Shopping for Life: A Performance by Kristina Skovby
Posted on 01. Sep, 2010 by danikadruttman in Art at Roger Smith, Arts, Community, LAB Gallery
September 20-24th, 2010, 6:30pm every evening.
The LAB (for installation + performance art) presents Shopping For Life a performance piece by Kristina Skovby. This work is inspired by Conscious Consumerism, a social movement that is based around increased awareness of the impact of purchasing decisions on the environment and the consumers health and life in general. Skovby will use her body and a shopping cart to explore the relationship between societies wish to make ethical purchases as an expression of their moral choices, and their capitalist inclined desire to consume to excess, in the pursuit of happiness.
Kristina Skovby is a performance artist from Denmark and a former student of the Martha Graham School where she studied repertory with Pearl Lang. She recently finished in a production by InOktober at Here Arts Center in Manhattan, and is currently working with Nu Dance Theater on a site specific performance for the Botanical Garden on East 6th Street. Her own performance work has been presented at the LAB, Triskelion Arts Aldous Theater in Brooklyn, Gowanus Arts Building, The Brecht Forum, and Spinvox street events in NYC and San Francisco.
Previous Works:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo8CEVr9bXw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVFv0gpu5_Y&feature=related
The LAB (for installation + performance art) is a New York based, converted storefront turned fishbowl producing 30+ fast paced performance art and installation exhibitions annually. Aimed at furious midtown foot traffic, The LAB’s programming is designed to confront modern relationships between art and audience and seeks to force interaction between high energy, “outrospective” exhibitions and nearly 25,000 daily passersby. THE LAB is located on the North East corner of 47th and Lex and is a Roger Smith Collaboration in Art. www.thelabgallery.com
For more information, please contact Danika Druttman at rogersmitharts@rogersmith.com or 212.339.2092
QUICK INFORMATION:
Shopping for Life, by Kristina Skovby
The LAB (for installation + performance art)
501 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017, 47th and Lexington
Subway: E, 6, V to 53rd and Lexington or 4, 5, 6, 7 to Grand Central
September 20-24th, 2010 at 6:30pm every evening
This event is free. The performance will take place within confinement of the enclosed space of the gallery, the audience will view the piece from the sidewalk outside the gallery.
212-339-2092
www.thelabgallery.com
My name is Tomas Terstad, and I am Roger Smith.
Posted on 23. Aug, 2010 by JohnKnowles in Community, Hotel
Looking out the window, from the seventeenth floor it’s hard for me to grip what I’m seeing. Skyscrapers in different heights and shapes. Far down are hundreds of different people, coming from different places, all with different destinations. I’ve seen this place before many times, in media and movies. I’ve heard people singing about it, and I’ve heard people dreaming about it, but I never thought I would be seeing it with my own eyes. I’m in New York city.
I can’t help to think how I ended up here. The previous place that I could call home had a very different window view. There I could see tall mountains covered in snow, no matter the season.
In cold places I have glided over the snow, in hotter regions I have surfed waves, and in NYC I cruise the streets on my board. The world is like a one big playground, and for those that want it, it’s out there. All a person needs is a little curiosity and an open mind, to be able to spot all the fun that is around us. People will always be different and sometimes narrow minded, sometimes scared to stick out of the crowd and be different. I like environments where I know I can be myself, and where people don’t have to be afraid to be different. I mutually carry an open mind no matter where I am.
In no other element I feel more as myself, as I do when I’m dancing. I like to freestyle, and I like to find new ways of moving. The more crooked and bent the movement, the more it expresses me. No matter how I move, it’s got to me funky! Roger Smith represents that funk. All I want to do all day everyday is to put on my funky Roger Smith persona and get caught in the rhythm to where it reaches a point where everything else seems to disappear.
The things in life that makes me happy are nature, physical activity and sharing the good moments in life with friends. Sometimes a smile or a joke with a complete stranger can have an even more positive effect, in a sense that the bonding process happens ultra fast, and generates a powerful feeling of being alive.
