experiment: the world behind you | video art
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“Experiment: The World Behind You” explores the concept of modern technology, our attachments and addictions, and the dark path of obsession. It examines from a surreal and futuristic perspective their connection to self, society, and our sense of ambiguity: Are our attachments a “deep dark place or a beautiful heaven”? It can seem like both when lost in the daily obsession of their complexity.
“Experiment: The World Behind You” continues my experiment series. The video consists of royalty free video clips and my own videography. What I am most excited about is the sound scape design that I produced. I love music and the concept of creating ambient noise and distinctive sounds. I hope to create even more interesting and challenging soundscapes to accompany my video concepts.
variations | in a solitary place
When dreams bloom, we find ourselves in a solitary place … forever transformed.
variations | in close abstraction 04
With every step the collection of memories faded with our renewed desires …
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Lost in the place we have found, with nothing ever collected in one moment …
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In the place where all this started, the desire we hoped to find …
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While walking, this is what we found not far from the place where all this started …
obstructed by the moments along the path
there was something …
not far away
not far
– from
the place i’ve come …
experiment: from eternity to you and i | video art
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Last night I completed another video in my “Experiment” series entitled: From Eternity To You and I. I am quite excited about the results. I used various visual and audio elements in the video, including video clips, production music, and sound effects. Along with my own original video clips. I recently found a great video stock company called Video Blocks that provides high quality HD formatted videos clips, soundtracks in all genres, effects, titles, plug-ins and sound effects. The most exciting elements of this piece in producing it, was the video editing and sound editing. I am still adjusting to learning the various tools for more precise sculpturing of elements e.g. sound layering. But all in all I can see the potential for increased creativity. My goal is to move more toward the abstract, both in sound and imagery. Keeping in pace with the themes of Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism.
like the space in between there was no spring
we stood at the dock
a flock of colors
embraced
an anticipation in hand
with summer approaching …
one step closer, one step farther away
With the SUN
at your back
onE step closer
One step FARther
– away
it felt like something was lost
approaching …
the sweet edge
of things unknown
it felt like
something was lost
floating down river
The world is a different place when floating down river with only your thoughts as your life jacket.
experiment 1:23 2.18.13 | video art
I have begun experimenting with the Avid Studio software. As I move through this experimental process, I would like the work to be influenced by several movements of the Avant-Garde. I am especially fond of the early film works of Salvador Dali, and the exploration of Surrealism, Futurism, and Dadaism. Dada can be defined as: “A European (France, Germany, Switzerland) artistic and literary movement (1916-1923) that flouted conventional aesthetic and cultural values by producing works marked by nonsense, travesty, and incongruity. It is a nihilistic art movement, found mostly in painting, but also explored in film and was based on irrationality; and negation of the accepted laws of beauty”. Futurism is defined as an “artistic movement originating in Italy around 1910 whose aim was to express the energetic, dynamic and violent quality of contemporary life, especially as embodied in the motion and force of modern machinery”. And last but not least, one of my favorite art movements is Surrealism, It has for many years, been a strong influence on the direction of my art. Surrealism is defined as: “A 20th century literary and artistic movement that attempts to express the workings of the subconscious and is characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter”. It should be an exciting process as I remixed old and new work with this in mind.
with your tears i fall like rain | video art
Contemplative moments when tears fall like rain. Music by ambient artist Sogar.
if the stars speak softly tonight
When you think of me at night do you hear the stars speak softly …
n e w d i g i t a l s c a p e s 