I can promise you that Valdez has no free time. His art is his work is his life. I'm just a mistress :)
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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] >