I think that this is one of the main reasons to why I ended up in New York. I was lucky enough to find a place where my mentality fits in, and where I continuously meet potential friends from near and far.
To me New York is like a connecting dot on the planet where people with different languages, cultures and styles all share the city. It’s funny but after some time spent in NYC, you start to notice that many of the people you meet are not originally from here, and many others (just like myself), are just passing by.
Being Roger Smith is not hard, not straining and not fake. Everyday I meet Roger Smith. There is a little bit of Roger Smith in all of us, but since this all about me I’m going to say it.
My name is Tomas Terstad, and I am Roger Smith (even when I spin on my head).
“Suite 15″ a Roger Smith Short by Jacob Mendel
Posted on 23. Aug, 2010 by Birdsong in Arts, Community
Suite 15 by Jacob Mendel from Panman Productions on Vimeo.
In this beautifully styled black and white short, a man is conflicted with an existential yearning. What is it that we are doing here? Is this life just a transition, or is it all we’ll ever know?
Directed by Jacob Mendel
Roger Smith Shorts Film Festival Workshop 2009
Cast: Kevin O’Heron, Danny Boushebel, Halleluyah Walcott, David Green, Jake Newell,
Crew: Director: Jacob Mendel – Writers: Ajani Jackson, Jacob Mendel, Edmund Zagorin – Cinematography and Editing: Jacob Mendel – Executive Producers: John Knowles and Brendan Crane – Music: Gray Devio and Joshua Black – Gaffers: Cait Davic and Hemant T. – PA: Alma Osorio
About the Roger Smith Shots
With support from Ghetto Film School, Brooklyn Brewery and the Roger Smith Hotels patronage to the arts, the Roger Smith Shorts 09 (Festival Workshop) was conceived. The concept was envisioned as a collaboration of creativity and ingenuity among visual storytellers and those who form the structure behind it.
Second Sundays Classical Guitar Concert Series: 2010/2011 Schedule
Posted on 20. Aug, 2010 by danikadruttman in Art at Roger Smith, Community
Concerts take place in The Solarium at The Roger Smith Hotel
501 Lexington Ave, at 47th Street, New York NY 10017 (map)
The LAB: 2010 Performance and Installation Schedule
Posted on 18. Aug, 2010 by danikadruttman in Art at Roger Smith, Arts, Community, LAB Gallery
Performance & Installation
Schedule
Fall 2010
Shopping For Life
Kristina Skovby
September 20-24th 2010
Shopping for Life is a performance piece driven by Conscious Consumerism, a social movement that is based around increased awareness of the impact of purchasing decisions on the environment and the consumers health and life in general. Skovby will use her body and a shopping cart to explore the relationship between societies wish to make ethical purchases as an expression of their moral choices, and their capitalist inclined desire to consume to excess, in the pursuit of happiness.
Kristina Skovby is a performance artist from Denmark. She is a former student of the Martha Graham School, where she studied repertory with Pearl Lang. Her own work has previously been presented at Triskelion Arts Aldous Theater (Brooklyn), Gowanus Arts Building (Brooklyn), The Brecht Forum (New York City), The Martha Graham Center (New York City), The Merce Cunningham Studio (New York City) and in Spinvox Street Events in New York City and San Francisco. Skovby was recently involved in a production by InOktober at Here Arts Center (New York City), and is currently working with Nu Dance Theater in a site specific performance for the Botanical Garden on East 6th St in New York City.
All Intellectual Animals
are Dangerous
Yeon Jin Kim
Curator: Joel Carreiro
October 7-29th 2010
All Intellectual Animals are Dangerous is a multi-media installation offering the viewer a more intimate experience than usually found with public art projects. The windows of the gallery will be whited-out except for several small apertures, which will reveal various room interiors constructed out of paper and graphite, depicting an array of characters and events. Like Hitchcock`s Rear Window, each opening will give the audience a glimpse into different lives, however in All Intellectual Animals are Dangerous some rooms are inhabited by animals, some by people and one by an enormous spider. They are all presided over by a giant “Alice in Wonderland” –like character. Several of the interiors are small and present intimate, three–dimensional static tableau, and in a scale jump, two of them open onto larger spaces with narrative video projections, which are made by filming paper and graphite models. Passers-by may experience the piece as a cross between the viewing holes cut in a construction wall and the window displays on Fifth Avenue at Christmas time. On the busy streets of mid-town, this piece provides a voyeuristic experience of a fantastic realm populated by unusual and anthropomorphic creatures, all governed by a dream logic.
Yeon Jin Kim was born in Seoul, Korea, receiving her BFA from Seoul National University and MFA from Hunter College. She has shown work at the Islip Art Museum (Long Island), the Anne Street Gallery (Newburgh NY), the Storefront Artists Project (Pittsfield, MA), the Catskill Art Society, and Times Square Gallery (New York City). Kim’s videos have been screened in Seoul, Egypt, Germany and New York City. She has recently completed residencies at Yaddo (Saratoga Springs NY), the Saltonstall Foundation (Ithaca NY), BRIC/BCAT (Brooklyn) and the Islip Art Museum. Kim is a recipient of awards from both the Tony Smith Fund and the Ahl Foundation, and is currently an artist in residence at Henry Street Settlement. She teaches at the Ashcan Studio in Manhattan.
Joel Carreiro is based in New York City and directs the MFA Program at Hunter College. As an independent curator he has organized exhibitions for the Rotunda Gallery (Brooklyn) the Rockland Center for the Arts (Rockland NY) and the Hopper House Art Center (Nyack NY), as well as the Leubsdorf Gallery at Hunter College, and the Intar Gallery (New York City). He currently has a solo exhibition at Fairfield University in Connecticut, which will travel next year to the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and then to Muehlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He is also currently co-curating, with Brett De Palma, an exhibition for the Catskill Art Society in Livingston Manor, New York, called Utopia and Wallpaper.
The Dressing Room
Eva Perrotta and Sophie Bortolussi
November 8-26th 2010
The Dressing Room is a duet created by Nu dance Theater in collaboration with the architects Eva Perez De Vega Steele and Ian Gordon. Trying to reconnect with themselves and each other, two women face their own shadows in order to find intimacy. Tearing apart the many layers resisting vulnerability, together they travel through an invisible crowd of unspoken beliefs and opinions. The fish bowl environment of The LAB offers an inherent and incredibly rich tension to the exploration of intimacy. How to transgress the unspoken, publicly and openly, without only provoking, but more importantly going beyond our stigma of sexuality and gender differentiations.
Eva Perrotta, originally from France, first studied theater before focusing on her dance training in Paris, Buenos Aires and New York. She performed for several years with various choreographers and directors in France, Argentina, and the United States. She founded Nu Dance Theater in 2005 and since then her work has been presented in more than 50 venues throughout the Unites States. Recently, she was commissioned to choreograph for the Martha Graham Young Artist Program and was produced by Triskelion Arts Theater (Brooklyn), among others. Following the success of Hinterland, a Site Specific performance exclusively created in 2009 for a former synagogue renovated into a four story house, Nu Dance Theater has been invited to create a new site specific work for the Botanical Garden on East 6th St in New York City.
Sophie Bortolussi was born in France where she started her training in modern, contemporary and improvisational dance. In 2002, Sophie received a grant from the French Ministry Of Culture and Communication and a full scholarship from The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance in New York. In 2004, Sophie became a member of the Martha Graham Company and since 2005, Sophie has been working with the director and choreographer Martha Clarke, on multiple projects, including Kaos, Garden of Earthly Delights and Angel Reapers. She has also performed with AMDaT and Drastic Action/ Aviva Geismar. Sophie is a founding member of Nu Dance Theater. She became choreographer Assistant for Nu Dance Theater in 2007 and Artistic Associate of Nu Dance Theater in 2009.
Without Name
Verónica Peña Martinez /Curator: Creighton Michael
December 10-31th 2010
Without Name is a reconstruction of an ephemeral installation/performance created in 2008 in response to the loss of the artist’s father. In order to feel closer to him, Verónica Peña Martinez creates the world of the absent, and transforms herself into one of them. Her work is inspired by her desire to experience the union between the absent and the present. For Without Name, Martinez will cover the gallery with a thin layer of plastic and, thinking of the garage where her father died, she will paint red over the plastic. The artist will cross the room with strings from wall to wall. Using the strings, she will build a sculptural group evoking an encounter, and arrange and rearrange masses of paper until the sculptures convey a presence. Covered in a skin of plastic and paint, Martinez will sit or stand in a corner, a living sculpture, numb for hours. When performing, she cannot see, only hear. Hearing is the last sense we lose when we are dying… she will build the space and wait for her father to come.
Verónica Peña Martinez is an interdisciplinary artist from Spain, currently living and working in New York City. She received her BFA in Painting from The Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain) and her MFA from Stony Brook University (New York) with a focus on installation/performance and video. Martinez work has been exhibited in Spain, Italy, and the United States. In New York her work has been featured in “Spain In The City” at the Armory Show 2010 (Gabarron Foundation), in “A Book About Death” at the Queens Museum of Art, in the “13th DUMBO Art Under The Bridge Festival” at the DUMBO Arts Center and The Parrish Art Museum (Long Island). In Spain, her work has been exhibited at Casa de America (Madrid), Fundacion Antonio Saura (Cuenca), Museo Orus (Zaragoza), Fundacion Caja Rioja (La Rioja), and The Polytechnic University of Valencia (Valencia). Martinez has been a recipient of the Socrates-Erasmus Grant, the Juan Genoves Universidad Complutense de Madrid Fellowship, and a candidate for the Dedalus Foundation Grant. She has recently published The Presence Of The Absent, a thesis about her body of work.
Creighton Michael received his MA in art history from Vanderbilt University and a MFA in painting and multimedia from Washington University in St. Louis. He is a recipient of a Pollack Krasner Foundation grant, a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship in sculpture and a Golden Foundation for the Arts award in painting. His work is in various public and private collections including the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Brooklyn Museum, and Denver Art Museum. Michael has had solo exhibitions at numerous galleries and art centers in New York City and throughout the United States, including The High Museum of Art (Atlanta); Katonah Museum of Art (Katonah NY) and the Queens Museum of Art at Bulova Corporate Center (Queens NY). He has also shown internationally, in Copenhagen, Montreal and Reykjavík. In the November 2010, Tangible Marking: The Dimensional Drawings of Creighton Michael, will be on view at The College of Saint Rose (Albany New York) Michael has been a Visiting Assistant Professor of Art at Hunter College, New York City since 2005 and is a member of American Abstract Artists and the International Sculpture Center, where he was recently elected to the Board of Directors.
The LAB (for installation + performance art) is a New York based, converted storefront turned fishbowl producing 30+ fast paced performance art and installation exhibitions annually. Aimed at furious midtown foot traffic, The LAB’s programming is designed to confront modern relationships between art and audience and seeks to force interaction between high energy, “outrospective” exhibitions and nearly 25,000 daily passersby. THE LAB is located on the North East corner of 47th and Lex and is a Roger Smith Collaboration in Art. www.thelabgallery.com
For more information, or to schedule an interview with the artist, please contact Danika Druttman at rogersmitharts@rogersmith.com or 212.339.2092
Cookies and Chemo
Posted on 13. Aug, 2010 by BrianSimpson in Community
This is the quick story of why Cookies and Chemo has been started. Thank you to those of you that have supported me so far – I look forward, with your help, to making many new friends and being able to make a difference in the lives of others.
~Cookies and Chemo~
I am a thirty year veteran of the hospitality industry. Three months after moving to NYC as a Food and Beverage Manager at The Plaza Hotel, I was diagnosed with thirteen tumors on my spine. They ranged from golf ball to grapefruit sized. My life was changed forever – I believe for the better. I now have a renewed passion for life, friends and the importance of helping others in need.
