looking into things...

Monday, February 28, 2011

statements

I want to explore. I want to discover things that I didn’t know existed. I want to use light to map my adventures and pave the way for others to find me. I use my dreams, my insecurities and my aspirations as tools to create worlds that my viewers can get lost in, using their own assumptions and imagery to add to the reality or enchantment of these fabricated worlds.

I create photographic stills and video. The ambiguity between what is staged and what is ‘actual’ creates intrigue and questions the reality of where these spaces could or do exist. Narrative suggests story and therefore a movement, a story needs to progress in order to be told. I want to be able to add to the meaning of my still images by giving them a place, a past, a present and future existence. My roll as an artist in is more than a creator; I am a character in the creation of these preserved moments. Acting as participant and a witness of processes and final work. With my work I try and enlighten and question the perception of what is ‘actual’ and the limits in which reality can occur.

Monday, February 7, 2011

Thesis Stuff

I'm currently in the process of writing my proposal for my thesis show. its really confusing.

My show is going to be a series of 4/5 video installations. These installations will be door-frames surrounded by partial interior walls. and in these door-frames video loops will be back projected into them, as if you are looking into an interior room. I'll give you a more detailed description when i find the words to say what i want. But for now here are some test photographs of me practicing one of the videos. eh. check it out.

I'm not really sure as of yet, where these will be shot so they are in a pretty minimal area. The model/lighting/design/rotation is not the same so pretty much everything will be different but the concept.

These are doors i may possibly use in a video too.

this is a pretty vague post.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Production Shots

Chris Durr and I are remaking 'Truly Meant' into a short movie-- 10min ish Here are some stills and lo-cal shots.

Monday, November 29, 2010

videohhh

The filming is done for my current short film in collaboration with Chris.

I'm gunna put several links that you can go and check out the progression of things if you'd like.

----Test Footage

----Work/Play Day

----First Run

----Behind the Scenes Cory crashing through window

These are just short flip You-tube videos that we took for documentation purposes during the past few weeks.

The process of making this whole short has been pretty amazing. The financial struggles of scraping together materials, and finding daylight hours to construct and plan each element of the hall were if anything, exhausting. Chris and I have put about a grand into the creation of the actual structure, but the man power from friends and relatives; as well as ourselves is unmeasurable.

Ive learned a lot about compromise, and time management what it means to collaborate 100%. Chris has been an amazing partner to have in this project and i am so grateful for all of the hours he has put in to making this piece happen. ilu

We have a lot of retouching and sound re-doing that needs to happen before the scene can be called 'finished' but i know that my body is relieved that the majority of the action scenes are done.

This is 1 of 67 large contusions on my body, courtesy of the hallway/furniture

Being in this hall was such a task, but it made the idea of 'acting' idiot proof. I would have a task, or goal to accomplish in a scene and then i would react as needed to tables falling, feet slipping, books breaking or curtains blocking my view; while also trying to keep Chris following me with the camera and make sure i was in his focal range for the shot. It sounds complicated, and it was/is we would have to stop after every take and reset all the props and let my feet warm up, or wipe blood of my legs. ( we were filming during 30 degree weather so i would start shaking and shivering when i wasn't being tossed about. the floor boards in the hardwood floors would get pulled up and scrape my knees and shins causing gashes that would bleed through my costume so we had to stop periodically until they stopped.)

Yeah i know, I'm a B.A.

I think the hardest part of being in there was trying not to anticipate the blow i knew was CONSTANTLY coming. there was a rocking pattern that i tried to ignore and focus on my body's reaction to the space rather than the space effecting my body. which is a difficult thing to do... rather than moving a chair so its out of your way the space moved me out of the way so a chair could fit. Its strange to feel so helpless when everything else has so much power. It in a way, was very humbling.

Our short will be shown at the DF end of semester show, as well as final critique on monday.

THANK YOU TO:

Chris Yager, Kat, Josh, Nick, Mitchell, Shane, Brandon, Jason, Mike D., Frank, Joe F, Gary Durr, Alex Durr, London Durr, Carol-Dan-Tayler-Sarah Hinesley, Jessica Pretti, Pete Whiteman,----- and im sure a ton of other people im forgetting at the moment.

We couldn't have done this without you.

Friday, November 5, 2010

excuses excuses...

I have to admit i disgust myself with my lack of updates on all of my contributing blogs. such as...

(shameless self promotion)

subtle//uncontrollable
as well as,
The Collective

I have submerged myself in a project that is exciting and time consuming. But i think in the end it will seriously turn out to be a huge step in my image making process.

I'm working on a short film with Chris Durr, That is referencing ideas related to synchronization and actions that we make that can effect them. Here's a short blurb from Chris's blog were we explain more.

"As humans we encounter coincidences synchronistic with our thoughts. Now take that a step further and suppose these synchronicities are attempting to guide you somewhere. You may ask where? Or why? The more you ask these questions, or the more attention you feed this idea with - the more these synchronicities answer in regard to your own personal mission. Knowing our personal mission seems to enhance the flow of mysterious coincidences as we are guided to our destinies. First we have a question; then dreams, daydreams and intuitions that lead us toward the answers which are usually synchronistical provided by the wisdom of another human being. The right person shows up right place at the right time, right"

Branching off from these ideas Chris and I plan to create a visual metaphor for the energies that we effect when we make a decision. To do this we are constructing a practical hallway were a girl is taken over by the energies she exerts into the space. literally... The hallway will be reacting physically by the use of levers, lifts, and human force, tossing the actor throughout the space.

So far in the pre-production of this piece we have gathered like... uh.. 80% of our materials and we can finally start seeing the frame of our hall.

PICS!


to scale model of hallway (10 inches by 2.5)

this is the base of our hall, 3 8-foot rockers that are supported by 2x8s and ply wood.

Anyway the interior will be decorated in a timeless sort of Victorian motif, with satin wallpaper and hardwood floors. it should be pretty amazing.

Stay tuned for more details at the film develops.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Retrospectin'

Work: 'Fables' collaboration with Brandon Frederick, 'Playing House Series', and 'Friday Night'

An archive of 250 cell phone pictures

Work: 'The Easter Bunny', 3 images from 'The Hills' Series, a few pieces of work from my travel abroad trip to France, 'About it's own making', 'The Tree House', and 2 portrait studies.