September 29, 2005
This weather is heaven
I love the fall, I feel all cozy and wanting to check out more things in town. It's not so hot that I don't want to leave my air conditioned apartment sufficating on altered air. It's not so cold I want to stay home and watch movies in sweats on my couch. It's refreshing and releasing. It's football weather. My favorite time of year.
With that I'm doing a lot more things. Tomorrow night alone is packed. The art opening at Parkland College tomorrow night sounds amazing. Curated by Paul Young, an amazing designer, teacher, and personal mentor. Featuring Chris Sickels , an amazing illustrator who uses puppets he created himself. The site alone is so cool I have to go meet him. That's from 6-8p at the Parkland College Art Gallery tomorrow (Sept 29th).
After that I'm going with a pal of mine to a Black Outs show (oops, I mean the Living Blue). They're playing at the Highdive after a tour throughout the US. . . coming home for a CD release party. I haven't seen them in so long, and I was reminded by my friend I'm going with of the numerous summer nights playing with the Living Blue in sweaty, small, short basements. So, we're going to go relive the memories via sound vs throwing back bottles of JD. They're really talented and have gone so far, that it's fun to see them enjoy the well-deserved lovin'.
And this weekend? The beer & chili cook-off of course. I've actually never been, but a friend of mine has made it a tradition and she's requiring it to be a part of mine too. C'mon! It's beer and chili in the Urbana parking garage. Rain or shine you can get your chili tastin' on!
After that, we'll see. Coming back from FL recently, which allowed me to relax and enjoy life with my mom and our friends, has me a bit more laid back than usual. It's always nice to slow down and enjoy what's going on around you. Appreciate it. And I don't want to jump back into the grind of daily life just that fast. Granted, I'm lucky enough to have a creative job which allows for many positive outlets. But, work isn't everything. I can still do my daily work and enjoy everything else. Sometimes I get so wrapped up I forget those things.
I'll step off my soap box for now. I just want to encourage the rest of the world to slow down with me. Which means you mom, because you're the only one who reads this :)
heart,
anni
September 20, 2005
"I'm the man in the box" - Alice in Chains
Quick little entry here. I was just chatting with Barry and he sent me a link to an experiment he's doing. Which I thought was clever, so now I will enlighten you with this link: lifeinabox
I asked Barry if we could have a box in the office for when we need to see nothing in order to see something. Enjoy!
heart, anni
September 19, 2005
End of Cinematics World Premiere
In the words of me talking to Mikel Rouse, creator/composer/writer/
actor/genius of End of Cinematics, "You f%#cked my brain, it was so amazing!" Embarrassed that I said that, yeah, but quite honestly, I don't regret saying it. What else could I say? It has me looking at everything differently now. I'm smarter because I'm using parts of my brain to watch this performance that I haven't used in awhile. I know my friend Quimby (who joined me for the evening) would agree!
I am truly appreciative to John and Paul getting Barry and I involved in this. I may only have 30 seconds out of an hour and 17 minutes. But I'm really proud of that animation on it's own and as a beginner to the performance. He may end up putting his opera trilogy out on DVD (or parts of it actually), but it will never be like seeing it live. Especially this third part, it would defeat the whole purpose. I know the group is touring for the next three years for sure (leading up to the Liverpool film festival), with hopes to continue tours after that. So, keep an eye out on their schedule. You should really take the time to see this!
To add to the news, I just got email that:
To the entire staff of Mighty Fine Art Films
Congratulations! Dear Cindy was a big hit! Lots of great feedback!
The big news this morning is that the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) has booked Cinematics for next year's New Wave Festival in New York which is the most prestigous arts festival in the country (or at least that's what the New Yorkers say).Thanks again. We got a lot of complements from some very important people in the arts industry from the U.S. and Europe.
Now - awhile back Mikel talked about extending the video to cover the whole song so that it can be downloaded from iTunes. . .
-Havlik
I'm in on continuing the animation, but if it happens? We'll see. I'll keep you posted!
heart, anni
September 14, 2005
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
September 14th!!!
Happy Birthday Mr. Barry! If you'd like to send him some birthday love letters he can be reached at barry@lmntal.com
Irish pub soon in B-N for sure!
heart, Anni
September 06, 2005
END OF CINEMATICS
If you didn't read the last entry, well, shame on you! Also, you should know about End of Cinematics. It's opening night is on Sept. 17th at the Krannert Center. Regardless of Barry & I taking part in the first two minutes of the production, I really feel like you should check out something that is going to be big before it's big (like Welcome to Tolono that I can't see because it's sold out before the tickets even go for sale - what's that all about).
THE END OF CINEMATICS A Film by Mikel Rouse
The End Of Cinematics is a dreamlike meditation on the history of cinema as well as a reflection on corporate entertainment and its transformation of the potential art of cinema. Suggesting that plot and screenplay have become artifice (while corporate entertainment continues to insist on its supremacy), The End Of Cinematics captures mundane scenes ("pictures of people talking" as Hitchcock would dismiss) of its characters and surrounds them in a world dominated by music and random sound.
It's cool, cool, cool people! We had a sneak preview of the set, which is amazing in unfinished form let alone what you could be seeing on the 17th. To all the fabulous people out of Champaign-Urbana, this is produced by the Krannert Center but not staying at the Krannert Center. They're working on pre-marketing schedule of premiers through out the world until it lands in a Liverpool Film Festival in 2008 I believe. The music is available on iTunes (with the possibility of the introduction Barry & I worked on with Havlik & Young available for download in the future).
OK, I just did a little research on this Liverpool 08:
What is the European Capital of Culture?
The European Capital of Culture programme gives Europe an ideal opportunity to celebrate the culture of Europe's great cities and to involve the community in that celebration. There will be a new European Capital of Culture every year from 2005 onwards. In 2008 the European Capital of Culture will be in the UK and Liverpool beat off 11 other contenders for the title.
Everytime I look more and more into The End of Cinematics I'm more overwhelmed by the amazing thing that Barry & I somehow (thanks to Havlik & Young) took part of, even if it was only 30 seconds each and no one reads the names of the animators! My friends and family will damn it, and that's exciting enough for me!
heart, anni
