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.
with ghostly memories left behind we leave with summer approaching
we sail
the blue sea
on the edge of memory
with summer approaching ….
with summer approaching
petals of green
films of blue
puffs of white
infinity and moments
infused
with summer …
Weekly Photo Challenge: Forward
This week’s challenge “Forward” provides the perfect opportunity to post a preview of my upcoming book of digital art. This will be my second book I have published featuring digital art. The previous book, a small squared volume, featured abstract and surreal work. This second book will be a large 12″ x 12″ book of landscapes and abstract work. I am excited to feature my most recent work in this volume. I anticipate the book to be about 150 pages and will be published at Blurb Publishing. For the weekly challenge I am previewing the front and back cover.
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.
life has its own destiny apart from your dreams | video art
A meditative video on the essence of dreams, the pursuit of happiness and the interaction of destiny. Music by ambient artist Sawako.
the morning after the rain | video art
The recording for this video was actually created during a rain and wind storm. A very gray night. Here I remixed the coloring to give it a sense of morning light. An ambient start to the day. A fresh, after rain feeling. Music dub by the band Fourcolor.
a rewind: the night outside your dream (a blue moment remix) | video art
Second in the series of “chance” recordings. Filmed during an evening lightning storm in South Carolina.
a rewind: images for HD video | moments in time (a yesterday remix)
A collection of video images from various art exhibits and installations from 1988 – 1993. The video also showcases new images from 2012.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond | Horizons
The Horizon. A view just beyond. We follow it to our dreams and aspirations. It gives us a place of peace. And projects meaning into our lives.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond | Landscapes
What a fascinating challenge this week. It provides so much leave way for the artist to convey a multitude of ideas and concepts on the theme. Beyond can take you many places. For my first entry, landscapes and beyond. All images here are digitally remastered to make the journey that much more exciting. From shore lines, to expanding sky, to mountain vistas … we step just beyond the ordinary.
Post Canvas and Paint: Variations | A New Morning
a new morning
with colors of possibilities
what will I find
that will bring me
peace of mind
lost just over the horizon
are the wishful memories
and waking realities
– life is
what life is
Post Canvas and Paint: Variations | A Place To Find What Was Lost
an endless road of memories
a journey of searching dreams
the place to find what was lost
Weekly Photo Challenge: Changing Seasons | Moments
Often a season is defined by the time of year, yet it can also bring us home. Home to a unique time in our lives. Where the joy of life blooms like Spring, fuels us like Summer, comforts us like Autumn, and brings loved one’s together like Winter.
Life in changing seasons.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Changing Seasons | Places
It only takes a moment to be in a different place. In a different season.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Changing Seasons | Exploration
a Winter of barren white frost
beautiful Spring in bloom
endless Summer with you
a mountain summit trail in Fall
Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections | In The Reflection Of Waking Waterfalls And Sunny Days
In the reflection of things experienced … life as we dream it.
the sun rose
in the morning mist
an image of beauty
like the sparkling sound
a cascade of falling water
Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections | Slow Creek And Trees
I discovered this lovely creek while hiking at Barnwell State Park in South Carolina during my artist residency with the state parks. What an incredible reflection. You can feel the stillness.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections | A Lake Forged In Digital Reflection
An image that is part of my “Post Canvas and Paint” series. A surreal reflection of a lake in a place unknown. A reflective dream of ambiguity.
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