve had the opportunity to work with them and their various members in a variety of ways, and I am always blown away by the things they do. A new track off of their forthcoming album premieres at this link. So excited for them!
So, I finally made a motion reel. It was super hard to decide what to put in/leave out, but the above examples are things that I designed/shot/edited/animated in entirety, so they seemed like the most relevant to showcase. Edited to Les Baxter’s recording of Calcutta.