I haven't seen Melo-X perform in a while, it's been years since we used to kick it all the time and put together this web-show covering some of the dopest music, people and happenings in NYC. I'm glad I got to reconnect with him and experience his crazy audio/visual performance at Milk Studios. Melo's music has definitely evolved, it was really impressive to see him take this leap visually and sonically. Shout out to Tumblr for giving him a stage to close out fashion week with a bang.
I haven't seen Melo-X perform in a while, it's been years since we used to kick it all the time and put together this web-show covering some of the dopest music, people and happenings in NYC. I'm glad I got to reconnect with him and experience his crazy audio/visual performance at Milk Studios. Melo's music has definitely evolved, it was really impressive to see him take this leap visually and sonically. Shout out to Tumblr for giving him a stage to close out fashion week with a bang.
[fve]http://vimeo.com/102255449[/fve] More than anything else I love a challenge. I was asked by the folks at Liberty Fairs to shoot an engaging, unique recap video for their 2014 NY trade show. Now, if you've ever been to a trade show you know that they can appear to be quite dry and visually mundane. Even though Liberty did a great job with their layout and design I still knew I had to push myself creatively to make sure this video was next level.
What makes a trade show a great place for business is the people and face to face interaction that you get within the industry, therefore I decided to focus on the community and human aspect of the show. I also took a very photographic approach, framing the characters within video portraits and composing shots as dynamically as I could. The result was pretty cool and I'd love your feedback on it. Please leave any comments you have below.
[fve]http://vimeo.com/102255449[/fve] More than anything else I love a challenge. I was asked by the folks at Liberty Fairs to shoot an engaging, unique recap video for their 2014 NY trade show. Now, if you've ever been to a trade show you know that they can appear to be quite dry and visually mundane. Even though Liberty did a great job with their layout and design I still knew I had to push myself creatively to make sure this video was next level.
What makes a trade show a great place for business is the people and face to face interaction that you get within the industry, therefore I decided to focus on the community and human aspect of the show. I also took a very photographic approach, framing the characters within video portraits and composing shots as dynamically as I could. The result was pretty cool and I'd love your feedback on it. Please leave any comments you have below.
I'm not a huge Jeff Koons fan but I do find his work to be striking and pretty incredible from a fabrication stand point. The scale of his work alone is really impressive but I've always thought it lacked a bit of depth. It absolutely pulls you in but doesn't really take you anywhere. That not necessarily a bad thing, just my observation of it. Currently Koons has taken over then entire Whitney Museum and is showing a wide array of his work, this is the last show in this building before the museum relocates downtown. You should check it out for that reason alone.
A lot of his pieces are reflective and everywhere I turned I saw someone standing in front of his work, phone in hand, posing, taking a selfie. This was happening so much that people were forming short lines in front of works of arts just to take a photo in it. You would think that this would be repulsive but once you're done eyerolling and actually stand in front of a piece - the colors and shape often placed you in a distorted version of your surroundings and begs you to take a photo.
Maybe this is all in my head and I'm just way too obsessed with selfies...maybe we all are. I-ow-no. All I'm trying to say is that this exhibit is worth checking out and taking a few selfies at. Ok?
I'm not a huge Jeff Koons fan but I do find his work to be striking and pretty incredible from a fabrication stand point. The scale of his work alone is really impressive but I've always thought it lacked a bit of depth. It absolutely pulls you in but doesn't really take you anywhere. That not necessarily a bad thing, just my observation of it. Currently Koons has taken over then entire Whitney Museum and is showing a wide array of his work, this is the last show in this building before the museum relocates downtown. You should check it out for that reason alone.
A lot of his pieces are reflective and everywhere I turned I saw someone standing in front of his work, phone in hand, posing, taking a selfie. This was happening so much that people were forming short lines in front of works of arts just to take a photo in it. You would think that this would be repulsive but once you're done eyerolling and actually stand in front of a piece - the colors and shape often placed you in a distorted version of your surroundings and begs you to take a photo.
Maybe this is all in my head and I'm just way too obsessed with selfies...maybe we all are. I-ow-no. All I'm trying to say is that this exhibit is worth checking out and taking a few selfies at. Ok?
Every so often an art exhibit comes to town that continually pops up on your Instagram feed and keeps feeding your intrigue until you actually go see it. Last year it was Ann Hamiltons : the event of a thread, this year it's Kara Walker's work at the Domino Sugar Factory. A few weeks back all I saw on my Instagram feed was this larger than life woman on all fours made out of sugar and that's probably the only reason I went to go see it. I had seen so many Instagrams of this show that I knew EXACTLY what it looked like and I still wanted to go see it, if only to experience it's scale.
It was worth the visit though. The space is incredible and had a really powerful symbiotic relationship with the work. Pretty much every piece draws you towards itself and forces you to stare. But the Sphinx took it to another level, her being the centerpiece of it all made you orbit herself while you stared. The organizers did a really good job with crowd control, you don't feel rushed and have the opportunity to take your time with each piece.
Moral of the show: make sure your artwork Instagrams well, more people will go see it.
Line looks laughably long but moves fast so don't let that deter you.
Every so often an art exhibit comes to town that continually pops up on your Instagram feed and keeps feeding your intrigue until you actually go see it. Last year it was Ann Hamiltons : the event of a thread, this year it's Kara Walker's work at the Domino Sugar Factory. A few weeks back all I saw on my Instagram feed was this larger than life woman on all fours made out of sugar and that's probably the only reason I went to go see it. I had seen so many Instagrams of this show that I knew EXACTLY what it looked like and I still wanted to go see it, if only to experience it's scale.
It was worth the visit though. The space is incredible and had a really powerful symbiotic relationship with the work. Pretty much every piece draws you towards itself and forces you to stare. But the Sphinx took it to another level, her being the centerpiece of it all made you orbit herself while you stared. The organizers did a really good job with crowd control, you don't feel rushed and have the opportunity to take your time with each piece.
Moral of the show: make sure your artwork Instagrams well, more people will go see it.
Line looks laughably long but moves fast so don't let that deter you.
