
Gwydion's Astral Coffeehouse is located in a plot graciously donated by The Lincoln to improve local morale and enhance aesthetic and diversity in the mid to lower astral plane, and can be reached by way of any door. Due to underdeveloped technology, visitors must provide their own coffee. During your first visit, it may help to create it. To do so, simply close your eyes and activate the "Ocean" presetting, and proclaim: "Let there be mountains arising from the waters! Thin ones, almost like cones, 30 of them spaced out throughout. Erase everything in this grid higher than 50 meters, so there's a nice flat surface, and the stars above with nothing inhibiting their light. Now let the flat tops of these mountains be coated with malachite, increase malachite luminosity by fifteen percent, and let there be pyramids at the centers of each of them with a diameter that allows for a minimum of two meters of floor space before the drop off, and made of mirrors! Let there be three doors on each wall of every pyramid, and let one of the nine on each pyramid be open to one other pyramid such that they all be connected, and one can walk from pyramid to pyramid in this manner, and let the remaining 330 of them lead to the 330 most popular public areas in the greater grid, or astral, at any given moment, with the option for the guest to command the door to his or her own apartment or to a destination of his or her own choosing, which is either public or where he or she is invited. Now place elegant tables and chairs throughout all the floor space, and if someone jumps off of the edge, let them hover or fly. Actually, make the sky change according to the time of day in real-time terra, Los Angeles, and the color saturation of the sky, and the ocean, and of everything here except the people who come and go, exaggerate it by a hundred fifty percent." Good, you're here. Welcome. |
"Revolution #9½ Weeks"
song and lyrics by Cosmo Topper, video by Edward Reib. The stars that move throughout the video were originally moved for the 9½ video and then found their way into many other videos, including the "Key 21. The World" portion of the Hive Gallery’s "Tarot" video before the 9½ video was finished. The traintracks are the Metro Goldline between Southwest Museum and Union Station. The Hermit that flashes on the screen during the beginning credit is a combination of my grandfather Edward Clarence Suydam’s black and white photograph, colorized by me, with the hermit in the style of the Rider Waite deck, also familiar from the Inner Sleeve of Led Zeppelin IV. The sun behind the clouds was footage shot by Janey Mae Presley and Melissa Bomfiglio, who then appear dancing on the tile square in the foreground. My dad, John Dan Reib, appears twice, in one form or another: After the 72 pointed stars rotating both ways around the sun, in colors made from the 6 rainbow colors multiplied by the same colors divided in 12 rather than 6 and created by me in 2002, the Buddha which appears in the sun was an original 13th century statue from the shrine at my dad’s funeral and contains his ashes (the statue was given to his dad, Dan Reib, in exchange for his gold watch, the likes of which the monks had never seen at the time). The blinking red light on the antennae is in Eagle Rock, and shot from my front porch. "Your internet connection" is pretty self-explanatory, the only thing to note is that what appears to be the Golden Gate bridge turning blue is that very thing, and to point out that where one would expect stars or clouds one finds galaxies. The duck that appears briefly belonged to Mary MacDonald, a brilliant concert pianist, who passed away at the end of 2009. The duck is now in the care of Richard Larsen, the composer of Una (unamusic.net). The angels that appear at the end of this segment are Janey Mae Presley with the wings of the Winged Victory by Nike, and the woman who appears briefly in the center is Melissa Bomfiglio. The tile itself is an image of a mathematical formula written in Basic programming language, long ago, and screen captured, back in the day when PCs used both Windows as DOS operating systems, so... a long time ago. Janey is also the black and white silhouettes that leap from the corners when the rain and trees appear, colliding with each other, trading colors, and apparently giving birth to a blue-light blueprint of the Enterprise. All of the trees in the following portion, save for one, are seen from my back porch. The spinning color-stars which follow were originally a symbol I made for the cover of my dad’s book “Transformations” (download "Transformations" in PDF: here) and thus are his second appearance. The spinning zodiac colorwheel was something I made in 1997. The bell reveals the face of a Tibetan Buddha statue, and the spinning and not spinning painting “Untitled” by myself, overlaid over another healing mandala which shall remain anonymous. After the galaxies and white-light Janey and Melissa dance, there is a brief vision of a psychedelic San Dimas/Glendora 210 westbound looking south, then the suns reveal images of the Bodhi Tree bookstore, into the moon and the stained glass by the entrance. After the footage of the show at Molly Malone’s, the sun moves away, turning light blue at the end, inspired by Sirius, the Dog Star. The train tracks become clear as we, this time, move backwards, and the footage of the sun behind the clouds reappears for the outro. |
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"Floods, Fires, and Liars" |
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"One Day" |
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"Fading in C# Minor" |
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The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram |
Pleiades |
Body of Light
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Ritual S-2
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The Hierophant
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The Nutter on the Hill
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Isis Mighty Mother
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Frater BT's Esoterinerd Soapbox (blog)
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Sonnet #380: "degrades slightly"
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Sonnet #131: "a spandex ear-ring"
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Sonnet #356: "fondles shamefully"
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Sonnet #458: "when a place spanks some fishies"
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Sonnet #457: "the strangers of soul"
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Sonnet #454: "hotdog good"
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Sonnet #600: "relates ironically"
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Sonnet #612: "when a cat flicks some chickens"
