The first NAC grant funded video project “In Relative Obscurity”. I was shocked that my proposal for a sound art project based in a literal ghost town was accepted, yet it was. Shot in Summer of 2023 with collaborator, UNLV BFA Graduate, John McVay.
The short film / audio visual artwork was debuted on September 9th, 2023 at ASAP Gallery in DTLV. The video was accompanied by visual artworks and sculptures inspired by Szukalski and his improvisational approach to both art and living life, itself.
“ASAP Gallery Artist Residency September 2023″
Video recap of aforementioned ASAP Gallery exhibition for In Relative Obscurity.
I had the space for two weeks and met a lot of important people during this time. I created a number of music videos consisting of Albert Szukalski’s early works & assemblages, which would greatly inspire me and my work since discovering them myself.
“Keep Going”
This is a short documentary about my experience helping my good friend Michelle Graves install her time-based sculpture, “Keep Going”. An experience that would end up having Michelle take the reigns of Goldwell Open Air Museum by becoming President of the nonprofit organization’s Board of Directors in the Spring of 2024.
It was a blast staying in Beatty, Nevada in a house that was in the middle of being renovated and helping dig holes out in Rhyolite to properly secure the sculpture via cement.
“Simple, Therefore Difficult”
This video was meant to compile a lot of the Albert Szukalski inspired video/musical works into one large slab of various texts provided to me by the Verbeke Foundation, who published the retrospective 50 year anniversary of Szukalski’s life and works; “Eenvoudig dus moeilijk“, which translates to “Simple, Therefore Difficult”.
ANTI-VISION’s Bridge City Session live performance video was my first editing project for Asteroid M Records. It was a great learning experience and I’m proud of it, and everything that’s come after, as a result.
“Tumbleweed On Fire”
“Tumbleweed On Fire” consists of footage from Rhyolite just before shooting for “Without An End In Mind“. It was a flashlight shining on the wall being manipulated by my hand, shot in Goldwell Open Air Museum’s Red Barn Arts Center. I approached it as a sort of challenge to make something interesting out of vague/bland video footage, but I was proud of the end result, and love the title. The thought of a flaming tumbleweed actually inspired the album artwork I’d use for WAEIM.