THIS IS PUBLIC ART

i was pumped to see my photo of david wilson’s memorial fort included in this article about san francisco public art … such a pleasure to be mentioned in the same breath as southern exposure. this is the same fort featured in the snowblink/ambergris video, but what you can’t see here is daniela’s voice streaming from the dangling tape player.

on one hand, art is all around you, if you’d only look. on the other, it can’t hurt to go out of your way to find it sometimes. maybe this is a good time to mention the we song project david did in albuquerque (employing that tape player again!) … another worth-while david-induced journey. take a closer look at some friendly faces, yours truly included.

CLIP LOVE

in france, videos are called clips. such a good name! i’m feeling the love today with so many french blogs blowing kisses to the “into the night” clip - maisonhate, bigger than life, buzzmoica, and the art chemists – perhaps because the antonionian record just came out on discograph over there?

but then, check it out, double whammy… today i finally held the vinyl version of snowblink‘s record, replete with imagery from the clip i made for “ambergris.” touchable video stills, chew on that.

you can’t touch these stills, but they still taste good.

TEA PARTY

SPLITSCREEN

i love this, the winner of the 2011 nokia shorts competition, shot with a mobile phone.

ORANGE SECTIONS

sometimes light is a graphic designer making sections, or even stripes.

ELEKTRIK

iPhone snap of my photo in the SPIN of france, vibrations. i really should get myself a copy of this issue.

PARTY TIME

this is an outtake but i love it … a little insight as to how boring a photo shoot can be. kidding.

come be not-bored with me this saturday. a handful of photos from this shoot will hit the wall of mercy vintage. they’re celebrating their 2 year anniversary, so there will be free food and drink and shock will play some songs. i’m hoping for a dress-up party, maybe even multiple costume changes.

it all happens early and quickly:
sat june 25 from 6 – 8pm
mercy vintage – 4188 piedmont avenue in oakland

facebook event details here. props to shawn burke who did the makeup for this shoot, lina makdisi for producing it and team mercy for styling it.

INTO THE NIGHT

it is with great pride that i share my music video for “into the night” from antonionian‘s debut album, along with this glowing review from SF Weekly. the entire record from this anticon artist is stellar, and this is my favorite track.

special thanks to the village: larry rinder for house and home, lina makdisi for owning it, brandon kuchta for post-production saving it, james rowland shop for styling/make-up direction, jamie dutcher for bubble mastering, rikki buchanan for endless support, jessica harrison for the fog machine, jason libsch for making everything i ever do possible and infinitely better, and felix libsch for having perfect timing with those light switches.

UKIAH

with this most perfect mini-movie, sam fleishner has inspired me to dive into my ukiah vault. i’ve only revealed one shot so far and it’s in my portfolio … a prize goes to the first to name which one it is.

SEVENTH BIRTHDAY