Thank God for Valdez's free time: http://wreckandsalvage.com/pure-salvage/good-morning/
On 29-Oct-08, at 12:15 PM, valdezatron wrote: I found all of his work be pretty refreshing. He's taking the approach that can be found in all disciplines of understanding the materials and exploring the essence of the medium. Obviously much of the work plays on the use embed feature. He takes something created for the purpose of sharing/distribution and manipulates it into something unintended, unexpected. I also like the play on perceived motion. I've seen this done on Super 8 film by Canadian filmmaker John Porter in the early 80's. As seen on this list, someone can tell you how this is done technically. It isn't exactly revolutionary yet it requires an artist to explore its possibilities. One other thing, I've never understood the "too much free time" statement. It's such an ugly, judgmental thing to say. It makes no sense. Most people are driven to make art or videoblogs or play golf or whatever because they're driven by it not because they don't have anything to do. I've gotten this statement a few times in the past so this isn't directed directly to you David. Also it's something I only hear applied to art. I'm trying to imagine walking up to somebody playing with their kid in the park and saying "You've got too much free time on your hands." Other artists I like in this area: Oliver Laric http://oliverlaric.com/ Spirit Surfers http://spiritsurfers.net And Jay Dedman pointed to this brilliant morsel this morninghttp:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVm_HJ_ax8o&eurl Aaron Valdez Wre [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