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Sonnet #10: "a worthwhile penguin"
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Sonnet #817: "when a salt kicks some hamsters"
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Sonnet #830: "when a fork haunts some reports"
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Sonnet #818: "the playpens of spleen"
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Sonnet #809: "a pungent squirrel"
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Sonnet #420: "penguin wide"
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Sonnet #1409: "the tuggings of beaver"
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Sonnet #1663: "a swollen ranger"
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Sonnet #1696: "magazine pungent"
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Sonnet #1661: "a fearless noodle"
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Occupassionate
Footage from the October 2011 Downtown Los Angeles Thursday Artwalk. Will fill in more details at some point, but the names of the artists are on the screen as their artwork are on the screen.Featured Galleries: The Hive http://www.templeofvisions.com Spring Arts Collective |
Gypsies
Footage from the June 2011 Downtown Los Angeles Thursday Artwalk. Will fill in more details at some point, but the names of the artists are on the screen as their artwork are on the screen.Featured Galleries: The Hive http://www.templeofvisions.com Spring Arts Collective |
The Heart of Gaia
Footage from the December 2010 and March 2011 Downtown Los Angeles Thursday Artwalks.Opening with Greg Gould's "Appletini" at 10 seconds, the word signs that start popping up were on the wall from The Hive's 2nd annual Alice in Wonderland Show, then the photograph of the train from the Spring Arts Collective comes up at about 11 seconds. Edward Frausto's "Through The Rabbit Hole" at 15 seconds, Jimmy Bleyer painting at 16 seconds, "Control" by Logic over Fear comes on somewhere in the middle of the 19th second, then Janey and I, then Janey, then a piece by Amanda Sage at 25 seconds, "Culture" by Sylvia Lizarraga at 30 seconds, "Small Support" by Stephan Canthal's at 34 seconds, "A Mid-Summer Night Dream" by James Zar at 36 seconds, "Tea Machine III" by David Lovejoy at 40 seconds, art by sphinx at 41 seconds, Alex Shaffer with the Joshua Tree piece from 42 to 44, then again, and such. "The Fool" by Alex Schaefer at 49, "Three Mothers" by Dan Cohen at 52, then Crystal Sylver's "The Dance" at 1:01, the graffiti photo at 1:04, Dom the Dom's "Queen of Hearts" at 1:13, Greg Gould's Ganesh fountain piece at 1:15, Sean Joyce's "Psychedelic Reflection" at 1:18, "Henry Cram" at 1:19, "Fumage" by Amy Kollar Anderson at 1:20, "Keeping Check" by Amy Kollar Anderson at 1:22, then Maxwell McMaster's "Alice in Hollywood" toward the end of the same second. Starting around 1:24 we watch Janey watch, then watch ourselves watch, "Prayer to Gaia" by James Zar, followed by another photo from Spring Arts Collective at 1:37, another one from Spring Arts at 1:44, then "Tempting Illusions" by Crystal Sylver at 1:46, a view of Greg Gould's various lamps at The Hive fades in at 1:53, zooming in on the freaky Mickey Mouse at 1:58, then the painting of the girl with the skull, then at 2:00 we zoom in on the Greg Gould's new scary baby (I don't know what it's called), then the scream leads to a flash of Gwydion's Great Seal. At 2:03 is a poster that was up at Spring Arts, at 2:07 is another one from Spring Arts, then they flip back and forth till 2:17 where we see Janey Mae Presley with Shasta Iglesias (making her artwalk-video debut with a wave) then "One" by Tony B. Conscious at 2:18, some people on Spring st. starting at 2:25, Sylvia Lizarraga's "Untitled" at 2:33, then Kast Excelsior at 2:34, "Yeas of the Hed" by Septerhed at 2:39, Alex Schaefer's Chase Bank one at 2:44, Janey laughing at 2:48, Mike Bilz "Time For Tea" at 2:50, people on Spring at 2:54, then people outside Temple of Visions, then Amanda Sage's taking a break from painting "Limbic Resonance" (per Devo's advice, perhaps?) which we start zooming into starting at around 3 minutes. At 3:06 is Pamela Mower-Conner's "Alice Topiary", at 3:09 we get our first glimpse of "Divine Circuitry" by Chris Saunders, the words which appear at 3:13 were written upon entering Temple of Visions (by The Wizard), "Saranoya" by Yayo starts fading in behind at around 3:16, "Divine Circuitry" by Chris Saunders again at 3:23, "Mother" by Radhika at 3:25, "Victoria" by Joshua Levin at 3:28, "Seeing Through the Patterns" by Michael Divine at 3:34, "Beyond The Surface" by Autumn Skye at 3:39, Radhika Hersey's "Winged Heart" at 3:45, "Divine Circuitry" by Chris Saunders again at 3:48, another one from Temple of Visions at 3:49, at 3:56 "Earth's Masquerade" by James Zar, at 4:02 we really get to see "Divine Circuitry" by Chris Saunders finally, Amanda Sage's "Alice Awakening" at 4:06, following Janey at 4:15 to "Returning Home" by Yurik Reigel, one of Michael Divine's "The Evolution Series" at 4:30, "Ali Amanzanga" by Pablo Amaringo at 4:35, the piece that was on the flier for the Gaia Temple of Visions show at 4:47, Radhika Hersey's "Live Painting" at 4:54, "Lady of the Lake" by Adam Scott Miller at 4:57, and one other piece from Temple of Visions at 5 minutes. "Ayahuasca Shaman" by Paul Heussenstamm fades in at 5:03, then at 5:06 we get to see the completed "Limbic Resonance" by Amanda Sage (the one we saw as a work in progress earlier in the video), with Janey and I fading in behind, "Holoscopic Nature" by Adam Scott Miller at 5:15 (with "Ayahuasca Shaman" by Paul Heussenstamm apparently still zooming out underneath it all), into "Mystic Gaia" by Krystle Smith at 5:24, "Runyon Canyon Sentinel" by Bradley Hankey at 5:32, at 5:41 we see the rest of "A Mid-Summer Night Dream" by James Zar, then "a Rainy Day at the Locksmith's" by David Lovejoy at 5:54, and Amanda Sage's "Birth of Venus" starting at 5:56, Yurik Reigel's "Enlightenment Sunrise" at 6:04, then starting at 6:13 is the wall of Temple of Visions itself, followed by a Chinese tea ceremony conducted by Adam Yasmin. The music includes P.I.L.'s "The Order of Death", The Beatles "Revolution", Devo's "Time Out For Fun", and Björk's "All is Full of Love". Featured Galleries: The Hive http://www.templeofvisions.com Spring Arts Collective |
Boldon Wanderer
