Friday Night, Oh Yeah

Whats up bloggers!

I thought I would check into the "blog cabin" and shoot out a post! Eileen and I walked up and down Hollywood Blvd. Friday night while classmate Danielle was at a poetry reading at LACE. I would have gone to the reading, but I'm not too keen on poetry. Anyway, I saw Natalie in the crowd, but I think we were in a rush [sorry Natalie]. Anyway, I had the chance to shoot some pictures, go for Thai food, get yelled at by a group of kids in a stretch H2, and rock with a riot grrl band at the local head shop! I am thinking about projecting a 16mm film, preferrably on any white facade on the street. The films I have been making demonstrate old optical tricks used in Hollywood to produce special effects. The one I am most happy with right now is one where I drop milk into tank filled with water. The milk stays suspended in water and disperses, producing something like smoke or clouds or Jean Arp objects. The milk is lit in front of black velvet. It's a very basic operation. I guess the "trick" was used last in Ghostbusters. I've been thinking alot about Jack Goldstein's films Knife and Dog, and how on the surface, they look like the most generic type of stock footage. Also, I have taken a recent interest in white walls and their relationship to Modernism, more specifically architecture and abstact painting. Mark Wigley wrote a nice piece called "White Walls, Designer Dresses" that I've been reading in regard to the color white and it's relationship to space. Here are some of the pictures I took [and sorry this post is so long].

thanks,
Dave