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Video: This is Not a Place.

I got pretty mesmerized watching Isaac Gale & David Jensen's film This is Not a Place. Made on location at Justin Vernon of Bon Iver's Wisconsin studio. I keep replaying it over and over. A little bit about the film (that originally accompanied a show at XYandZ Gallery, in Minneapolis, MN):

Compiled over the past year, the duo's film work traverses the wilds of April Base, the Wisconsin studio of Bon Iver's Justin Vernon. Trundling through rich forest landscapes and ephemeral, sculptural environments, the films’ pure visual moments mesh with graceful digital effects, creating entangled shrines and smoke-filled twilights. At its root, the work deals with themes of space--both external and psychological.

Beauty is Embarrassing.

Oh man. This documentary about artist Wayne White, Beauty is Embarrassing looks so good and inspiring! He's an artist, art director, illustrator, puppeteer, completely hot and hilarious.

 

Super Neat! Movie Barcode.

Bambi

I posted about Movie Barcode on twitter and facebook - but my mind keeps drifting back to what an incredible idea it is and I need to post here. Movie Barcode compresses each frame into a sliver then lines them up creating a 'barcode' of colors of a film. Visually smooshing your favorite films into one giant barcode. Wild, right? There are prints available too.

The Shining

Donnie Darko

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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

Caitlin Parker.

4 Minute Excerpt from Caitlin Parker on Vimeo.

Last summer I posted Caitlin Parker's project Let The Outside In, where she built a little house in her backyard and filmed it as the wildlife took over and it decayed. I fell in love with her project immediately, I serioulsy thought as a child if I extended my hands and sang that birds and animals would emerge from the woods. A la Snow White. A little misguided maybe, but I always had a wild (no pun intended) imagination when it came to animals and wildlife. So it makes sense that I would dig her project where she invites animals and the outdoors in.

A year later, Caitlin is currently working on a ten minute film that spans the entire year of the little house and the animals that visited it, which will be shown at Wave Hill in September of 2011. Above is a newer 4 minute vid of her process thus far. In the meantime she is offering prints of her project. Caitlin generously sent me the beaver print titled September 21, 2009. I think it's so adorable and can't wait to hang it. You can see and purchase her prints here.

Honest Man Poster Series.

Ferris Plock, Porous Walker, Jason Vivona, Skinner  and David Young have created a limited edition run of posters for the upcoming documentary Honest Man: The Life of R. Budd Dwyer from Eighty Four Films. The documentary explores the bribary scandal that ultimately led to Dwyer's public suicide on television in 1987. Honest Man features exclusive interviews and footage that calls Dwyer's guilt into question.

I was 14 when I saw the shooting take place on tv, needless to say it left a lasting impression on me. I was intrigued big time when Kristin Farr tipped me off to the doc and the prints for sale. Each design has a run of 20 (11x17 giclée archival print, printed on acid free 300gsm paper), so they are super limited edition. 100% of the profits will be going directly to the R.Budd Dwyer Scholarship Fund a non-profit organization dedicated to providing funds to adults and students from Blooming Valley, PA who are seeking higher education.

You can purchase the prints here.