new video works

Posting has been light here as I’ve been concentrating on my day job (and posting frequently on that blog), building some other sites, and rebuilding my toolkit (which is challenging and rewarding but hasn’t been producing end results). Sometimes when I’m in a busy but non-productive rut like this, a left-field deadline is just what I need to get the output flowing again.

My long-time friend and sometimes collaborator Mikael Jorgensen recently asked me to contribute some digital “bonus materials” to an upcoming release from his band Pronto. With a deadline of, uh, two or three weeks. But I’m thrilled to be a part of it, since the music in question has been kicking around in my iPod since 2004 or so, and is a frequent companion while traveling or working—gentle and ambient without being the least bit boring.

While deadlines mean we’re not going to be building an interactive app, I’m at least getting to set the music to video. I’m applying the processes featured on this web site to a series of videos that started life as sketches on the Brushes app on my iPhone. Two versions of the first video, for the track “Soybot”, are linked below: