I wish to explore the area where the visual and audio arts meet with video

In the past I drew from archetypal ideas, ethnographic characters and symbols/semiotics to create sculpture. Complex content is hard to reference in hard material or artifact form. These references had to be constructed in a content relevant way. I struggled to overlay/integrate with myth, subconscious imagery and history in steel art. This struggle eventually led to my dwindling interest in making objects.

I sought a new approach and a content rich medium. What I realized is the object is just a part of the opera of art. Video the stepchild of the film industry and cousin to the television set has the content and people are accustomed to, and can be hypnotized by the flickering media. Not only could spontaneity be captured by the camcorder, a more considered editing could be undertaken later. The event expands into discrete parts as the relevant ideas and moments are uncovered. Sound, light, time, motion, and music can be captured in a short truthful, actual demythified moment. Documentary of an event, private or public, becomes linked with the event proper by the video media I use to mediate the experience of my audience. I need to become a composer to handle and direct all phases of my artwork.

In adding video to my tools of art making, and adding participation of others to an event that can be documented, re-viewed, I have re-established my pleasure with art. I am engaged in research and activities that enrich my art life.

When I apply the finish to steel the art is done. Video seems to be amenable to revisiting and reselecting content, surprising the editor with unforeseen content and connections. I prefer to think of the works as preliminary studies for my opera. Each time I view a sequence of editing and I see what I want to rework or re shoot. I have to accept that videos are done even if more work would improve it. The next Idea is demanding to be implemented.

I seek an UN music video, a portrait of the characters or event that is unadorned, minimal and honest. One man with a recorder, not the typical film crew of forty people. The limitations of a one-man operation determine some of the parameters of the composition. Minimal intervention is my intent using the tools and software available to me.