footage from the May 2010 "York Village" Artwalk, and from the March, April, and May 2010 Downtown Los Angeles Thursday ArtwalksOpening with Kyoko Cole's "Kill Mister Man" at 0:10 through 0:14, a shot of the Hummingbird Collective, along with a map indicating York Blvd between Avenue 49 and Avenue 52 ("York Village"), The York from 0:18 to 0:19, El Chapin from 0:19 to 0:21, Kyoko's "Nude Electric" from 0:21 to 0:24, Kyoko's "The Last Days of Me" from 0:24 to 0:25, Kyoko's "Guitar #1" from 0:25 to 0:27, several pieces by Tiffany Davis-Rushorn from 0:31 to 0:36, a piece called "Cosmologie" from 0:37 to 0:43, a piece by the same artist called "Take a Ride" 0:44 to 0:48 (someone please tell me who that artist is so I can add them to these credits!), Kyoko Cole's "She Comes in Colors" from 0:50 to 0:52, Jeff Copas' "Murder" from 0:52 to 0:54, followed by a shot of York Blvd itself, and back to the Hummingbird for the outro. and the Spider takes us Downtown... accompanied by a panoramic photograph called "Elysian Park" from 1:09 to 1:11 (at L.A. Center for Digital Art) Janey at 1:12, Liese at 1:13, Gwydion reflected in Janey Kim's "Cornered" 1:13 to 1:15, Chris O'Malley and Heidi 1:16 to 1:18, and "Chase Osborne's "Ambrosia" 0:19 to 0:21. Chase Obsorne's "Rainbow Dark" from 0:22 to 0:25, Chase's "Evolution" from 0:26 to 0:29, Chase's "Transition" from 0:30 to 0:35, Chase's "Hope" from 0:35 to 0:39, and Chase's "Creation" at 0:40. Douglas Alvarez's "Innocent" from 1:45 to 1:47, fading into Nathan Cartwright, working hard as usual, and his piece entitled "Midnight in the Beekeeper's". Mascorro's "Two Birds with One Stone" from 1:50 to 1:57, followed by a few more of Douglas Alvarez's pieces. Janey at 1:59, Verdelle's "Vitality" from 2:01 to 2:07, Chris O'Malley at 2:08, The backs of Chris, Janey, Mark and Stephanie, and somewhere in there was Liese, other Stephanie, and Sandy as well walking north of Spring, a shot of the gallery on the southeast corner of Spring and 4th from 2:17 to 2:22 where we see Janey, Douglas Alvarez's pieces "Look" and "No Rules" from 2:23 to 2:27, some great work from 2:28 to 2:32 (the names and author of which I regrettably can't find but I met the artist and she's very nice). Greg Gould's Apple and Orange , 2:37 to 2:42 fade into Verdelle's "Desire" at 2:43, followed by Verdelle's "Rapture" from 2:50 to 2:56, then Mascorro's "Cry Me a River" from 2:57 to 3:04. Carolina Fernandez "Big Fish" from 3:04 to 3:08 fades into Mikolaj Wyszynski's "Triforce" from 3:08 to 3:16, then Shay's "Twist of Fate" from 3:17 to 3:21. Annie Terrazzo's "Lookin' Good for the Apocalypse - The Truth" from 3:22 to 3:23, then Annie's "God Thinks the Universe is Flat (3) - The Truth" from 3:23 to 3:27, Annie's "Love and War Paint - New Zealand Herald / Maori Love Songs" from 3:28 to 3:29, Kast (and necklace) from 3:30 to 3:33, Andrew Long "Seaglopur" from 3:33 to 3:36, Heather Ogle "Abstracted II" from 3:38 to 3:43, Mascorro's "Blow Your Own Horn" from 3:43 to 3:46, Steve Korkis "Ares Provides Whilst Aeacus" from 3:46 to 3:49 (If you haven't seen it, check out his first piece from Beerotica 1!), Heather Ogle's "Detatchment" from 3:49 to 3:53, fading into Nick Jumblatt's hologram of the Elephant, Verdelle's "Euphoria" from 3:55 to 4:00, the photos toward the end are from Marvin Park and Christopher Hernandez, a piece called "God Help Us" from 4:18 to 4:19, Rachel van der Pol's "Figure Crouching on a Rock" from 4:20 to 4:24, and closing with a photo from Christopher Hernandez. The music for the "York Village" portion is 16 Horsepower's "Neck on the New Blade", and the music for the Downtown Artwalk is Planning to Rock's "Boldon Wanderer". Featured Galleries: The Hive The Hummingbird Collective Spring Arts Collective L.A. Center for Digital Art |
Temple of Visions
footage from the January and November of 2009, and January, February, March, and April of 2010 Artwalks)Opening with the written mission of the gallery subtly coupled with the shelves of various crystals and stones available for purchase there, then Carey Thompson's "Harmonic Concordance" from 0:08 through 0:11, and Radhika at the front desk from 0:11 to 0:13. The title of the video appears during Erial Ali's "Gaian Overlord" from 0:21 to 0:29. Yurik Riegel's "Seeds of the Universe" can be seen from 0:34 to 0:40, Bearcloud's "The Chameleon Pyramids" from 0:44 to 0:51, and Luke Brown's "Tetragrammatron" 0:59 to 1:08, Dan Cohen's "Uplift" from 1:40 to 1:47, Andrew Jones' "Artumnal" from 1:47 to 1:56, Adam Scott Miller "Present Prescience" from 1:57 to 1:59, XAVI's "Celestial Canyon" from 1:59 to 2:01, Michael Divine's "Illumination" from 2:16 to 2:22, Dan Cohen's "Unlocking the Veil" from 2:05 to 2:07, Krystle Smith's "Lineage of Light" from 2:08 to 2:13, Pablo Amaringo's "Poseries De Las Serpenteres" from 2:14 to 2:16, Autumn Skye's "Shelter For Opening" from 2:35 to 2:42, Cory's and Katska Ench's "Metamorphosis" from 2:42 to 2:48, Steve Eye's "Bust of Woman Spiritual Warriors" from 2:50 to 2:53, Pablo Amaringo's "Punuscha Muscana" from 3:00 to 3:04, and Satoshi Sakamoto's "Mesaroco" from 3:18 to 3:24. That's actually the mirror in the bathroom at The Hive, next door, reflecting the art on it's opposing wall from 3:39-3:42, then Adam Scott Miller's "Fulfillment" from 3:42 to 3:57, Orion's "Universal Constant" from 4:10 to 4:16, Andrew Jones' "Basura Sangrada" from 4:25 to 4:29, Jesse D. Noe "Port-All" from 4:29 to 4:31, Luke Brown's "Fractal Feline Filigree" from 4:45 to 4:49, Luke Brown's "Alpha Centauri" from 4:50 to 4:52, then Michael Divine's "Sometimes If I Concentrate Enough I Can Hear the Heartbeat of the Earth" from 4:52 to 4:57. Mark & Stephanie, then Janey, Liese, Chris, other Stephanie, and then Sandy can be seen from 5:05 - 5:10, then David Heskin's "Gaia in Ecstasy : A Total Eclipse of the Mind" from 5:10 to 5:22, Dan Cohen's "World Weave" from 5:18 from 5:22, Martina Hoffman's "Tree of Knowledge" from 5:28 to 5:39, Orion's "Sfear" from 5:45 - 6:02, Mark Henson's "New Pioneers" from 6:10 - 6:27, and closing with Raul Casillas' "Entanglement on the Verge of Extinction" from 6:29-7:04. This description is still incomplete. I'll be going through several tapes, and the internet, with a fine-tooth comb, from time to time, until the description is complete. If you see anything you recognize, I would be very grateful if you were to hit me up on facebook, and let me know. Thanks! http://www.templeofvisions.com |
Alice in Wonderland
March 2010 ArtwalkI'll be filling in this description eventually. Starring (in order of appearance) Amber Lyn Lever, Alex Leyva, and Janey Mae Presley. (and Nathan Cartwright, if you count the portrait) Featured Galleries: The Hive The Hummingbird Art Gallery (& Medical Marijuana Collective) Spring Arts Collective Digital Art L.A. Niche.LA L.A. Center for Digital Art |
