I know time... video documentation

This is a short documentation of the project. I'm waiting to get some 16mm film back to make a more comprehensive piece.

i know no time: experiential essay

Click here to download a copy of the most recent draft of an essay i've written on a philosophy of experiential work.

pictures

here is the first round of photos from the installation, with more to come

Live feed

http://www.hampshire.edu/Video/div3.mov

Today, the camera's at a strange angle, but it's working with sound and video!


Update--April 1--the camera was disconnected at the end of the installation. A link to a recording of the reception will be added soon.

open!!!

there were a couple of technical difficulties, but the show is up and running!!

Schedule

hey everyone,
here's the updated lowdown

Saturday March 22--opening

Wednesday March 26--Will Bangs and the dreaming open the evening's music

Friday March 28--reception @ 6, Brendan Glasson performs @ 6:30, barbecue at 7:15, musical performance @ 7:45

Sunday March 30--last night

Also, there will be a live web feed from here for the 28th if not the whole show.
It might even be on hampshire's official gallery page:
http://library.hampshire.edu/gallery.html

And music every night at 9--drop in and holler at us

if you need directions, a postcard or anything else, let me know

xo
patrick

"i know no time..." mp3s

'i know no time when we were not as now.' is finished and being printed as you read this. The cd will be distributed for free from the gallery. But for you impatient types, here are the songs in mp3 format:

two years
birds in the water
mistake/ghost
curtains
skylights
what kind
go to sleep
dear history
not this time

right or ctrl-click and choose 'save as'

info

i got those really nice oversized postcards, but unfortunately they need letter postage, not postcard postage, so a bunch came back to me. however, i'm not sure that i got all of those that had been put in the regular US mail. Here's what they say on the back:

i know no time when we were not as now.

Hampshire College Library Gallery
893 West Street
Amherst, MA

March 22-30, 2008
Gallery reception: March 28 6PM
Musical performances: 9PM Daily



Music on the night of the reception will be at 7:30 with an opening act. There will be a few performances with openers throughout the previous week as well. The gallery will be open from about 10AM-12AM daily.

Hope to see you there!
xo
patrick

collage reject

i'll probably still use it somewhere...

old collage

i really really loved colorforms as a kid

new collage

TWENTY SEVEN DAYS LEFT

Please Enjoy the Music While Your Party Is Reached

This must be where the project stems from, in some unconscious way. I'm jealous that I didn't think of it (or at least post it to a blog) first.

Travel loop 9: Stop Landscape

This is another loop, shot during a drive through the berkshires....

This is also the last time i use blogger's video upload--the compression is AWFUL!

Travel loop 10: UFO cloud

I shot this on a trip to see family in upstate NY. I fixated on this cloud because it seemed sort of "alien" all by itself on such a bright and clear day. I used to fantasize of UFOs hiding inside of clouds.

Sorry about the awful compression. All the more reason to come see this stuff at the show...

cover art

these are a couple of pages of album art for "i know no time..."

cool pictures

i took some cool pictures for cover art using the video distortion unit i built

mysummervacation

i have neglected to document the objects i've worked on. i would attribute this to the labor and exhaustion involved with their production. i'm excited to see the finished product but by the time i get to see it, i'm near disgusted to even look at them. see for yourself


this is a pedal board with the seven main effects that i have been/will be using for live performance (including THREE echo circuits!!)


here are two speaker cabinets--one i built from the specifics of another, found at a dump. replaced the speaker and put new vinyl on it to match the new cabinet. i put new vinyl on, painted and fixed up that powered mixer on top as well.


these are a few light boxes i've made for various rooms in the installation. i've considered making a few more.


this is the housing for a video mixer unit i'm still working on. four screens, with a camera in the middle, time lapse films, a joystick and a patching unit to transport your digital self to another time...


last but definitely not least, my favorite, the bug shelf.

more images soon, but this should give you an idea of what sorts of objects you'll encounter/i'll be performing with.

what kind

i just put up a new song here.

it's a bit of an homage to lil wayne, castanets, ladytron and phil collins.

it's totally unmixed but i really want to share it with everyone.


also, do you know about this?

...postcard??

this is something i made for a postcard last night. i just added the text. i'll be thinking about it for a few days.
let me know what you think

usually, cover art and that type of shit ends up coming together at the last minute and i'm rarely bowled over by it. i'm trying to make everything at the same time, in the same environment, like a little idea community or maybe more like a big dinner. one thing influences the other...

Untitled (psychology channel)

this will be shown along with slower twin and 6-8 other films, as a series of television "channels"

this is another found footage film, this time with mostly commercial 16mm footage as opposed to 8mm home movies (as in 'slower twin')

the compression here is better than the travel loop

later,
patrick

rock songs

Also, until I have the chance to post mp3s to my here or my other little internet space , you can find some new stuff at:
http://www.myspace.com/thegovernment

travel loop

this is one of many Super 8 loops (transferred to digital video) to be shown in one of the 5 different spaces of the gallery. There are individual soundtracks for each space.

Many of the loops are in-camera edits, meaning that they were shot with the intention being shown as they were seen by me/the camera.

Slower Twin

This is one of 35-40 short films in the installation...it's probably heavily compressed. I'll be trying to find the highest quality compression that I can.

Slower Twin

2007

found footage, original soundtrack, 1/4" tape loops

stay tuned for more

i know no time when we were not as now

Welcome to the internet home base for my thesis project titled "I know no time when we were not as now."

You'll find video clips, songs, essays and information regarding this multimedia project here.

"I know no time..." is an experiential project to consider time and temporality via the mediums of film, sculpture, sound, music, light, space, installation, performance, experimental electronics and interactivity.

--The first component of "I know no time..." is an experiential installation. It will be exhibited at Hampshire College's Main Gallery from March 22nd-March 30th. There will be musical performances every evening and a larger reception on March 28th from 5pm-9pm. The gallery will be open from 9AM-11PM every night during the course of its exhibition.

--The second component of "I know no time..." is an album of recorded music, to be distributed from the gallery and played live, in some fashion, every night of the exhibit.

--The third component of the project will be a 30 page essay discussing experiential works and the relationship art has/should have to contemporary concepts/philosophies of time, contemporary psychology and new/metaphysics.

--The work will culminate into a 30-minute film/video, the fourth and final component, that not only documents the work but expands upon the concepts discussed within the essay.

Visit myspace.com/thegovernment for a few songs in the time being while this blog is expanded upon.

Thanks for visiting and see you at the show!!