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This is a reblog from the Tap project blog .

Jenai made it with out any assistance, technical or otherwise, from me. I think it's a great piece or edutainment.

You know how your teachers always say to sing your rhythms?  This little movie proves the point.

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Carp Caviar promo

A video for Erik Nelson's Carp Caviar. Tasty. Thanks to Joseph Campbell, Vito Acconci, Maya Deren and dj BC.
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Impact Sudan

This is the last video from my conversation with David, a friend who works for the UN on demilitarization efforts in Sudan. The audio is taken from a conversation we recently had, here in NYC, with video he made while in Sudan.
It is heartening to know that some of the people involved in making policies and developing plans for severely damaged places in the world are creative, down-to-earth and caring. It is easy to only see only the negative decisions being made by people in government and corporate agencies who seems so removed from the reality of situations at hand and never know about the people within the system who work hard on for positive change despite the odds they are up against.
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Sudan Oil and Land

Sudan is poor but oil rich. Go figure. More from my conversation with David on his experiences there.

Sudan dancing

More on Sudan. The video was given to me by my friend David who works in Africa for the UN, the audio is a from conversation we had here in NYC.

Keep Squeezing

It is a real treat to see SQUEEZE remixed by Rene of Luxomedia
If you haven't seen the whole Squeeze series, follow the links in the '1..2..3..Squeeze' list on the right side of the page.
I also have posted a  short video from vloggercon, of me explaining how it all began.

It's NOT TOO LATE...

to buy tickets to see DEVA - the female fronted Devo coverband, playing live on a Rocks Off boat tour with special appearances by Neal Medlyn and Julie Atlas Muz(this is a link to a naughty video, so, no children, okay?!). It really doesn't get much better, than this folks - good ol' fashioned dirty fun, on a rockin' rollin' boat!
Watch MY VIDEO OF DEVA for a leeetle taste!
See you there!

Beyond humor

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Melissa points me to Caveh Zahedi

Passover Pt 3

Say you want to host your own passover seder but are not sure how, simply go to:
The Open Source Haggadah
Douglas Rushkoff has this religion thing (and a few other things) all figured (in as much as things need figuring) out, Open Source Judaism is where it's at.

And now for the thrilling conclusion of The Passover Story..CLICK HERE!

Thanks again to Zeev for his contribution during my busy weekend.

Passover part 2

The story continues.

The Story of Passover Pt 1

And now for something completely different.
This video is graciously on loan from the collection of Zeev.
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Inspiration and Direction

I have been feeding of the work of Charlene Rule recently for the Honesty Week videos. Focusing specifically on her videos for inspiration has had an intense effect on my work and allowed me to take it in a direction I could never have otherwise.

Meanwhile, back in the vlogesphere, I find that two other artists have found inspiration in my work, and created their own videos from it.

Watch Raymond's here and Jan's here  (be sure to check out some of the other interesting  experiments they have been up to on their sites).

I watch and I am amazed. Again, a gift. To see my own work re-formed by their perspective.
I had been worried that I would not be able to make something meaningful or coherent from all the fragments I have been collecting here. This worry consumes me. Now, my own perspective a little jolted, feeling better. 

Fishbone Art

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More from the DIVA Fair. We find this video in a bathroom. The artist, Douglas Fishbone found all of the images on the internet and narrates it himself. He tells me that he doesn't have a website yet, but maybe I can convince him to start a videoblog.  HERE is another great video of his. It is called 'The Ugly American', again he uses appropriated imagery, and his own 'lunatic ramblings'. There is playfulness and critique at work in his juxtapositions - appying a personal perspective to the crazy over mediated world around you. I completly relate to this syle of working. It is empowering to take the thing you have the most comtempt for and reinvent it as your own. This is the cure for the sickness but only a few can provide the necessary 'spoon full of sugar' to make the medicine go down.

Rain on my parade

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My ears ringing, head buzzing, learning all kinds of new things to take this farther. This project, which I told myself would take ten years to get a hold on, is comming to fruition in half the time, the rest will be a distillation period, maybe. More on that later.  Been carrying around Society of Spectacle recently for subway reading. I didn't film anything myself this weekend, my camera went on vacation. This video is made from two different vacation videos sent to me by friends recently.

 

Intoxications

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A Raymond remix. Not so much a remix, I merely took advange of Raymond when he was drunk for my own experimental purposes. I figured he wouldn't mind.

The Curse of The Videoblogger Continues

And this is where it all begins to get interesting, folks.  A conversation I had with Chris was filmed from several perspectives, one I posted here. Now we get to see Chris' impressions HEREand HERE.  And HERE you can see a vlogger in UK watching the the videoblogging conference via live feed on the internet.  Another moment I am proud to have been a part of was recorded HERE. I could go on like this for a while but it's already an eyeful.

The Curse of The Videoblogger

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More vloggercon related video. One of the reasons why I have been using the internet for my art is so that I no longer have to think about where I would show or sell my work. I also hoped it would become a collaborative and interactive process, as well. But this already way beyond what I would have ever expected and I have think this is just the beginning of how strange and wonderful it is going to get over time.  In this video, I am talking with Chris of Human-Dog.  I can't believe the things I hear myself saying. I am not drunk or stoned but certainly feeling altered by all of these strange convergences.

And Just in case..

you haven't seen enough silly dancing Charlene offers THIS VIDEO. CLick Here to watch

Working From Home Mashup!

Click to see Shannon's mashup that uses my Working From Home video This is a great extension of what I made. Anyone else want to add anything too this?