AngryYoungArtist(?) - I don't draw puppies.

Hallways (Reckoning)

2007-05-04T18:44:00.000-05:00

the final film in the trilogy made for narrative video class:

Last Cigarettes

2007-03-30T23:41:00.000-05:00

this is the sequel to 'yards and boxcars', made for narrative video class (the assignment was on sound):

Yards and Boxcars

2007-02-20T23:01:00.001-06:00

this was done for narrative video class, the assignment was to focus on shot set up:

Recent Movie Viewings

2006-12-19T00:54:00.000-06:00

Jason Takes Manhatten (FT13th8)
Wow, definitely one of the worst movies i've ever seen (is it over yet? no? now? no? dammit!). not many movies are more poorly written and i don't think i've ver seen a less scary "horror" movie. Ridiculous amounts of young jason, huge gaps in logic (they are in a life boat on the hudson river, but can't find shore? it's a f@#$ing river!). 0/4 stars...

The Warriors (ultimate directors edition)
OK, i still like this movie, but i now realize there probably isn't a movie out there w/ worse continuity. I can't even list all the problems but you really have to wonder if anyone bothered to watch the damn thing before they released it...i mean you people are professionals aren't you? Some cool old school graffiti in the city shots, though. 2/4 stars (nothing special about the special edition)...

M
A movie about a child killer musta been super shocking back in the day...but man is fritz lang one of the most overrated directors ever. 1/4 stars (terrible if you consider how often it is held up as a classic)...

The Beast of Yucca Flats
The assholes who made this movie seem to actively hate movie making. But, the narration is so aweful it is hilarious, and the fact that no one talks while looking at the screen is awesome (it was shot silently to save money). an mst3k treat. 0/4 stars...

Playing w/ a Holga

2006-10-20T21:04:00.000-05:00

A holga is a cheap, cheap, cheap plastic camera with lots of fogging and light leak, but it really ends up looking pretty cool:

This is all in the train yard under Dinky Town, color pics of this yard can be found on my flickr site...

New Window

2006-08-10T10:39:00.000-05:00

Here's our new prairie style window created by the Goddess of Glass, Connie Beckers! It's perfect in our little craftsman house...it stopped me in my tracks this morning because it was so bright and ambery in a space that used to be so dark...

Fly in my wine:

2006-07-23T19:56:00.000-05:00

Yep, that's what this is a picture of...it made me pretty angry...

stickers!

2006-07-17T15:04:00.000-05:00

"Dear Israel: Bomb This"
Seriously, chill the f@%& out! You don't respond to two soldiers being kidnapped by bombing the crap out of a country, killing dozens of civilians, and setting back the infrastructure 30 yrs. Try using your words like a big boy...

"I Feel Safer Already"
No really, I do...if unchecked aggression won't make us safe I don't know what will...

Tagged Mirror

2006-07-10T12:41:00.000-05:00

I took this pic in the bathroom of Espresso Expose, It makes me want to do a series of these, so keep your eyes out @ whileiwander (see link to the right)...

North American Graduate Art Survey

2006-06-11T11:16:00.000-05:00

This summer I'm doing an internship at the U of MN's Nash Gallery, and as part of the internship we helped set up the show (it's really good, check it out if you get the chance):

I got to put up the word 'art' on the title wall (vinyl lettering, how cool!).

Got to help the artist set up this scultpture with the giant hand, it has a big head on top and stands over 6 feet tall.

I also painted the yellow cartouches on the wall for this little cabinet.

If you can't draw well, draw angrily:

2006-05-26T11:10:00.000-05:00

Well, my ink drawings were actually getting decent, though:

Digital Photography, Final Project

2006-05-23T20:12:00.000-05:00

These are from a series of ten 11 x 13 pics put together to be about a 1/3 life size version of this great graf piece on the side of a train by the ADM mills on Hiawatha, Mpls. The final project, when put up on the wall, was about 1.75' x 5'. Ideally it would have been life size, but ten prints was plenty of work. Maybe in the future...

Digital Photography, Assingment #4

2006-04-10T19:46:00.000-05:00

Your Tax Dollars At Work
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Sculpture: bullets/sharpie (partial list of U.S. interventions since the end of WWII)/shipping wrap

playing with Flash

2006-04-05T20:59:00.000-05:00

Here's some pics I took traced in Flash, consider this a sneak peak at my final project for Electronic Art...the final project will be thrown up on a website designed for class...

Flash Tracings of My Pics
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Digital Photography, Assignment #3

2006-03-22T18:43:00.000-06:00

Portrait with Prop: improper use of the bellows.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: bunny shaped salt mill (in order from top to bottom).

Out of Context: newsprint for breakfast.

Light

2006-03-06T20:03:00.000-06:00

Here's some more pics from the book. These are grouped according to the photos' attempts at portraying light in its various forms.

Fireworks
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Twilight Drive
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Tempest
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Party at Charles'
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Light Reflected
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urban hijinx

2006-03-06T19:51:00.000-06:00

yesterday I finally ordered a hard cover photo book from Shutterfly (I got a random freebie certificate in the mail for spending way too much money on shutterfly last year). at any rate, I had no real reason to make one so I dug through a ton of my old 'art' photos to throw them all in it for a nice random imagery coffee table book.

here's a few of the better "urban" ones...

Minneapolis City Street
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Eau Claire Footbridge at Night
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My Office from the Pavement
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No Park
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Curves and Lines
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Photoshop Project

2006-02-28T19:51:00.000-06:00

OK, this is absolutely not a commentary on the peson who's image I started with, they just had the hair, the glasses, and the right pose...

New blog idea!

2006-02-13T17:26:00.000-06:00

Go check out my newest blog, I'm calling it While I Wander! It will be more of a photo journal thingy that, to start with, will be part of my final project in digital photography. I'll keep updating this blog too, though...in fact, here's a pic of something from sculpture class last semester:

some random pics

2006-01-29T22:49:00.001-06:00

Windham Center, CT (for A,D, & L)

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The Fog, Ring of Kerry, Ireland
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Tate Modern, London
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from my photography final project

2006-01-08T15:34:00.000-06:00

This is not a rant...
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Nine Below
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Too Much
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Bomb This! (self portrait)

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some more photos

2005-12-27T00:04:00.000-06:00

Fire Escape/Kitty
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printmaking final project...

2005-12-22T15:22:00.000-06:00

Ready/Reality/Retreat,Repeat<-
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Intaglio using soft ground and aquatint. Except for the middle plate these were a bit rushed by the final deadline so I'll probably re-work them a bit when I get the chance...

that's it...i'm outta here...

2005-12-22T15:20:00.000-06:00

That's it...I'm Outta Here
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Intaglio print using soft ground, spit bite, and aquatint.

triumph bonneville

2005-12-21T23:30:00.000-06:00

Triumph

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another work by 27. (see fish below)

2005-12-18T21:55:00.000-06:00

Rub a dub dub...
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from the Gold Medal Flour series

2005-12-17T00:00:00.000-06:00

Gold Medal Flour series
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I was really fascinated by the meticulously preserved decay of this site, which now houses the Mill City Museum. I love old crumbly things, and it is fabulous that they have incorporated that aesthetic into this brand new museum. Took a whole roll of the place...

final project time!

2005-12-11T23:07:00.000-06:00

so it is the end of the semester, which means final projects are upon me, and soon I'll have more freetime for the blogs. I hope to scan in lots of stuff from my 3 studio classes so stay tuned...

a pic from photo class

2005-12-11T23:01:00.000-06:00

backalleystarbursts
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Ry's Last Supper (as a 20 something)

2005-10-30T17:47:00.000-06:00

My friend Ry (see the '29th Year Project') staged the Last Supper at the Red Dragon Bar to kiss his 20s goodbye! I got to be the photographer, so here are some pics from the event:

Ry's Last Supper, @ the Red Dragon
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a moodier take
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out take while setting up
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requested: more Bayfield pics!

2005-10-25T22:34:00.000-05:00

Old Bridge
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Old Barn
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Madeline Island @ Sunrise, from shore
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1st class project on the blog!

2005-10-23T22:38:00.000-05:00

Autobiography?, lino reduction print
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This is a linoleum reduction print w/ three layers of color. It isn't lined up as well as some other prints from this series, but probably has the most vibrant colors...

nice lake pic

2005-10-23T22:35:00.000-05:00

Bayfield, Wisc.
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blackout

2005-10-05T16:45:00.000-05:00

orange
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Oh man, it's been a while, super busy w/ school starting and all that, but here's a new pic for you taken during a blackout in my neighborhood.

some street art

2005-09-06T15:44:00.000-05:00

Wall Art in My Neighborhood, My Neighborhood, Earth
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On the right is an example of some 'OBEY' art, on the left is that person who draws fish all over my neighborhood (if you know who this is, let me know!)

linky goodness

2005-08-30T10:02:00.000-05:00

Just bored & stumbled across some links that I thought were pretty awesome that also lead me back to some sites I had forgotten about: brit graffiti artist Banksy, FreewayBlogger, Adbusters is a great magazine on consumer society, an interesting street art site for the Wooster Collective, ArtCrimes is graffiti art central but a bit dated, OBEY, and of course Stencil Revolution.

another tree pic

2005-08-29T19:57:00.000-05:00

Shoe Tree, West Bank, U of MN
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music update!

2005-08-29T13:30:00.000-05:00

I've been listening to a lot of Bob Dylan recently, and apparently so have one of my favorite bands: BRMC. I was a little skeptical of them abandoning their sonic Jesus & Mary Chain sound, but man this is a great comeback album for a band dropped by Virgin Records not so long ago (like Virgin has anything better going on at the moment?). Definitely a spiritual journey that everyone should give a chance...you should also go see them if you get the chance now that they are touring again because they are brilliant live!

ps - Don't worry, new pics later tonight when I get my new card reader working. I have been away, I haven't forgotten my blogs!

On to Nature.

2005-08-18T09:46:00.000-05:00

To shift gears, I figured I'd post some phone pix of nature. These definitely start to show the limitations of my nokia's camera's ability to handle extreme lighting (really? you mean it's not a 12Mpixel digital SLR?)

Up a Tree
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Down a Tree
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Here Comes the Sun
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for Basho...

2005-08-17T01:23:00.000-05:00

Spring Cherry Blossoms, DC, US
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MCAD watch #1

2005-08-15T14:52:00.000-05:00

I have just learned that Mary GrandPre, the illustrator for Harry Potter books in the US is an MCAD grad! That's pretty cool...damn you MCAD! You've won this round!

More Architectural Hijinx

2005-08-10T11:21:00.000-05:00

Architectural Abstraction
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My Office
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bluest blue water ever

2005-08-08T10:45:00.000-05:00

Cozumel, Mex.
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Feeling very contemplative today (i.e., too tired to work) I'll post this pic that always gives me a great sense of tranquility. Imagine yourself alone on the rocks like this kid with the salty warm Caribbean waters crashing around you. Pretty nice, eh?

Old West Pixillation Animation I made at Work

2005-08-07T15:26:00.000-05:00

Stake Your Claim
Something I recemtly animated for WestLaw while working at Pixel Farm Interactive.

check it out

2005-08-05T10:31:00.000-05:00

Here's some links to Treden's art oriented blogs (hopefully we can talk him into posting some art here).

http://formandcontent.blogspot.com
http://tangopapawhiskey.blogspot.com

and now for something completely different

2005-08-04T12:54:00.000-05:00

Puerto Vallarta, Mex
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As long as we're in the land of Rice-a-roni...

2005-08-03T17:12:00.000-05:00

Chinatown Street in the Rain
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continuing w/ san fran pics...

2005-08-03T11:02:00.000-05:00

Suggestive Rock Stacking, SF, USA
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In light of recent City Lights...

2005-08-02T20:34:00.000-05:00

To follow through on the Kerouac Alley sign I promised back in whySoAngry.blogspot.com, here's my pic from just around the corner of your "dissent" piece.

Kerouac Alley
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strategies against architecture

2005-08-02T15:14:00.000-05:00

Since our pics are all of buildings right now, check out a great German art school band whose name translates into Collapsing New Buildings.

Architecture by Phone 01-03

2005-08-02T14:48:00.000-05:00

Here are a couple pics I've taken on recent walks downtown... Since I never have my good camera with me, I've finally realized that pics by camera phone are better than no pics at all. My Nokia 3660 takes surprisingly good (albeit low-res) wide-angle pics in a wide variety of lighting conditions. These are provided much as sketches are to a finished painting yet hopefully interesting to someone.

Architecture by Phone 01
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Architecture by Phone 02
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Architecture by Phone 03
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growing the circle

2005-08-02T13:41:00.000-05:00

MetaHipster can now post here...wicked cool!

2005-08-02T13:39:00.000-05:00

Old Lanes, Bergen, Norway
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First pics on the new blog...

2005-08-01T09:42:00.000-05:00

A variation of 'Dissent...'
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Weisman Art Museum, Mpls, USA
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