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Tarot Opening with Janey and Melissa walking south on 7th street, the purple woman at 0:04 is from McEvoy and Rodriguez's piece "Psychosis by Osmosis", a shot of the front area at The Hive at 0:06, and Delphia's "The Fortune Teller" at 0:08. The World: Jophen Stein's "The World" at 0:13, Delphia's "1970's Postcard from Saturn" coupled with a piece from L.A. Center for Digital Art at 0:15, panning back out of one of Mala's paintings to reveal all 5 in that series, zooming into the one on the right, briefly cutting to a piece from Temple of Visions at 0:19, at 0:24 behind Mala's flower is one of Mala's trees, along with Janey and Melissa dancing in the stars, behind Mala's whale in the sea we find Nicole Linde's "Queen of Pentacles" at 0:30 and Blake Gardner's portait of a sky at 0:33, Mala's various Peacocks from 0:37 to 0:41, and closing with Stein's "The World". Judgement: "Judgement" by LD Grant 0:45 through 0:55. The music is Mozart's "O Fortuna" from "Carmina Burana". The Sun: Asia's "The Sun - I Am You" at 0:56, Leyla Akdogan's "Ace of Wands" at 0:57, Asia's Sun again at 0:59, Blake Gardner's portrait of a sunflower in a tire at 1:01, a piece from Temple of Visions at 1:13, and closing with Asia's Sun. The music is Pink Floyd's "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun". The Moon: Prince of Cake's "Moon" at 1:30, Justin Schaefer's "The Devil is in the Details" at 1:33, Jacob Rushing's "Egg" at 1:35, Delphia's "Masque of the Red Death" at 1:38 immediately followed by David Gough's "7 of Swords", Delphia's "Bobbing for Apples (1)" starts to fade in at 1:40, Gregory Rodriguez's "Bloody Mary" at 1:43, closing with Prince of Cake's "Moon". The music is Jean-Michel Jarre's "Equinoxe Part 2". The Star: Shinya Luo's "The Star" starting at 1:49, another of Mala's tree scenes at 1:54, the birds are from L.A. Center for Digital Art, and the other birds are by Radhika, seen painting a new one. The flying motorcycles and the one with the mask and the flower are from the Spring Arts Collective (with the man from Mala's 5 pieces thrown in). Closing with Shinya Luo's "The Star" again, mixed with the purple piece from L.A. Center for Digital Art. The music is "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin (with right speaker playing through both speakers such that the guitar is muted and the three records are prominant). The Tower: Pukac's "Tower" at 2:23 immediately followed by Delphia's "Blessing", Misa Tsutsui's "Knight of Swords" at 2:25, followed by Bobby Rohas' "Tower", Billy Dyson's "The Almighty Prince of Prozac at the Tower of Memory" starts at 2:30, with Alex Schaefer's Dollar Bills at 2:32, back to Pukac's "Tower" at 2:40. The music is "Wish" by Nine Inch Nails, followed by the end of "The Trial" by Pink Floyd. The Devil: Brandon Sopinsky's "The Devil" starting at 2:54, with Scott Griffin's "Eyes" at 2:55, 2:56, 2:59, 3:01, 3:03, and 3:04. The music is Mount Sims' "Steal This Song" mixed with "Squeezit the Moocher" by Danny Elfman, from the Forbidden Zone soundtrack. Temperance: Brendan Sharket's "Temperance" starting at 3:11, with a piece from the October show at The Hummingbird Collective at 3:15, with the track of the Goldline thrown in, back to "Temperance" at 3:19. The music is "Au Lait" from Pat Metheny's album "Offramp". Death: The skull and fish at the beginning are from the bottom of Billy Dyson's "The Almighty Prince of Prozac at the Island of Suffering", with Nathan Cartwright's "#13 Death" fading in at 3:30, Justin Schaefer's "Point" at 3:38, closing with KAST. The music is "Ave Maria" from the Donnie Darko soundtrack. The Hanged Man: Orion's "The Hanged Man" starts at 4:00, Ryan Ebelt's "5 of Cups" at 4:06, Michael Carbonaro "King of Cups" at 4:12, Nat Zigal's "3 of Swords" at 4:14, "The 8 of Cups" by Martha Goldman at 4:16, a photo by Blake Gardner at 4:19, and closing with Orion's "The Hanged Man". Justice: NC Winters' "Justice" starting at 4:32, Sasha Palacio's "2 of Swords" starts fading in at 4:33, then back to Justice, Delphia's "Truth" fades in at 4:37, Mary Bellamy's "Queen of Swords" real quick at 4:41, "4 of Swords" by Apricot Mantle at 4:46, Jacob Rushing's portrait of the woman opening the box, coupled with Blake Gardner's photograph of the sun behind a tree at 4:47, Closing with "Justice" coupled with Chase Osborne's "2 of Swords". The music is Ravel's "Bolero" and Lisa Gerrard's "Persian Love Song". Wheel of Fortune: Terri Woodward's "Wheel of Fortune" from 4:55 to 5:02. The music is "The Trauma Coil" by Faith and the Muse. The Hermit: Delphia's "Hermit" starts at 5:05, David fades in at 5:20, Blake Gardner's photo at 5:23, various other works from THe Spring Arts Collective from 5:30 to 5:43, closing with Delphia's Hermit, and David. The music is "Ten et Tiwa Dorment" by Alain Goraguer, from the soundtrack to Fantastic Planet. Strength: "Strength" by Jason Hadley starts at 5:53, a portrait by Blake Gardner at 5:58, Little Red at 6:02, a piece from L.A. Center for Digital Art from 6:03, closing with that and "Strength". The music is the beginning of "Barbara Henry" by Una. The Chariot: Macsorro's "Lucky Me" (the Hive deck's "Chariot" card) starts at 6:14, then at 6:17 is Alina Chou's "Page of Cups" coupled with a piece from L.A. Center for Digital Art, Janey and Melissa on the Redline and at Union station from 6:20 to 6:23, when Bobbi Fabian's photograph of the people on the beach starts to fade in, followed by "3 of Cups" by Nicole Filiatrault at 6:24, a bit of Matthew Barney's "Cremaster 3" at 6:28, Aimee Kuester's "Ace of Cups" fades in at 6:31, Jacob Rushing's portrait of the woman looking out of the window through the rain. at 6:34, Jessica Ward's "Queen of Cups" at 6:40, and closing with Delphia's "Night Train". The music is Dead Can Dance's "Enigma of the Absolute". The Lovers: "The Lovers" by Jason Hernandez starts at 6:54, "That Way" at 6:55 is a piece from L.A. Center for Digital Art, Mala's palm trees at 6:57, Anna Todaro's "2 of cups" at 6:59, a photo from Spring Arts Collective at 7:06, closing with "The Lovers". The music is from "We have seen thy resurrection" as recorded at the Novospassky Monastery. The Hierophant: "Heirophant" by McEvoy and Rodriguez, 7:26 to 7:31. The music is "Factory" by Danny Elfman, from the Forbidden Zone soundtrack. The Emperor: Tom Haubs' "Emporer" at 7:33, Gaia Bracco's "King of Swords" at 7:37, alternating back and forth until 7:49. The music is "Sacris Solemnis", or Beethoven's 7th with words added, by Libera. The Empress: Brian Robertson's "The Empress" at 7:51, fading into a piece at The Hummingbird Collective, a piece from Spring Arts Collective at 7:53, "Practicing Eleusinian Mysteries" by Delphia fading in at 7:54, one of Blake Gardner's at 7:57, and closing with "The Empress". The music is "The Goddess Chant". The High Preistess: Shay's "The Priestess" at 8:12, a piece from Spring Arts fades in at 8:21, closing with Janey at 8:26. The music is "Waiting for the Night to Fall" by Depeche Mode. The Magician: Michael Ryan's "The Magician" starts at 8:29, Jimmy Bleyer working on a new piece at 8:32, Gwydion at 8:35, Delphia's "Houdini" at 8:37, Greg Gould's Ganesh at 8:38, closing with "The Magician" and Ganesh. The music is from "Doctorin' The Tardis" by KLF (The Timelords). The Fool: Andy Haynes' "The Fool - A New Beginning" starts at 8:52, Billy Dyson's "The Almighty Prince of Prozac in the Twin Dreams" and "The Almighty Prince of Prozac at the Island of Suffering" starting at 8:53 and 8:55, the dog at 9:09 is from The Spring Arts Collective, and closing with "The Fool - A New Beginning". The music is the end of "Fly Away" by Poe. Starring (in order of appearance) Janey Mae Presley, Melissa Bomfiglio, Radhika Hersey, KAST, David, Little Red, Jimmy Bleyer, and Gwydion. Featured Galleries: The Hive Temple of Visions The Hummingbird Art Gallery (& Medical Marijuana Collective) Spring Arts Collective Digital Art L.A. Niche.LA L.A. Center for Digital Art |
