In Relative Obscurity: Without an End in Mind is an experimental, site-specific audio-visual project that consists of improvisational American Primitive Guitar with Field Recordings over Video Artwork. It’s contents were all sourced from the Mojave Desert on the morning of October 19th, 2024, the 40 year anniversary of Goldwell Open Air Museum outdoor sculpture park in Rhyolite Nevada, just outside of world famous Death Valley.
This work is in conversation with the late Belgian Artist, Albert Szukalski, and inspired by his improvisational approach to creation of artwork and to life, in general. I’m glad he made it all the way from Antwerp, Belgium to the Mojave Desert that I so often took for granted.o It is only after discovering his work did I have the conviction to create a project such as this and to see the overwhelming beauty of our Nevadan Desert Valleys, now incorporating into my work as if I’d never seen it before.
I live in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, the “Entertainment Capital of the world”, not the “Cultural Capital of the world”. So I’m not exactly expecting my friends and family here to accept or understand this musical offering.
But I do hope it comes across people who enjoy this sort of thing and find the serenity in such albums as this. I appreciate your time and interest in abstract artworks of various mediums. If you’d like to support future iterations of this project please visit my store, where you can find signed limited edition prints that consist of stills from the full length art film.