In a conversation with my girlfriend about volunteering she suggested I start my own ‘thing’. I woke up the next day trying to think of something from my treatment days that made me smile… I wrote the word cookie. Cookies and Chemo followed minutes later and here I am.
As a recent cancer survivor, and the son of a breast cancer survivor, I have a clear understanding and unfortunate memories of how devastating going through Chemotherapy is.
My goal is to bring together survivors, supporters and anyone great that wants to share cookies and conversation. My hope is to eventually bring comfort to those that are going through chemotherapy. I cannot cure cancer, I can give comfort, with money, by purchasing new chairs, iPods, computers, books and other items that make sitting for six hours a day more tolerable. Not just for the patients, also the nurses and staff, for example sending in lunch once a week. Moving forward I would like to raise money for improving chemo-suites and making the best of the worst.
Mission:
Making people smile at a time when they need it most.
THE PANMAN REPORT; SPAIN WINS THE WORLD CUP!
Posted on 30. Jul, 2010 by admin in Community
The Panman Report: During my last trip to Spain I learned of the oracle octopus, Pulpo Paul. Apparently a german octopus predicted the victors of every game in the German bracket and eventually predicated Spain to beat Holland in the finals. It was mayhem in Spain as this was their first ever World Cup victory.
The owner of Pulpo Paul would not sell his golden goose but would the clairvoyant Octopus to a Spanish citizen with the understanding that his transportation costs would be covered and that they would not prepare “A la plancha”.
Talk about an Xtreem Fan
What is the strangest Sports tradition that you know of? While in Spain, I purchased Spain World Cup Soccer limited edition Tshirts that I will present to the first five people who share their story in the comments section of this blog.
Become a fan of our Xtreem Fan Facebook page.
Be sure to Share, Comment, and Engage!
Looking forward to hearing your stories.
Panman
Roger Smith Round Table David Meerman Scott
Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by admin in Community
On Wednesday July 28, the Roger Smith hosted a round table conversation about the marketing lessons from the Grateful Dead with featured guest David Meerman Scott . David Meerman Scott, author of many acclaimed books on PR and Marketing, and long time Grateful Dead fan, has recently announced his lasted book, Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead: What Every Business Can Learn from the Most Iconic Band in History. The round table was a lively and interesting conversation about all of the fascinating lessons that can be learned from the Dead.
Please contribute on Twitter using hashtag: #GDbook
Roger Smith Round Table; Converstations at the Roger Smith Hotel
At a round table there are no corners. Conversations occur, ideas are explored, and relationships are built around a round table. The Roger Smith Round Table series brings together 6-8 people to discuss current topics in a purely conversational format. The show takes place in the Penthouse of the Roger Smith Hotel where ideas are shared and relationships are built.
Production and broadcast brought to you by Panman Productions
FREE EVENT: Roger Smith Shorts 2010 Screening this Wed 9pm @RSHotel
Posted on 26. Jul, 2010 by Birdsong in Arts, Community
Dear friends,
you are cordially invited to attend a screening of the 2010 Roger Smith Shorts this Wednesday July 28th 9pm @RSHotel. The screening will be held on the second floor in the Starlight ballroom.
Six handmade short films: by us, for you.
The Roger Smith Shorts Series started in 2009 as a short film festival /workshop and was designed to facilitate filmmaking opportunities for up and coming directors. The Roger Smith Hotel has become the backdrop for filmmakers as they put their creative talents to the test. The 2010 Roger Smith Short Directors are John Knowles, John Birdsong, Aleks Degtyarev, Melissa Gonzalez and Abianne Prince.