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Transformations 1:1-10 The reading is from Transformations, written in 1976 by John Dan Reib (1940-1993). Opening with a piece by Orion, briefly, then the doll-record player piece which was at the Spring Arts Collective (if only all the galleries websites were as thorough as the Hive's I'd be able to explain those pieces more fully). The shots of people walking from above was taken out the window at Spring Arts. A Piece by Amanda Sage ( http://www.amandasage.com ) at 7 seconds, but I'm not sure the name of it. That looks like another Amanda Sage at 10 seconds, my apologies if it's not. That's Amanda herself at 14 seconds, painting a new piece, she fades in to Aimee Kuester "Birthmark" but there's no connection there that I'm aware of, aside from associating Amanda's art with one who rises "a light cloud of no particular shape". I have to go for now, will work on the rest of this soon. Here are my notes - these don't have anything to do with the works themselves, the notes are just so I'll remember where they go. Chrystal Chan's "Purity" (girl with girl behind her) "I Will Take You Beyond The Familiar" (unicorn) "Chosen" (bunnies) "Pulling Chains of Fate" (chained girl) "The Mortal and the Immortal" (deer) "Soul" (birds creating other girl) Eric Hamm "Mortimer's Decision" (monkey) "Disjointed" (eyes) Melody Duenas "For Bohemia We Are" (4 girls) Marigrace Albelda "After Fontainebleau" (nipple) "Bettie and Red Flower" (leaning back red swimsuit) Jose Carabes "Hell Above and Heaven Below" (flash for mountains are beneath) Brandon Sopinsky "Everything is Televised" "Inner Happiness" "Rusted and Disgusted" (mickys) Jehan Choo "Kerli Koiv as Vampire" (painpleasure) Francisco Enciso "dorothy's debt" (incarcerated) J Slattum "Whisper of Truth" Ted Von Heiland "Pandora's Box" (our brothers and sisters) Holly Wood "Messed Up" (confuse the painable) Kelly Berg "Decorations of the Past" (inside you and outside you how to - spiderweb) Michael Pukac "The Swing" (that swing thing) Taslimur "Untitled" (blaming) (okay, I admit, I'm a total slob and never went back and made propper credits. I hope all the artists will forgive me.. I've gotten better! ;) - gwydion, 7-12-11) Starring (in order of appearance) Amanda Sage, Season, Gwydion, Christopher O'Malley, Sandy, Stephanie, Scott Detweiller, KAST, and Janey Mae Presley. The soundtrack of this video is "Au Lait" from Pat Metheny's album "Offramp". Featured Galleries: The Hive Spring Arts Collective Digital Art L.A. Niche.LA L.A. Center for Digital Art |
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Warning Opening with Janey and a piece that's in the window across the street from the Red Line's Pershing Square Station, then a piece called "Faux", I think, at the Spring Arts Collective, a piece from "Natural Beauty" by Grace Mckee at 0:23, Douglas Alvarez's "Believe" at 0:39, Tiffany Trenda's latest exhibition "Entropy" from 0:44 to 1:04, a piece from Temple of Visions at the Hive at 1:05 and several Niche.LA pieces at Digital Art L.A. up till a video from L.A. Center for Digital Art from 1:20 through 1:26, then back to Niche.LA, Pamela Mower-Conner's "Blue Piebald 2" at 1:45, the lady who liked my hat and said Janey was pretty at 1:50, J.C.'s Grandma at 2:10, a Ganesh piece by Greg Gould in the style of "Queen's Rain" from last month, Cate Rangel's "Cotton Candy" at 2:34, a piece by Radhika at 2:47 and Radhika herself at 2:51, Paul Torres painting at 2:54, Alex Schaefer painting at 2:56, a piece from "Visibility Project" by Christine Pan & Mia Nakano at 3:01, "Pay For Our Sins" (I think it's called) at 3:13, Jimmy Bleyer at 3:40, a piece by Dover at 4:05, Katz's "Bertholt's Rescue" at 4:09 and Katz's "Son of Geoffrey" at 4:14, and closing with Janey at 4:18. Starring Janey Mae Presley, Christopher O'Malley, Tiffany Trenda, the Violinist and Guitarist who's name I've not yet found, Stephanie, Sandy, Gwydion, Radhika Hersey, Paul Torres, Alex Schaefer, Melissa Bomfiglio, Season, and Jimmy Bleyer. The soundtrack of this video includes Jean Michel Jarre's album "Equinox", Henry Wolff's & Nancy Hennings' "Tibetan Bells II", and the Violinist and Guitarist that were playing on 5th Street. Featured Galleries: The Hive Infusion Spring Arts Collective Digital Art L.A. Niche.LA L.A. Center for Digital Art |
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Bee-Rotica II Opening with Nathan Cartwright and Greg Gould's "The Queen's Rain" into Niche.LA, when the dancing girls appear, Zack Schoenbaum's "Target Practice" at 16 seconds, the wall of the bathroom at Red Dot or... whatever they call the place by Weenie's now at 23 seconds, "Melissa Bomfiglio" by Edward Reib at 25 seconds, Holly Wood's "Goddess Dance" starting at 26 seconds, Cate Rangel's "Honey" at 31 seconds, Akihito's "Thunder" at 34 seconds, Jerusalem Cricket's "Dipped In Honey" at 35 seconds, the wall of the bathroom at Red Dot or... whatever they call the place by Weenie's now at 43 seconds, Antonio Roybal's piece at 55 seconds, Trophallaxis at around 1:08, Lance Richlin's "Nancy" at 1:11, sever piece from Crewest Gallery starting at 1:26, the wall of the bathroom at Red Dot or... whatever they call the place by Weenie's now at 2:00, Scott Detweiler starting at 2:01, a painting of Radhika Hersey by Adam Scott Miller at 2:06, Macsorro's "Sorry Boys,Honey Ain't Free" at 2:28, Asylum's "Next" at 2:52, one of Ted von Heiland's statues at 2:54, and a piece by Dover at 3:03. Starring Janey Mae Presley, Melissa Bomfiglio, Kimberly, Brian, Alan, Lindsey, Shauna, Nathan, and Scott Detweiler (on Guitar) The soundtrack of this video includes three tracks from the soundtrack to The Neverhood, by Terry S. Taylor. Featured Galleries: The Hive Infusion Spring Arts Collective Digital Art L.A. Niche.LA |
