Category Archives: video

Paul McCarthy & Mike Kelley’s Heidi

Posted on September 19, 2008 by Reverend

I have to apologize for this post ahead of time, but after talking with the great Carole Garmon about Kienholz (see my previous post for context), she recommended I watch Paul McCarthy and Mike Kelley’s Heidi (1992). The video from … Continue reading →

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And now a word from our sponsors…

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Reverend

Produced in 1973 [by Richard Serra and Carlota Ray Schoolman], “Television Delivers People” is a seminal work in the now well-established critique of popular media as an instrument of social control that asserts itself subtly on the populace through “entertainments,” … Continue reading →

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Mashups, Italian Style!

Posted on April 30, 2008 by Reverend

Well, Antonella Dalla Torre’s Italian 202 class had its first annual La Mattina degli Oscar (The Morning of the Oscars), and it was quite a special event. Good food, everyone well-dressed, and the culture was first rate, now that’s Italian! … Continue reading →

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Alien Pizza, a preliminary mashup

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Reverend

I just came across this beautiful, nutty video mashup on Sean Comerford’s blog titled “Alien Pizza.” Sean was in Carole Garmon’s Video Art seminar last semester and did some pretty amazing videos. This semester he is taking Italian 202 with … Continue reading →

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Viper’s Video Quicktags Plugin works with WPMu

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Reverend

I stopped using Viper’s Video Quicktags plugin a while back when I started playing in earnest with WPMu. Reason being is that this plugin didn’t really work well with WPMu last year at this time, and Anarchy Media Player was, … Continue reading →

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36 Hours in NYC

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Reverend

I just got back this morning from a 36 hour marathon trip to NYC. This uncharacteristically short trip was instigated by a workshop I got invited to do at Brooklyn College (which was a lot of fun), but the larger … Continue reading →

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Shake It

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Reverend

Carole Garmon pointed me to a beautifully disturbing re-enactment of a performance piece by Allan Kaprow’s “Shake It,” (1972) or at least that’s what I think it’s titled. I didn’t know anything about Kaprow before Carole explained his influential role … Continue reading →

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Indian Thriller

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Reverend

Via the great Luke Waltzer… [kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/LbvP7dT3Dx0″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]  

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Mojiti is No Mo’

Posted on January 27, 2008 by Reverend

You can file this one under “Just Another Web 2.0 Service Cautionary Tale.” I was planning on working on my Italian by sub-titling a short commercial for this post I plan on writing using Mojiti (an online service that allows … Continue reading →

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RSS Feed for Tags in YouTube

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Reverend

Here is a cool thing I discovered recently, and please forgive me if it is already common knowledge. There is a little hack for getting RSS feeds for tags on YouTube, and it goes like this: http://youtube.com/rss/tag/randomtag.rss (where randomtag is … Continue reading →

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