NYC Film and Music Video Director
Men, oil on canvas, 16ft x 9.5 ft Painted from life, I would trace the body with a long handled brush, then have them stand to the side as I painted their full body portraits Sargent-style, backing up 15-20 feet, then running up to the canvas to make one or two marks. Each portrait took …
Friday, June 13, 2014 National premiere of the film, The Ivory Tower My alma mater, The Cooper Union School for the Advancement of Science and Art is featured in the timely documentary, The Ivory Tower by film maker, Andrew Rossi. Andrew and Victoria Sobel were recently featured on the Katie show, speaking about the film …
For this video, I chose a rather desolate part of Brooklyn to shoot. The sunset allowed for nice bright shadows, to properly display his skin and form. I’m a fan of backlighting, which was abundant during our first shoot. My instinct is always to give imagery a cinematic edge. As we were walking around, I …
Williamsburg, Brooklyn: A 30+ year old ceramic studio is being demolished, and we need YOUR help salvaging materials and saving a giant ceramic kiln from destruction!! This beautiful building was sold in order to make room for new condos (in our friend Yasuyo’s words, “tasteless” new structures) and as a result, the ceramic kilns, art studios, …
So Markitect and I have been collaborating closely in the past few months. It all started with a text message from Mark asking me if I “still do video stuff,” and indeed, I do! Since then, we have been working together developing a number of different collaborative “sketches.” Pieces of thought, articulated in performance and …
June 5th, 2014 we will be presenting a video of our shadow exploration collaborative project. We have enough material to produce several versions of this piece, and plan to experiment further using editing, theater, and music in both live performance and digital forms. Jessica is planning to adapt the piece for stage performance as a solo and ensemble …