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Loud The curtain at El Cid, accompanied by Pink Floyd, open into Gwydion's "Untitled" spirally tile piece (which can also be found in the "Untitled" music video by Gwydion and Melissa Mednick, as well as "John Dan" under Cerebral Cement Noir), accompanied by the opening to Crispin Glover's version of "These Boots Are Made For Walking" - landing with a bang on Greg Gould's "Loud". Christopher Ulrich's piece with the eye in the flaming heart (accompanied by the aforementioned "Untitled" piece) along with Devo's "Swelling Itching Brain" - followed by Shay's "Asmodeus", a few pieces from Spring Arts Collective in May, Michel Pukak's "Little Groove" and Richard Alan Haugh's "The Scarlet Letter" - exiting backwards into a view of "Gwydion's Coffeehouse Weblog" while Depeche Mode fades into Bauhaus to accompany several of Radhika Hersey's pieces. At Infusion Gallery, one of Yves Goyatton's statues is accompanied by Eric Burdon & The Animals version of "sixteen tons", Janey stands beside a piece by Mamadi Sidibe, then a few pieces by Teresa Totaro (Janey's mom) are accompanied by the intro to Una's "Hate", followed by a few works by Zombienose, to the tune of Siouxsie And The Banshees "Peekaboo". Liz Brizzi's "Dangerous Curve" and Several pieces by Hagop Belian are shown to the tune of Mozart's Carmina Burana. Finally, "A Sense of Urgency" by Josh Talbott, and some deep wind howling, fades into the outro video: "Maple". The whole "Maple" video can be found under Gwydion's Cerebral Cement Noir. Starring Janey Mae Presley as herself and as Maple Jay Renesey Featured Galleries: The Hive Infusion Spring Arts Collective |
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from Root to Crown Anchored in and around a painting of six of the primary chakras, moving up the chakras "from Root to Crown". This video is something of an homage to Jimmy Bleyer's then newly formed Temple of Visions and the works and artists therein. To mention only a few, "Alien Ascension" by Martina Hoffmann and "The Temple Kiss" by Mark Hensen can be found as we move through Muladhara, the root, to the tune of a mashup of "Ultraviolence" from Clockwork orange and "1984" by early Oingo Boingo... Tibetan Monks accompany Taslimur in Vishuddha, the throat. Allyson Grey's "Square Root" (seen being painted in "Janey at the Laundromat with Fireworks" 1:42 through 1:49) can be seen as we enter Ajna, the Third Eye chakra, along with Laurence Caruana's "Am I the Buddha?", and Amanda Sage's "The Oracle". A. Andrew Gonzalez's absolutely incredible works "The Virgin Queen" and "The Song of Sophia" are highlighted in the Heart, Third-Eye, and Crown portions. The video gets off to a harsh, some have said "demonic and sexual", start - then rises through the planes and out the top. The bridge and the rainbow at the end were filmed by Janey Mae Presley in San Francisco and Portland in November. |
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Beerotica A lot of this footage was shot at the actual original "Beerotica" show by the lovely Janey Mae, rather than the Artwalk (the pole dancer was dancing for Janey with the camera, not me with the camera, lol) - the rest was shot at the Artwalk. Music: Maksim/Jeff Wayne/Orchestra, Giulio Caccino/Paul Pritchard, Cliff Martinez, Danny Elfman, and Crispen Glover. Featured Galleries: The Hive LACDA Spring Arts Collective |
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Janey at the Laundromat with Fireworks The intro to this Artwalk video is a short movie in and of itself, as well as an ad for the movie nights at The Hive Gallery on Wednesdays at 8:30pm. The first movie was chosen by Janey: "Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma" by Pier Paolo Pasolini, with yellow English subtitles. Note that from 1:42 through 1:49 Allyson Grey has only begun painting "Square Root", which appears finished as a part of Jimmy Bleyer's Temple of Visions in the November '08 January '09 video "from Root to Crown". |
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Pink Cigarette The Rosenberg Trio with a shot of Scott Detweiler and Shelby Potts in black and white on a chair in that back room where the movies play at The Spring Arts Collective to the tune of Joi Division's "Control" and several pieces from The Hive and Infusion, then back to the Trio and Cate at the Collective, then Elise Blasingame and Cate Rowe watching the band play outside Pharmaka. Janey Mae Presley appears on the scene with "Pink Cigarette" by Mr.Bungle, Bauhaus' "Hollow Hills", and Augie Pagan's "La Seniorita Con Los Tiny Zoots". Les Hommes Sauvage accompanies the journey through that building you're not supposed to go into at the southwest corner of 5th and Spring, across from Weeneez where, in the end, Janey discovers the oven. (Youtube disabled the audio for this one, so I uploaded it to the Chinese server, Tudou.) |
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Moxy Various artists from various galleries against a backdrop of Moxy Phinx performing "Dozhd Edyot" at the Spring Arts Collective and Brian shows Stephanie and me the building you're not supposed to go into at the southwest corner of 5th and Spring, across from Weeneez. Then, the N'Light'N after-party at 740 Spring street, to the sound of Ya Ho Wa 13's "Ho", Shannon from a distance, Sandy, Stephanie, and Melissa up close, dipping into Oingo Boingo's "Lost Like This" and back out again, the fashion show - definitely the wildest N'Light'N show I've ever been to. (contrast with the first event they had which is covered in the Libra 2008 video), and into Moxy Phinx singing "Mysery", and closing with Stephanie behind the concessions counter in some ancient theatre in the aforementioned building on 5th and Spring. |
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Pisces: "All Women Are Flowers" I was actually having a pretty miserable time with a breakup that day, and it sorta reflects in the video. My apologies to Tim and Eric who had to put up with me that night. This one includes the Delphia pieces with the clowns and such. Be sure to stay for the end of this one: Mickey Mouse gets molested by the Sorcerer, which makes it all worthwhile. Plus, I met that cool guy Crispen (who sings the intro) in the restroom at the N'Light'N afterparty, which was very short lived (the police came). |
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Capricorn Yeah, I don't know. I was distracted that month, and the editing job is rushed. Something about it makes it a bit more "artsy" seeming than the rest, though. |
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Scorpio: "This Is Halloween" Marilyn Manson's cover of "This Is Halloween" by Danny Elfman. Includes several of Clive Barker's pieces. The piece at the beginning and end is Nathan's. |
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Libra: "No One Lives Forever!" Includes footage from the first N'Light'N event. |
