Recently I was asked to teach an art lesson for second graders. This was the first time I had ever done anything like this, however the kids were great. When I asked who wanted to be an artist when they grew up, the entire class raised their hands. They were incredibly excited and engaged with the ideas I put forth, and really quick to pick up new techniques. Overall, it was a great experience, and I felt very privileged to have the opportunity to do something like this. I hope they ask me back.
Below are the paintings and drawings they completed during the lesson.. these kids are good:
Paul did some new sound work for a revised cut of Surface Value, which I think is altogether a bit more subtle than the last version- hopefully this enhances the impact of the piece overall.
continuing along with my exploration into cities- an interactive piece I’m currently building in OpenFrameworks that utilizes openCV and openGL to generate and move through a virtual city. Still trying to overcome frame-rate issues, which will probably only be solved by getting a faster computer. I love my 13 macbook pro, but it just can’t handle things like this.
Doing studies for the location design of the comic project. Since we’ve relocated the story to the Pacific Northwest, The University of Washington seemed like the perfect school for our characters to attend. This shot is based off of the Astronomy, Physics building at the university.
Some of my animated work will be featured in a show: Formless in Context: A Study of Chaos and Discourse, as a part of Beta Spaces 09
Show Details below:
For BETA Spaces 2009 The New Experimental Cinema Club is showing artists who work with classically didactic medium (including but not limited to video, books, and text) Our show is a collection of art which explores the inner and outer chaos of civilization and the experience of modern living. We attempt work that explores formlessness while rooting itself firmly in a personal/political experiment in expression.
