“Monitor” finished and premiering outside the Ann Arbor Film Festival!
March 23rd, 2010

After more than 2 years, the video “Monitor” is finally edited and ready to view.  I’ve posted it below, and on Facebook and Vimeo, but on Thursday, March 25th, 2010, it will be featured at the Ann Arbor Film Festival as part of the Detroit Projection Project’s outdoor projection series.  More information is available [...]

New ETSY shop
January 14th, 2010

Hey! Now you can purchase my work through my Etsy shop at greatly reduced prices, since you are buying directly through me and not a gallery. Currently I only have a few of my photos listed, but you can request me to post any other works you are interested in by clicking on “Request [...]

“The Crossing” to be exhibited at Fovea
May 11th, 2009

I’m thrilled to announce that I will be exhibiting my photo series “The Crossing” at Fovea in Beacon, NY on Saturday, June 13th at 8:30 pm as part of their “Expanding Visions” outdoor projection series.  Come join me if you can!  Here’s the new updated gallery for that series:

Narcissus Kisses Sisyphus (or Dave Shaves: A Self Portrait)
October 3rd, 2008

A new video work is complete!  This has been a busy week – I’ll add a bunch more stuff that I did a few days ago in the next post, but I wanted to add this video first, as it was a “commission” for my friend Nick for his new short written work titled “daveDave”, which will be performed as a reading along with this video in the Detroit area in the near future, and eventually be published in a limited edition “chapbook” along with the video as a limited edition as well.  More on that as it develops….

This video represents a huge departure for me, in that it actually uses the human form (myself), and it is not directly dealing with the natural landscape and industrial/technological infrastructure as a subject, but is metaphorical in its representation of natural phenomena – namely the growth of hair as a metaphor for the seemingly infinite renewal power inherent in Nature.  More chatter after you view the video:


YouTube - Direct Link to "Narcissus Kisses Sisyphus (or Dave Shaves: A Self Portrait)"

Hi Res version – Direct Link

Now click below for some extra commentary and background, or continue to the prevoius post… Continue reading Narcissus Kisses Sisyphus (or Dave Shaves: A Self Portrait)