Super Collider

Ever since last February when Alex and I were approached on the side walk by my house as we were rehearsing for lord knows what by the SF Chronicle, I have never known what to do with the actual material.

Long story short,

We were work shopping new material outside my house because it was too hot to work in my home studio and a photojournalist so happened to stroll along, see us working outside and asked us if he could shoot for a section called "A day and life of San Francisco Artist."

I had no clue what we were gonna do with the material aside the fact that I wanted to work out some new movement ideas. I did not know what medium the material would be used in or what context. A few days later we shot and filmed the material on Haight and Laguna at a Street Art installation featuring SF artist Jeremy Fish.... Fast forward a couple weeks later, we were featured in the SF Chronicle with an editorial/ interview. All of a sudden I was sitting on a street dance that i never thought about doing along with the film but no idea what to do with it. Of course i would tinkle around with a few concepts but nothing seemed to work because there was not enough material. What we had worked out was by no means a full piece. Not a rehearsal. Not a clip. Not even long enough to be a clip. We only had 45seconds of actual footage and 15 seconds of choreography. I gave myself nothing to work with because the context of the material was very site specific interacting with the surroundings. All the photojournalist did was capture the whole process. Due to the fact i had nothing to work off of I decided that it be best to not worry about it until something hit me.

A couple weeks ago something hit me.
Radiohead my favorite band released two new tracks titled Super Collider/The Butcher. Super Collider is a solo piano song that Thom's been playing for a year or so and with the band involved its a whole new beast. This one in particular song sparked my interest because its about the shelf life of a particle which is insane to think about. Thom had given the the smallest, quickest microcosm of an event a soul with major complexity and there lied my answer... I was going to make a video. Now i finally had something to use as a blueprint or launching point. I already knew that the material would not suffice for a full edit but if i put it in the right context combined with the music, lyrics and tone I could make it work. Next thing you know I'm turning 45seconds into Seven minutes which almost seems impossible but so is making a song about a particle explosion. The final product is by no means a dance film or even a about the dance. That concept was thrown out the window a long time ago. This is a music video that explores the beauty of being lost in a perpetual moment.

Enjoy.


Here are the lyrics to accompany the video for you.

Supercollider
Dust in a moment
Particles scatter
Coming up from the soup

Swimming upstream
Before the heavens crack open
Thin pixelation
Coming up from the dust

In a blue light
In a green light
In a half life
In an arc light

I’m a bass bin
Flip-flopping
I’m a pulse wave
Hot-stepping

I put the shadows back into
The boxes

I am open
I am welcome
For a fraction
Of a second

I have jettisoned my illusions
I have dislodged my depression

I put the shadows back into
The boxes
I put the shadows back into
The boxes

I see an angel hanging over the balcony
I see the angels hanging over the balcony

Freaky Fridays. Maggots on a plane edition

US Airways recently had to delay a plane due to an "small emergency" from Atlanta to Charlotte. The small emergency was MAGGOTS. I have a few things that i wanna say about that because thats not a small lil thing. That shit is gross man.

1st off: I fly US airways cheap ass airlines all the time and they aint ever got any food so i dont know where in the fuck those maggots are coming from because it sure as shit not from the food locker!


2nd off: This just proves how stank US Airways nasty ass really is. Ive been saying this for years now. Mom now you believe me when i say US Airways is broke down?


3rd off: Im in Charlotte right now from a connection through Atlanta. Had that been me on the plane you best believe that i would be traveling to Europe free of charge to go visit my homies.

4th off: How funny would it have been if my man Samuel L. Jackson was onboard that flight. The skies would have been a lot friendlier. Thats all im saying!





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Terf Fiends

Forsythe at BAM

Watch the preview video of William Forsythe at BAM. Video features clips of his new peice Decreation.


watch here: http://www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=1257




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Ride for The flaming lips

(will Ferrell in Old School)


Anyone in the Portland Oregon area who’s down with the ol’ naked bike ride while cameras are filming you...... HERES YOUR CHANCE!

The Flaming Lips are looking for riders to be in a new video.

More info here: http://bit.ly/eFq5a

Outside Lands Photo essay

We rolled through to the Outside Lands last Sunday to check out Jack Whites new band Dead Weather fronted by the chick from the Kills. I got lucky and ended up in the VIPS VIP to watch M.I.A. whom had the best set of twin dancers ive ever seen.
All in all, the show was not as good as last year because how in the hell are you gonna top Radiohead? Still we had a good time so whatever. Ill be back next year.

R.I.P. Pina Bausch

Acclaimed German dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch has died at the age of 68. The recipient of numerous awards and prizes, she left her mark as an innovator in the hybrid genre of "Tanztheater," or dance theater.



I keep thinking how much this week sucks. Im not going to list all of the people that have passed away this week aside from Micheal Jackson because he directly impacted my life. Pina Bausch a modern dance pioneer/ avante garde artists took me a while to get into but her influence can’t be denied. Her usage of set using "form and function" has been a hallmark of hers and numerous other dance companies/choreographers around the world. I’m currently working with set design so ive had been effected through osmosis. Of course I appreciate her work and wish that I saw her company perform last year in Berkeley. Bausch has set the stage for artist such as myself because if i decide to go to the far left and then cut right i can do so because she is the trail blazer for experimental works.

With all the craziness going on in the world right now we should try and take the time to tell the people that we love, admire, or even just friends with what they mean to us. This week is a reminder that life is so fragile and nothing should be taken for granted. You just never know what might happen. I want to take the time to thank all of my family, friends, dancers, supporters and everyone else who have helped me make my dreams come true. Everyone that I have worked with I want to say thank you for your time and energy. Life really is a blessing. Life is what you make of it. I have no money or budget but that has not stopped me for a second to get my dreams out. If you believe that you can do something DO IT! If you fail, at least you tried and you know that you gave it your all. Also we should try to focus on the positive not the negative. It’s too easy to get down or bring others down if your having a bad day but what does that accomplish? Smile at someone today. Watch how contagious a smile can be.




Putting out the good vibes for ya’ll.