SILENT VIDEOS - DVD EXCERPTS
Excerpts from my new DVD "Silent Videos". A VIDEO REALIZATION OF 'IN C' (July 2006) is a video interpretation of Terry Riley's Minimalist composition from 1964. CASE STUDIES (February 2006) is a series of 9 short videos in which I take single ideas and set them in motion. Email to get a copy.
Buffalo/Peace Bridge  (0:58 / 2.1mb)  (from Case Studies)  (Al Griffin, location scout)
Gowanus Watertower  (1:33 / 3.4mb)  (from Case Studies)
Bob/Syosset High School  (1:23 / 3.0mb)  (from Case Studies)
Ruth & Marty Driveway  (0:52 / 1.9mb)  (from Case Studies)
Ian/Hands/Laugh  (1:06 / 2.4mb)  (from Case Studies)
Cecily Hippo  (0:46 / 1.6mb)  (from Case Studies)
A Video Realization of 'In C' (excerpt)  (2:31 / 5.5mb)  
This is a silent, visual version of Terry Riley's famous minimalist piece, in which I play the score via MIDI and map the pitches to various video filters. Thanks to Zach Layton for a good idea (He assembled performances of 'In C' stressing modern electro-acoustic instrumentation and real-time video/film manipulation).
HIDDEN LOST FORGOTTEN
Excerpts from Haeyoung Kim's multimedia suite, for which I created video pieces out of family footage from her childhood. Originally performed in April 2006, the studio versions are still in-progress.
The Junky Tummy Song (excerpt)  (2:32 / 10.5mb)  (Videography by the Kim family)  
The first of several movements we're working on. In this segment, the music is based on a lullaby sung to Haeyoung as a child in Korea.
MUSIC-VIDEO FOR 'GLIDE'
The loosest of attempts at an MTV-style music-video for singer/songwriter Neil Nathan and his song 'Glide'. Obligatory moody singer/songwriter portrait-shots abundantly included. (January 2007 / Rev. September 2007)
Glide  (3:04 / 12.74mb)
LIVE PERFORMANCE WITH VORTEX
Excerpt from a live show in September 2005 with Vortex, the electro-acoustic musicians Satoshi Takeishi and Shoko Nagai.
Paumanok (excerpt)  (2:41 / 11.1mb)
FIVE VIDEO PIECES - DVD EXCERPTS
These are excerpts from my DVD "Five Video Pieces". It contains 5 full-length a/v pieces from 2004 and 2005. It includes music by Vortex, NOMAH, and myself. Email to get a copy.
Cerro Tower and the Jericho Drum (full-length)  (1:29 / 6.6mb)  (Music by Adam Kendall)  (July 2004)  
The Cerro water tower (video) was an icon from my childhood. It was part of an industrial site on Robbins Lane, the dividing line between Jericho and Syosset on Long Island, NY, and was razed late in the summer of 2004. The Jericho Drum (music) refers to a mummified body hidden in a chemical drum for three or four decades. It was discovered around 2000 in a crawlspace in a house down the street from my childhood home in Jericho. I must have passed it thousands of times. (Presented at the Synaesthesiologists' Global Audio Visuals Now segment of the 2004 New York Video Festival.)
Geese (excerpt)  (1:37 / 7.8mb)  (Music by Vortex)  (January 2005)  
A video about geese. (Originally presented at the T-Minus2 festival, 2005.)
Birds (and Move) (excerpt)  (2:08 / 10.7mb)  (Video by Al Griffin and Adam Kendall; Music by Adam Kendall)  (July 2004)  
A live video-mix of Al's found-footage and my livingroom wall, retroactively set to my music piece "Move".
Kennedy Airport (and Into the Forgotten Aftermath) (excerpt)  (1:53 / 8.8mb)  (Music by NOMAH)  (October 2005)  
Kennedy Airport as shot from the Airtrain.
False, Cold Light (full-length)  (6:13 / 33.0mb)  (Music by Adam Kendall)  (June 2005)  
Ruben in Grace Park, Great Neck, NY.
LIVE PIECES WITH HEALAMONSTER & TARSIER
Live set with musicians Healamonster & Tarsier, recorded December 3, 2003, at F:T:H
Highway/Evator  (3:24 / 10.1mb)