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August 27th, 2010 | No Comments | filed under Hidden Place

This is the second image in the series of still-lifes for my ongoing project Hidden Place.

Untitled (still life with porcelain #2), from Hidden Place series

detail 1

detail 2

August 18th, 2010 | No Comments | filed under Hidden Place, process

A little still life set-up for the next piece for Hidden Place. The silver sphere (thanks, Rocky) is an HDR-probe that will be used to light a 3D model. Stay tuned!

makeshift studio

August 15th, 2010 | No Comments | filed under Tales from Vienna Woods, exhibitions

Here are some pictures from last night’s opening of Sea Change, a beautifully curated group show by Alison Zavos, editor of featureshoot.com. The show takes place inside the old Greek Revival Hotel section of Maxon Mills, a refurbished mill and animal auction house at the heart of the hamlet of Wassaic, NY. The show runs through August 22nd.

August 9th, 2010 | No Comments | filed under Tales from Vienna Woods, exhibitions

I will have one piece in the following group show:

Untitled (Phoenix), Tales from Vienna Woods series

Curated by Alison Zavos, Sea Change is a group photography exhibition—part of the Wassaic Summer Festival—which examines our complicated relationship with animals and the environment in wake of the greatest environmental disaster in American history, the BP oil spill.

Featuring the work of 25 emerging and established photographers, most of whom are based in New York, the exhibition (August 13-22) will be displayed on the beautifully decaying walls of seven rooms in the old Greek Revival Hotel section of Maxon Mills.

Sea Change runs from August 13-22. Art Reception in Maxon Mills, August 14; 5pm-7pm. Wassaic Project is at 19 Furnace Bank Road, Wassaic, NY

The Wassaic Project Summer Festival is a FREE, annual, multi-disciplinary celebration of art, music, and community in the hamlet of Wassaic, NY. 2010 will feature over 100 artists, 25 bands, poetry readings, dance performances, film screenings, and much more. http://www.wassaicproject.org/

August 2nd, 2010 | 3 Comments | filed under Hidden Place, exhibitions

I just finished making the following image for an upcoming group show this September, titled 50 Ways To Keep Your Lover, in Bergen, Norway.

Untitled (still life with porcelain #3), from Hidden Place series

detail 1

detail 2

May 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | filed under Hidden Place, exhibitions

installation view from the group show this past Saturday:

one of the two animation boxes displayed with renderings in the background

close-up of the "Jokulsarlon Lagoon" animation box

Click here to view the animation that played inside.

3D renderings of various creatures I did for Hidden Place project

close-up of the grasshopper render from "The Earth Will Know" animation

A huge thank you to my dad, who helped me build the boxes and to Sofia, who organized the event and gave me an opportunity to display my work.

April 19th, 2010 | No Comments | filed under Hidden Place, process

The background plate was taken during a trip to Peru in November, 2009.

trees imported from Europe and Peruvian mud-soil

This is the original concept sketch (something that I rarely do). The idea of ancient insects and creatures preserved in amber for millions of years is exciting.

sketch 01

Photographing “amber” at home on a window sill. This hefty piece of material is actually resin. Thank you, Gale!

resin

Second sketch was done with quick untextured renders of 3D models to test placement and overall composition. To view some renders of insects form a previous post, click here.

sketch 02

Final composite ready to be taken into After Effects. This is my most complex piece to date, which I greatly enjoyed working on. Next step – building a housing for the monitor (or an animation box, as I like to call them). Stay tuned!

final composite

You can view the final animation here.

April 14th, 2010 | No Comments | filed under Hidden Place

After endless tweaking, here’s the final piece about a “bristly-skinned” creature. Click here to read the folk-tale. The final is in 720P HD quality, 50 sec seamless loop, and, of course, silent.

To view the rest of the videos from this project, click here.

March 23rd, 2010 | 1 Comment | filed under Hidden Place, process

The Earth Will Know

A woman gave birth to a creature of the twilight, all splotched and bristly-skinned, which no one could seem to identify. The angakok said: “The Earth will know.” So they killed the creature and buried it in the ground, to learn what kind of thing it was. The ghost came back: a pretty little girl.

- Eskimo Folktale, retold by Lawrence Millman

March 14th, 2010 | No Comments | filed under Hidden Place, process

Rainy weekend ZBrush sculpts for my next animation for Hidden Place. Stay tuned!

February 27th, 2010 | 3 Comments | filed under Hidden Place

I am fascinated by the fact that marine fossils can be found in the middle of deserts and far inland on what used to be ancient sea beds. This is a rendering of a fossilized leafy sea-dragon, inspired by drawings of Ernst Haeckel.

40 sec seamless loop, silent

To view the rest of the videos from this project, click here.

February 19th, 2010 | 1 Comment | filed under Hidden Place, process

for Hidden Place

January 22nd, 2010 | 1 Comment | filed under Hidden Place

This piece is based on a folktale about a couple, Eyvindur and Halla, who were both outlaws and lived high up in Icelandic fells constantly moving from place to place and receding deeper into the wilderness. They had many children in their outlawry but had to dispose of them all in times of threat or danger of being discovered. One time the farmers came upon them suddenly and the couple had to flee. Halla just had the time to throw their two-year-old daughter off the cliff. It is said that Eyvindur grieved deeply over her death for she was their favorite child and they had intended to let her live.