Facebook invite, Eventbrite invite
Film Trailers and information:
Title: CHECK MATE
Directed by: Abianne Prince
Written by: Robyn Day
Running Time: 3min 30 seconds
Cast: Robyn Day, Lars Gerhard
Crew: Screenplay by: Robyn Day & Abianne Prince – Executive Producer: John Knowles – Producers: Abianne Prince – Line Producer: Cedric Youngelman – Director of Photography: John Birdsong – Lighting Design: Pete Eilenberg – Sound Director: Pete Eilenberg – Editor: Abianne Prince
Email – abiprince@gmail.com
Website: www.rogersmithsshorts-myshorts.tumblr.com/
Synopsis: This short experimental film explores one woman’s active imagination and how it keeps her mate in check.
About the Director: When Abi was 6 years old her Uncle Bob told her that life wasn’t worth living if she didn’t find a passion and follow it no matter what. Once Abi discovered photography and filmmaking she realized that she had found her vocation. As a Producer, Director, Editor & Director of Photography, Abi has seen all sides of filmmaking. Her experience spans from live television production to commercials, documentaries and webisodes. Her passion is storytelling. Abianne started her professional career at Plum TV as a “preditor” (producer/director/editor) and continued to practice all the tricks of the trade with Panman Productions in New York City. Her recent endeavors also include working with the art news website RogerSmithLife.com, as well as projects with Voluntary Instinct Productions. V.I. is a non-profit media company, whose purpose is to enhance public awareness of under-represented social and environmental issues. When not making films, she enjoys swimming in the ocean, lost causes and painting.
Film Title: THE COUNTERPANE FAIRY
Director: John Knowles
Running Time: 15 minutes
Cast: Justin Hall, Lauren Frances, Aleks Degtyarev, Betsy Holt, Craig Russell , John Knowles, Phoebe Knowles
Crew: Assistant Director: Melissa Gonzalez – Directors of Photography: Adam Wallace and Abianne Prince – Editor: John Knowles – Line Producer: Cedric Youngleman – Special Effects Supervisor: Aleks Degtyrev – Sound: Aleks Degtyarev – Set Design: Peter Eilenberg – Light Design: Peter Eilenberg – Assistant Set Design: Lucinda Lin -Production Assistant: Rex Leung – Costume design /Hair and Makeup: Joel Yapching – Hair: Katie Arbore – Makeup: Denise Mojica – Wardrobe: Veronica Zhou
Email: jknowles@panmanproductions.com
Website: www.thecounterpanefairy.tumblr.com
Synopsis: Teddy (played by Justin Hall), an 11 year old boy left alone in a hotel, decides to wander after his parents go out for the evening. In an empty penthouse he encounters The Counterpane Fairy (Lauren Frances) who takes him on a storybook adventure. He is put to the heroic task of saving an enchanted princess while freeing her from a spell that has been cast on her by a little gray spider (Aleks Degtyarev).
In the real world, the adults around him are constantly trying to box him into a conformed norm. His adventure reminds us that a child’s imagination is pure. The Counterpane Fairy is a modern day fairy tale that takes place at the Roger Smith Hotel.
The story of the Counterpane Fairy is an adaptation from the “The Counterpane Fairy” by Katherine Pyle.
About the Director: John Knowles is the CEO of Panman Productions, an interactive production company based out of New York City that focuses on live broadcasting, film, fashion, art and social media. Panman Productions consists of a five member team that operates collectively with the understanding that ours is a company where “All of your dreams come true.”
After being introduced to Live production at Plum TV, John worked to adapt the Live production model to his endeavors online. In the last several years, John has worked in collaboration with the Roger Smith Hotel on a number of projects. He helped to create and build the Roger Smith Social Media program and was the executive producer of the 2009 Roger Smith Shorts Film Festival which generated six original short films.
Title: THE END
Directors: John Knowles & Melissa Gonzalez
Running Time: 10 minutes
Cast: Starring: Melissa Gonzalez, Jerome Richards & David Henry Gerson
Crew: Screenplay by: Melissa Gonzalez & Michael G. Richards – Executive Producer: John Knowles -Producers: Melissa Gonzalez & Abianne Prince – Line Producer: Cedric Youngelman – Assistant Director: Lucinda Lin – Director of Photography: Aleks Degtyarev – Lighting Design: John Birdsong – Sound Director: Pete Eilenberg – Editor: John Knowles – Costume Design: Veronica Zhou – Production Assistant: Rex Leung – Makeup: Denise Mojica – Hair: Katie Arbore
Email: Melissa Gonzalez, Lion ‘esque Productions mg@lionesqueproductions.com
Website: www.theendfilmblog.tumblr.com
Synopsis: In the mid 1940s Sam Clarke fell madly in love with a young woman named Clare Hayes. It was WWII in Europe, a time of heightened emotion and adventure. Their time together lived in his heart forever and inspired the project of his lifetime. With hope and doubt, he hires actress Alex Keyes to assist in his endeavor.
Will Alex be able to embody the woman who stole Sam’s heart half a century ago? “The End” is a screenplay adaptation of the novel “A Century of Dust” by Michael G. Richards.
About Director Melissa Gonzalez: Melissa is no stranger to the camera or producing. Melissa, former co-host of Latin Beat on BET, has made numerous television appearances on NY shows including Chappelle’s Show, SNL and the FOX Pilot NY-70. In addition she produced and starred in the indie feature Spanglish Girls and Broken Hearts which premiered at LAIFF. Currently you can catch Melissa online hosting Homemade BFF’s and uncovering new fashion icons on http://www.rspopshop.com
Film Title: HAIR BALL
Directed by : John Birdsong
Running Time: 13min
Cast: Brett Siddell, Bari Hyman, Matt Semler, Mala Wright, Wayne Soares, Fanny (Cat), Tomas Terstad
Crew: Written by Morgan-Jo Teller and John Birdsong Director, Producer, DP, and Editor: John Birdsong – Executive Producer: John Knowles – Producer: Melissa Gonzalez – Assistant Camera: Abianne Prince – Sound Designer: Aleks Degtyarev – Wardrobe: Morgan-Jo Teller – Boom Operator: Victor Reznik
Email: john.birdsong@yahoo.com
Blog(trailer): http://hair-ball.tumblr.com
Synopsis:
The only thing Louis loves more than being a bellboy is dancing. He makes the most of guests’ unattended rooms and personal possessions, practicing dance moves for nights at the club. Using a stranger’s toothbrush or sleeping in their bed was a victimless crime till now. Could a lude act with a suitcase send him back to prison? Can you taste another man’s mouth by sharing his toothbrush? Hair-ball is loosely based on a phone call from “Car Talk” on NPR.
About the Director
John Christopher Alexander Michael Birdsong was born March 19th, 1981 in Brooklyn and raised in Texas and the Hamptons. His first job was as a counter boy at a Chinese take-out restaurant. John is not Chinese. He studied photography before interning and working as a Producer/Director/Editor for Plum TV. John’s passions include looking for the end of the internet, smelling things, and staying up late. John works with Panman Productions in midtown and lives with his girlfriend Morgan-Jo Teller in Brooklyn with their cat Fanny and a Siamese Fighting Fish named Rufio.
Title: MOTHER TERESA’S HIATUS
Directed by: Abianne Prince
Written by: Robyn Day
Running Time: 2min 30 seconds
Cast: Staring Kana Sato Supporting cast: Jay Cutler, Anwar Uddin, Dennis Lowell, Chad Miller,Sunjay Mishra,Chris Cotten, Rocco George, John Knowles, Roni Mazumdar, Dan Chen, Klive Robinson
Crew: Screenplay by: Robyn Day – Producer: Abianne Prince – Line Producer: Cedric Youngelman – Assistant Director: Melissa Gonzalez – Director of Photography: Aleks Degtyarev – Lighting Design: John Birdsong – Editor: Abianne Prince – Sound Director: Victor Reznik – Costume Design: Lucinda Lu – Art Direction: Lucinda Lu – Production Assistant: Susanna Lewitt – Makeup: Denise Mojica – Hair: Katie Arbore
Email: abiprince@gmail.com
Website: www.rogersmithsshorts-myshorts.tumblr.com/
Synopsis:
A woman’s epiphany about the role she plays in the lives of the men that surround her.
Title: SHOE FITS
Directed by: Aleks Degtyarev, aka Marlo L. Brown
Running Time: 21 minutes
Cast: Aleks Degtyarev, Kelly Jo Johnson, John Larmor, Lucinda Lin, Frank Martinelli, Brett Siddell, Rich Staab
Crew: Written by: Aleks Degtyarev – Executive Producer: John Knowles – Line Producer: Cedric Youngelman – Assistant Director: Lucinda Lin – Director of Photography: Abianne Prince – Script Supervisor: Melissa Gonzalez – Casting Director: Melissa Gonzalez – Lighting Design: John Birdsong – Sound Director: Pete Eilenberg – Costume Design: Veronica Zhou – Boom-Pole Operator: Vic Reznik – Choreographers: Alex Smith and Eric Jacobson – Graphic Art: John Larmor – Special Effects and post production: John Chiarelli
Email: floatingopera@gmail.com
Website: www.shoefits.tumblr.com/
Synopsis:
The Original Hooligans are back. Another shoe fit another dolla! This time Marlo Lovely Brown has missplaced his dancing shoes. Confidant and partner in deviance, Pipe Adams is back on the scene to help Marlo locate his magical footwear. Marlo’s lover LuLu beckons from another dimension, while friend, and maddened inventor Bradrian W. Tangaurey laments at Camp Villain. Will Marlo be able to navigate his way through this fever dream to find the shoes or will humanity be doomed forever? If the Shoe Fits…
About the Director - Written by Pipe Adams
Born into a family of fur traders working their way through the Aleutians and the Bering Strait in the late 16th century, Marlo Leelan Brown was not always destined to make films. His name, literally translated, means the universal, or invincible prince. Young Marlo’s conception was nary cause for celebration, and his gestation and eventual birth a mere insurance policy to guard against the stark, endless Siberian winter. Just another maw to feed and, with hope, hands that would eventually grow strong enough to tear and render the priceless flesh from countless seals to add to the meager family coffers.
Time however, was on Marlo’s side and so Marlo danced the earth, a being reflected in the eyes of G-D, but yet a dead man inside, until the mid 90s. It was at this time that Marlo fell in with a bunch of like minded gents. Not immortals per say, but timeless characters nonetheless. For posterity’s sake, we shall call them the Original Hooligans. It was with the hooligans that Marlo discovered his true passion. Slowly, the hidden embers inside his mind, cold with age, began to warm, to glow. A fire was ignited inside of him. No longer the dancing dead, little Marlo Leelan was born anew. And the vehicle that brought young old Marlo back from the dead: Making Films.
But as he discovered his new found passion, changes began to occur. Each time Brown would look through his viewfinder a wrinkle would appear, a gray hair would sprout. Marlo Leelan Brown the foreverman, was now becoming just man.
Over the past decade Marlo has aged. Less like a fine cheese and more like a rusting washing machine in a dewy Bedford-Stuyvesant project courtyard, Marlo has forsaken eternal life for mortality to join the ranks of the Original Hooligan brotherhood and make films.
Marketing Lessons of the Grateful Dead By David Meerman Scott, Book Signing and Tweetup!
Posted on 23. Jul, 2010 by admin in Community, Events
We are very excited to be hosting a book signing and tweetup for David Meerman Scott and Brian Halligan’s new book, Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead.
(announcement from webinknow.com)
Brian Halligan and I just announced our new book Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead: What Every Business Can Learn from the Most Iconic Band in History
Join us in our Follow the Band Book Tour (hashtag #GDbook) as we conduct book signings, host virtual events, and follow Furthur (Bob Weir and Phil Lesh) and Rhythm Devils (Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann) this summer! Brian and I are out to have some fun, meet fellow marketers and Deadheads, and boogie at some shows. We hope to see you at one of these events.
Home base for the tour will be our Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead Facebook page.
Hashtag #GDbook
