Brent Patterson

Jesus and the Critic

delanopatterson@gmail.com — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 02:11:54 +0100

A friend and I came across this spectacle last week in southeastern Ohio. My eyes keep returning to the uppercase P in "hypocrite". Click the image below for the full size image. The Sunday dress on the far left also has me inspired.

Light Fog

delanopatterson@gmail.com — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:39:22 +0100

I found the fog this morning to be especially beautiful.

Share Cup

delanopatterson@gmail.com — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 03:27:56 +0100

don't ask...

Some student videos

delanopatterson@gmail.com — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:25:54 +0100

Recently, my 453 students made videos that served as self-portraits of sorts. I thought I'd share a few.
Jennifer:

Elaine:

Jason:

Julia:

Donald:

BFA Exhibitions

delanopatterson@gmail.com — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 01:30:49 +0100

The BFA exhibitions have begun here at Marshall. Here's a video from the first show.

Video Hacking

delanopatterson@gmail.com — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:24:02 +0100

I've been teaching a lot of folks how to get your videos from youtube and youtube-like sites and make them your own to do what evil to them you wish. This is how (you'll need a mac, I haven't tried this on windows). This is my open-source method that I can teach basic design folks with minimal computer skills.
First download democracy. The thing about democracy is it lets you search all those video sites and download the FLV files directly to your hard drive. By default it stores those files in your "Movies" folder. Without Flash, those files aren't useful, so next download iSquint. Isquint will turn those FLVs into mp4 that you can put on your ipod or import into iMovie or Final Cut Express/Pro (when selecting your coversion process, choose "Optimize for TV" and select H.264 as your compressor. Then you are free to manipulate the video anyway you wish. Of course you'll need to scale the video up a bit for standard resolution, but if you're grabbing video from youtube, quality was never your main concern.

Human Pole Position

delanopatterson@gmail.com — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:38:20 +0100

I found this over at Rhizome.

Kleercut

delanopatterson@gmail.com — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:25:17 +0100

Greenpeace culture-jammed a PR stunt by Kleenex. Clever.

Radar Time Lapse

delanopatterson@gmail.com — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:03:17 +0100

My computer has been collecting this radar image from NOAA's website every half hour since October 2006. Here is every image at 30 frames per second.

nelson

delanopatterson@gmail.com — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:30:15 +0100

I came across this old video my brothers and I made in our mom's living room back in 1990... enjoy.

Interactive Prayer

delanopatterson@gmail.com — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:48:42 +0100

Slow updates, I know. This is some sort of place to pray online (I'm still trying to wrap my head around how that works). It presents us with the quintessential suburban living space in which to find God. I didn't think the religious right liked to use Macs, oh wait, it's running Windows. I find the decorations interesting, but I find the complete lack of the sublime to be most interesting.

Gilbert and George

delanopatterson@gmail.com — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 06:19:45 +0100

I caught this Gilbert and George piece today at the Armory Show in Manhattan. I have a lot more, but I'll put them up later.

Picture-taking

delanopatterson@gmail.com — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:30:11 +0100

Pulse Art Fair

delanopatterson@gmail.com — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:30:04 +0100

I'm in New York this week to soak up some art work. Here's some things I noticed at the Pulse Art Fair before my camera's batteries died.

The above video shows what I think are tadpoles swimming in a miniature tank. That tank is used like film from which a projection appears on a near by wall.

This dentist's chair is made entirely of cardboard.

...interesting little sculptures. Grandma would like them.

I liked this one a lot.

This was fun. It's Rambo recontextualized as a silent Kino-type film; complete with campy piano, undercranked motion, etc. Fun, not quite sublime.

Comfort

delanopatterson@gmail.com — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:29:21 +0100

Parking Lot

delanopatterson@gmail.com — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:35:30 +0100

This is the parking lot next to the building where I work. Sometimes it's a cool, creepy non-place.

Environmental Illustrations

delanopatterson@gmail.com — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 03:28:24 +0100

This is a quick video by Fernando Arispe, my acquaintance in Bolivia. It offeres a glimpse of the work of Bolivian artist and writer Avril Filomeno. It's in Spanish, but the illustrations speak outside of language.

Ah snow

delanopatterson@gmail.com — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 18:11:19 +0100

Random Image 5

delanopatterson@gmail.com — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:56:03 +0100

Cool old motion graphics

delanopatterson@gmail.com — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:04:14 +0100

These take me back.