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“Intentions” Short Film

“Intentions” on FB Although I had written the basic plot of “Intentions” over the Summer of 2012 (and thought I’d have to wait till next summer to shoot it), the project only came into its own when I saw connections … Continue reading

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“The Lion Option” T-Shirt

New T-Shirt by Overhead Projector Clothing. This design reminds one of an option that is often overlooked: become a lion. I thought it would be funny to only provide the ending of a fantastic/surrealistic story and have others supply the … Continue reading

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She Was

This is a “story” of remnants: remnants of fictional romantic endeavors, remnants of a visual future that never came to be, and remnants of the present that are slipping into future decay. As an overall vision for this project I … Continue reading

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InsideOut

This was a video project I shot in South Carolina right after Spring semester ’12. I was attempting to capture and project a lot of the questions/themes I had been dealing with during that school year, but did not have … Continue reading

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Light Matter

For this project I wanted to do something different from my other photographic creations: I wanted to create something that was mainly concerned with light and texture, not representation. I also wanted to abandon framing and following lines, which I … Continue reading

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The Un/Intentional Series

While I refuse to identify with a political position, America’s current political climate presents too many comedic opportunities to pass up. In re-editing these campaign ads, I am hoping to salvage uninspiring platitudes by humorously highlighting the absurdity of intention … Continue reading

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Confessions of Logos

I created this video as a weekly response for my RCID 801: Histories of Rhetorics course here at Clemson. It was inspired by a paper I wrote a week earlier titled “Caricatures of the Self” and I felt the need … Continue reading

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The Happy Holiday Goose

The “Happy Holiday Goose” is a Networked Art Project for my RCID 804: Visual Rhetorics seminar here at Clemson University. This project comes from a long-standing fascination of mine: thrift stores. I find them a fascinating meeting place for objects. … Continue reading

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Jack Handey Cyberpoem

For his RCID 805 assignment I had to animate/remediate a static text/poem/short verse/haiku in order to explore a rhetorics of animation. For my project I am attempting to place the viewer into a very particular state of disjointedness (drunkenness), while … Continue reading

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Victoria Valley Vineyard Wine Labels

I designed these wine labels for an assignment for my RCID 805: Digital Rhetorics course. One of the main goals of the assignment was to explore visual communication techniques used in creating designs for consumer products. Our task was to … Continue reading

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Attempts

“Attempts” was originally conceived (and a small amount of footage shot) sometime in the summer of ‘10. The project was initially a follow up to “A Film” but I ran out of time. It wasn’t until June-ish of ‘11 that … Continue reading

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“Humanity” at Film Kitchen and in Pittsburgh’s CP

Pittsburgh’s City Paper 7/6-7/13: My first film review (? or !) comes from Pittsburgh’s City Paper. Part of me was thrilled just to be recognized for doing anything and the other part found it strange to be criticized in a … Continue reading

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The History of the Council For Humanity and the Idea Crisis of 2015

My Masters program in Literary and Cultural Studies at Carnegie Mellon allowed me to take a course outside of our English Department and this Spring Semester I took advantage of this with a course in Visual Story from the Entertainment … Continue reading

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