Smell Like You Mean It

Here are some images from Karl Schwiesow's BFA show reception last week:

Karl himself, in piscatorial attire:

He walked up to one of his pieces, attached a small bellows, and began pumping with his foot.

Along the way to inflation, a few adjustments were made.

The crowd watched the emergence of a green silhouette.

Once the green silhouette was raised to its full stature, Karl produced a poem from his slicker, and read it (the title of this blog post is taken from the poem's concluding line).

The poem was returned to its pocket.

The performance's devolution was diligently recorded.

The bellows was used to deflate the inflatable.

Or perhaps the inflatable should simply be called the "deflatable" at this point.

And I'll leave you with a few more images from the show, both populated an abandoned.

Tim O'Brien at Sierra Nevada College

The book "The Things They Carried," by author and Vietnam Veteran Tim O'Brien, was chosen as a community read at Sierra Nevada College. This short video documents O'Brien's visit to the university, and nearby Incline High School. The video includes excerpts from an interview conducted by Jason Paladino, a student writer for "The Eagle's Eye," the college newspaper, and a story told by O'Brien after a public lecture and conversation with author and Iraq Veteran Brian Turner, director of Sierra Nevada College's MFA Writing Program. The video was shot and edited by SNC students Nick Cahill and Trevor Jackson, in collaboration with Associate Professor of Digital Art Chris Lanier.

Here's the full Eagle's Eye Interview as a streaming audio file:



The full audio of O'Brien's lecture:



And the conversation between O'Brien and Brian Turner:

Video Practices:Assignment-2

From sound to image: Conjuring from music

Pick one song from the songs played.

Create a 3 to 4 minute video for the song that you choose.

a. create a storyboard (transitions-physical or FCP)

b. shot video footage

c. focus on lighting and camera distortion

Things to think about!! What or how is the viewer suppose to feel? Is this film narrative, abstract or conceptual.

The class' top picks!!
Diva Helmy

"Fix Up Look Sharp" Dizzee Rascal

                                                       
Jake Divine "Bernie Days"

"Any Dub You Like" Easy Star All-Stars

"In the Valley of the Shadow of Death"

This is an interesting RadioLab interview with Errol Morris, "legendary fact hunting documentary sleuth."  Errol has investigated tirelessly at an attempt to uncover the truth about this famous Roger Fenton photograph.  In the end, does the truth matter?

Imagining a picture and its contents as a single point, Heath uses multiples to create an environment where we can see a single point grow. In this stop motion video, the images develop and build, all while the commentary keeps us grounded in our places.  We have to allow our minds to travel out on to the playa, but as we listen, introspection of what we are in this world, where we are in this world, and why we are in this world is brought into question.  These are our choices, this is Overlook.

Nicaragua/Alaska

Student Nick Cahill has shot and edited a couple travel videos worth sharing. Together, they make for a nice contrast in climates – the top video was shot in Nicaragua, the bottom in Alaska.



Nick has a video production company with fellow SNC student Trevor Jackson – MHMM Productions. Click the link to see more of their work.

Project Overlook Interview

Savannah Hoover of the Eagle's Eye posted an audio interview/slideshow with Russell Dudley and Logan Lape about their Overlook Project at Burning Man. It's very well put together, and can be found here:

http://snceagleseye.com/project-overlook-interview/

Tahoe gallery: Katie Lewis

Here's a short interview with Katie Lewis – her artist's talk is tomorrow night (9/6) at the Tahoe Gallery. Come by to see the finished work – the reception is 5-7.

Babs talks RAW: reno

This was posted on our facebook feed, but I didn't want the blog to miss out – a short interview with Alumni Babs Laukat about her work in a recent show in Reno, through RAW: Reno:



I was glad to hear her talk up the Prelinger Archive, a great resource for public domain footage, which I've used in tandem with a number of video and animation class projects.

A little promotion

Last semester, I ran a class that worked with students to create promotional materials for the art department - among them were some videos explaining what we do. Here's one, and I'll roll out more in the weeks to come. If you know any students who would make a good fit for the SNC art department, pass this along. I think it shows a good cross-section of the impressive work our students have been producing.