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Virgo: "A Million Shades of Grey" Shot a few days after "A Little Long". Includes commentary by Corinna Isabela Shahira and her friend, uhhh...... what's his name. sorry! Music: Cab Calloway, Angelo Badalamenti, Body Count, and The Doors. Including "Andre, skid row tour guide the nicest fuckin bum you're ever going to meet" (He said I could put him in the artwalk video as long as that's how he was credited. The quarter-second footage being the basis of "Gwydion's Tip Hat") |
"A Little Long"![]() September 2007 Saturday Show This was the video that "The Dance" footage was shot for and first used in. More later. (Youtube disabled the audio for this one, so I uploaded it to the Chinese server, Youku.) |
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Cancer I'll be filling in these descriptions eventually, if you see anything in any of the Artwalk videos that you recognize, please hit me up on facebook, because I want to eventually credit as many of the pieces and artist as possible. Thanks! (Youtube disabled the audio for this one, so I uploaded it to the Chinese server, Youku.) |
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Gemini: "Trouble" This video becomes a bit more interesting, I feel, when one knows the subtext. First, it is the first video which depicts "Gwydion" and "Edward" as two characters interacting who seem to have separate and quite different personalities. The subtext, though, is this: I shot this video between 6pm and 10 on that day, and by 11:30 I was in jail, where I spent the night, and at around sunset the following day my wife at the time told me she wanted a divorce. The "Gwydion" and "Edward" footage in this video was shot somewhere in the 2 or 3 days which followed at the end of which I edited the video in one, long, night. |
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Taurus: "Strangers in the Night" A great opening shot, I felt at the time, with some black and white photography of L.A. by Lino Martinez. Annie Terrazzo painting, a bunch of lips, the back room, Travis Morley's room at the time, and the back alley, a funny Ms. Piggy/Kermit thing (the Kermit being one of Sensei's), some really good pieces in this one I should really go back and look them all up, as I wasn't as good about getting all that info at the time of filming back then. That spinning bed, though, has to be Nathan's.. but I could be wrong. Oh! Andrea - there's a story there. Well, sort of. She was at the gallery up on 4th and Spring at that time, serving wine. She was also there in June (see the video entitled "Trouble"), and whenever I'd walk by she'd hold up the bottle of wine and I'd go in, get wine, flirt with her, drink wine, go outside, she'd hold up the wine - I'd go in, drink it - that happened three times. Then I was arrested for blowing a point-oh-nine. Not her fault, of course, my fault, but she definitely had a role to play in both the artwalk videos and in the course of my life, and will probably never know it. Anyhow, most people miss the "something in your eyes" part - I thought it was hilarious, personally. Beyond that, there's Bert Green himself, and his gallery, along with artwork by Jeff Gillette, mostly painted on snowboards. At about 6:55 is Season's (Little Red's) Artwalk Video debut, then Kono (later to become Gwydion's Archnemesis with Konovision), followed by Jimmy Bleyer (later to become the Temple of Visions curator), then some art at the place next to Weeneez, which was still "Red Dot" at the time - they had some good stuff there, back then... Music: Some kind of Spanish Guitar, Voodoo by Godsmack, Rosenberg Trio, Frank Sinatra, Angelo Badalamenti (Youtube disabled the audio for this one, so I uploaded it to the Chinese server, Youku.) |
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Aries (Parts 1 and 2) After me and Bernie Nazari, we follow Annie Terrazzo into her cubical, where we purchase her painting "The Reaper's Wife". Chris O'Malley then shows up in Gwydion's old black leather fedora, then there's the stripper pole, having been newly installed (and which features prominantly a year and a half later in "Beerotica" one), Marguerite Hall appears, then Chris with his mom and Tony Blair, and some other things. |
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I'll be filling in these descriptions eventually, if you see anything in any of the Artwalk videos that you recognize, please hit me up on facebook, because I want to eventually credit as many of the pieces and artist as possible. Thanks! |
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March 2007 (Parts 1, 2 & 3) I'll be filling in these descriptions eventually, if you see anything in any of the Artwalk videos that you recognize, please hit me up on facebook, because I want to eventually credit as many of the pieces and artist as possible. Thanks! |
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I'll be filling in these descriptions eventually, if you see anything in any of the Artwalk videos that you recognize, please hit me up on facebook, because I want to eventually credit as many of the pieces and artist as possible. Thanks! |
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I'll be filling in these descriptions eventually, if you see anything in any of the Artwalk videos that you recognize, please hit me up on facebook, because I want to eventually credit as many of the pieces and artist as possible. Thanks! |
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January: "So Alive" I'll be filling in these descriptions eventually, if you see anything in any of the Artwalk videos that you recognize, please hit me up on facebook, because I want to eventually credit as many of the pieces and artist as possible. Thanks! This video is not allowed on Youtube because it contains, quite briefly, the theme of "The Dance of the Dream Man" from Twin Peaks, which is owned by WMG. Since it is on the Chinese server Youku, and may take a bit longer than usual to load, I recommend that you pause it at the very beginning, go fix yourself a drink or something, and then return and watch it. |
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The Red Snapper 2 |
The Red Snapper 4 |
"The Voice of the Hero Angel"
an excerpt from "The Songs of Transcendence" by John Dan Reib, 1968, as recited by his son, Gwydion de Los Angeles, circa 2011.
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"of the rippling pond"
gwydion speaks."the smug and pretentious ramblings of an intellectual panenthiest gnostic existentialist with the luxury of detachment (or at least that's what he's aiming at, indicating that that's not actually where coming from most often) spouting half remembered scientific, psychological and metaphysical theory and leading, ultimately, nowhere. But its fun. I personally prefer the work of sonnet1" -edward reib |
Villagers
written by Edward in 1993 and 1999, as recited by Gwydion in 2010
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a bowl of ...rice?
written by Edward in 1999 (mistakenly identified in the video as having been written in 2001) as recited by Gwydion in 2010
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Villagers |
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Infidel أبو عبد الله محمد بن علي بن محمد بن العربي الحاتمي الطائي as recited by Gwydion |
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"The Wedding" (part 1)
July 10th 2011 (is when the video came out, the Wedding was on October 10th 2010)a.k.a. "The Presley-Reib Wedding" (part 1) that's Gilla Nissan (keep an eye on the Parabola magazine tables of contents for that name) speaking at the beginning, Stephanie Doell on flute, Irina Chirkova on cello, playing the music of Pachalbel and Danny Elfman, and that's "Host of the Seraphim" by Dead Can Dance there toward the end. |
"Sacred Animal Necropoleis of Sakkara" (part 2 of 2)
May 2011Anneliese Brown's UCLA Anthropology presentation on the Sacred Animal Necropoleis of Sakkara. |
"Sacred Animal Necropoleis of Sakkara" (part 1 of 2)
May 2011Anneliese Brown's UCLA Anthropology presentation on the Sacred Animal Necropoleis of Sakkara. |
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"Mirror in the Bathroom" (but not the English Beat song) voices in this video include myself, Janey, Damian Kramer, Lana Generao, and David Crawford. |
"Kimberly"
February 27th 2011A song I composed for my sister in 1997 or 1998. (this song, computer generated, can be found in the 2nd half of "Blythe Volunteer Surrogate Drone", and backwards in "That Fate Which Condemns Me") |
Requiem for a Google Phone
June 2010in loving memory... Interesting thing about this one - the day after I uploaded it, Google announced the end of the Nexus One with a press release "Requiem for the Nexus One". Since then, I have heard of several Google employees, directly and indirectly, that are familiar with my video "Requiem for a Google Phone" - which doesn't exactly reflect in the number of hits. Though, since Google owns Youtube and Youtube owns everything I've uploaded to it, I suppose it'd have been easy enough for them to download the MP4 and attach it to their in-house emails. Just a guess. |
"Proposal"
December 24th 2009Me proposing to Janey Mae Presley on Christmas Eve of 2009 |
Janey's 24th Birthday
November 11th 2009Happy Birthday Janey!!! =) Music includes "Pink Cigarette" by Mr Bungle, then "Go!" by Tones on Tail, and then "Cadillac Dust" by Elliott Brood. Starring Janey’s dad, Barry Presley, sister Sara Papetti, best friend Melissa Bomfiglio, her son Gabriel, and also Chris O’Malley, and you can hear the voices of a few others like Todd, Liese, Michelle, and so on. There’s me in drag in my cubical (something you don’t see every day), and jumping down from a tree. It’s a fun video. (Youtube disabled the audio for this one, so I uploaded it to the Chinese server, Tudou.) |
"Mary's Aviary"
September 2008Mary MacDonald and Richard Larsen's ducks, when they were young. (these ducks have shown up in the "John Dan" video, as well as one of them, briefly, in Cosmo Topper's "Revolution #9½ Weeks") |
"Shelby"
June 2008A cool shot of Shelby Potts, used at the beginning of the June 2009 "Pink Cigarette" video. |
"Saint Andrew"
Easter 2007An ad I made for my church: St. Andrew, Russian Greek Catholic Church, 538 Concord Street, El Segundo, CA, 90245-2224, the intersection of Concord Street and Mariposa,(310) 322-1892, Sunday Liturgy 10 a.m. |
"Spanish Dancer"
March(?) 2007Shasta and Henry Iglesias at their dance class in 2007. |
"3 Billion Seconds"
February(?) 2007Not the official music video - a tribute, using footage from when my ex and I were babysitting Henry's and Shasta's son, Noah (also including a shot of Shasta toward the end). |
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Occupy Joshua Tree: 11-11-11 AKA "Janey's 26th Birthday". To learn more about the background behind this video than you ever wanted to know, click: here |
Start Wearing Purple
December 2009because I couldn't not make this video. with special thanks to Gogol Bordello. |
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John Dan Professor John Dan Reib (1940-1993) as recorded on Thursday July 26th 1990, John was interviewed by Kes Fry on the subject of "Affective Education". John taught English at P.C.C. for 30 years. This video was edited by his son (that's me) 19 years later in May of 2009. Much of it is out of context and I opted to edit out any qualifiers and apologies for statements, etc. The original interview was about 70 minutes, and this video is only 5 minutes - the whole interview will be available soon. (I wrote that about 3 years ago and it still isn't. I guess "soon" is relative, but I will put the whole interview up eventually. If you'd like, there's an audio-only video of other, different, parts of this same interview, to hear it feel free to click: here.) |
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Maple starring Janey Mae Presley as Maple Jay Renesay Creepy wind sound is Jocelyn Pook's "Oppenheimer", in between Oppenheimer talking and the music starting, slowed down. When Maple appears, you're hearing "Klaymen's Theme" from the soundtrack to "The Neverhood", by Terry S. Taylor. This video was filmed at Forest Lawn Glendale. (note: "Red Snapper 4" was also filmed at Forest Lawn Glendale) |
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Fauxletariat Gwydion's April 2008 Entertainment Partners Video Starring Laila Dagher, music includes "Sex Dwarf" by Soft Cell, "Poor Unfortunate Souls" from the soundtrack to The Little Mermaid. Filmed at The Grand Ballroom at Hollywood and Highland. |
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Light Gwydion's 2008 Easter Video Starring Anonymous, "Jaque", Matt, Heather, Todd, Tara, Richard and Jen of "Una" at the beginning and end, and several others. Christos Anesti! |
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Pyramids (the 700 year anniversary of Friday, October 13th 1307) on the way to, from, and in San Diego. This video is not allowed on Youtube because it contains "Waiting for the Night to Fall" by Depeche Mode, which is owned by WMG. Since it is on the Chinese server Tudou, and may take a bit longer than usual to load, I recommend that you pause it at the very beginning, go fix yourself a drink or something, and then return and watch it. |
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Jaque II (my 29th birthday) |
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Moxie ...but not the day I say it is, and it wasn't even wrong on purpose. What can I say, it was an awkward period. Also, strictly speaking I suppose this is an "Edward" video, however.. I decided to include it in this category. (as a side note, for those who remember the "burn the dog" class, this video was shot a day or so before that class.) |
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The Next Level Edward begins construction of his Green Screen, starts speaking to Gwydion again. Again, strictly speaking, probably an "Edward" video, but it *was* Gwydion's resurrection after a month hiatus, so... |
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"Gemigwyds" Edward stops talking to Gwydion. (this video is found throughout the Artwalk video: "Trouble") This video is not allowed on Youtube because it contains the theme of "The Dance of the Dream Man" from Twin Peaks, which is owned by WMG. Since it is on the Chinese server Tudou, and may take a bit longer than usual to load, I recommend that you pause it at the very beginning, go fix yourself a drink or something, and then return and watch it. |
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Gwydion's 2007 Easter Video This was the day I officially became Eastern Rite Russian Catholic, after 4 years of singing tenor in the choir. |
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That Fate Which Condemns Me a personal tribute to my dad on his birthday John Dan Reib (1940-1993) |
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"Laila" Laila Dagher roasts Gwydion. |
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"Context" (or lack thereof) |
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"Low Def Pride" Translation: The Past is the time in which video art has been mass produced and shoved through wires into a few channels and the viewers sat there staring at it. The Future is the time in which the viewers become the producers, and video art becomes an everyday means of communication and expression. The Present is the awkward transitional phase in between. |
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Gwydion's Red Army |
Terabyte |
$10,000,000,000 |
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The Drones |
Surrogate Drone |
The Redbirds |
Jonah
This was an attempt at a music video that never quite made it. Chris O'Malley plays "Jonah", Nancy plays "Madeline" and I played "John" - Richard, Jen and Eddie played themselves.
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Scooter
Shot on the day Matt and Heather showed me "A Clockwork Orange", which I had never seen. Probably March of 2008.
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"Lilith" |
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"Conversation Question Mark" |
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"...of a Pizza" |
for Peter
Starring Peter Aguirre at the end - a companion piece to "Libra: "No One Lives Forever!", the October 2007 Artwalk Video.
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Special Effects Without Substance |
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Circular |
Freddy Kreuger
I estimate this one was February or March of 2007.
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for Gurdjieff
I estimate this one was april of 2007 - it was basically the companion piece to "Aries (Part 1)", the first of the two April 2007 Downtown L.A. Artwalk Videos.
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Tartuffe
I played Tartuffe once in High School, and decided to make this video. Probably February or so of 2007.
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New Office
Not sure when this was. Early to mid 2007.
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Cocacola
Laila Dagher stars in this bit of subversive reverse-advertizing, that is, using Cocacola's already established generations of corporate brainwashing, and footage someone had recently taken of Laila for an R&B video, to promote the new household name: Gwydion. Footage from this one can also be found in the IXth Key video, "One Day". This may have been shot around December of 2006, I'm not sure.
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