Videos
I often search for the bigger picture. And at the same time, I look inward. Internal thoughts and time need to be slowed down and reduced in scale in order to achieve a greater perspective… -on life… -on Art. Meditation helps. Staring at a (computer) screen helps. Video and TV media provide an encyclopedia of sample sound and visual bites of the larger world, of a reality that nobody actually needs to experience in person. Especially downloads from YouTube. There is an oddly universal psychic memory and thread of the story of late 20th century and present day when one plugs into it via binge watching YouTube.
Meditation, Dharma Talk to Self, and FORTY (since 1974) is a trio of video works which reflect an intense familiarity and nostalgia for historical events and media imagery. These videos whether projected or mediated through a television source allow the viewer to simultaneously internalize and externalize emotions and memory when going from voyeur to voyeur perspective.
FORTY- Since 1974
Originally exhibited in installation form - two projections against opposing walls. Two Channels - one forward and the other reverse. Soundtrack is not synced in any particular way to the video. This video serves as documentation of the original showing of this piece.
Resurrection: 40
Video Installation comprised of 40 televisions constructed into a 10 foot sculpture. 4 Channel video display of scenes from a landfill, poetry and lyrics from Mahler's Resurrection Symphony, and audio of St. Louis symphony orchestra performing Mahler's symphony.
moon landing
originally composed electroacoustic music scores a montage of visuals which symbolize space travel and a dream like state
Self Interview with conceptual artist, Joe Poon
A meta-cognitive exercise of interviewing myself about the use of critique within my own work. I question and interrogate myself on a Charlie Rose-esque show and reference another performance piece of mine entitled Critenactment. That performance involved using some of my art school friends to reenact a critique session in an improvised setting. This interview deconstructs my work and elicits meaning from self-reflection and criticism.
you will not find another
“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.” - Carl Sagan
Mandala
an installed go pro attached to a turntable which was flipped upside down and suspended from a tall ladder on a plank. "Mandala" is the footage from this camera setup while my ten year old daughter and I placed a circular wood piece on the floor and created a mandala using Gel chalk pens. Footage includes the destruction and dismantling of the mandala.
125th Street Bus Stop Interviews
Street interviews with attendants at the 125th St. M1 bus stop area. Volunteers answered four questions - 1) What are you waiting for? 2) Where are you headed? 3) What are you waiting for in life? 4) Where do you think you are headed in life?
RRTI with timecode 12-00 min
A split screen video projection piece. Appropriated footage from A River Runs Through It. This structural and experimental video is a study on time based media and the expectation of climax and drama in one particular scene of a blockbuster movie.
painting oneself out of a corner
inspired by Peter Campus' groundbreaking work in a TV broadcasting studio, this piece envisions the preparation of a space for green screen operation while a monk like character labors over this process and spawns clones of himself in real time.
sunrise
an experimental and structuralist video exercise deconstructing Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey.