Reflections on space.

Aviation Architecture

OHSU by night

Inside and out.

I delved into my archives because I am working with a film crew from New York City. I love New Yorkers, they are smart funny and not too caught up on looks. Even when you're shooting a fashion event. It is more about the art. There is an ephemeral culture that bleeds in between each other. I'd say consciousness is shared, blurring the concrete boundaries we have defined for our bodies. For example if your group of friends and coworkers have a certain world view, let's say they love Sarah Palin, you might adopt some conservative ideas where the sphere of your awareness crosses over with others. And in a very dense city you are constantly close and near the most creative ideas. So much so that your taste is acute but you take it for granted. Because you don't see it as separate. That's why when you go to a small town art is shitty, and when you work with New Yorkers you feel a rush of hurried and cutting energy.

Here are some spaces from before, inside and out.

Buildings of the Concrete Jungle

Spacial exploration with Lama Surya Das

Have a look at my original spacial exploration. Space in Between is a metaphor for the place in between time. A place where your physical body cannot reach, and yet it is a space you both surround and penetrate.

I used the newest complex at the Evergreen State College to represent where your body stops and your identity continues. Here, the buildings are interconnected with a plethora of bridges. The reason for this construction is to allow an efficient amount of natural light into the web like structure. I loved the idea so much that I began shooting it from all angles only to notice the difficulty of representing space.

To get inside the spaces in between, we used rigging's, ropes and hung cameras to float through the emptiness between the buildings. That space is the space in between. Mixing the teachings of Lama Surya Das, Ken Wilber and others to original piano recordings I created the audio foundation for the message I declared; You identity goes beyond the physical barriers.

It was important for me to create a sense of barrier and then break it. Please enjoy the Space In Between.