Fresh

...and my next music purchase.

The Water Tank Project

The Watertank Project is an amazing public art
project that will take place in NYC (spring of 2013)

featuring one of my favorite artists, Jose' Parla',

among many other artists from their city.

Its goal is to raise awareness of the need to protect water.



Jose' Parla'

Eteri Chkadua

Mariko Sullivan Art

My good friend Mariko is nothing less than Genius!

ILFORD B&W FILM

LOOKING GLASS 2012

Some fresh B&W film shots up!

AMIA PHOTOS

Basement Electronics (In Retrospect) Album Release

Photo: Amia Art

Graphic Design: Ben Delaney

My good friend Steven Wylie has just released his new

album, Basement Electronics (In Retrospect). Check

it out and get a free download through Noisetrade.

Good stuff.

Steven Wylie on Noisetrade

Murmuration

This left me in complete Awe.

A short film by independent filmmakers, Liberty

Smith and Sophie Windsor.

islandsandrivers.co.uk

Dulux Walls

What a really neat collaborative project, bringing

communities together and enriching peoples lives

with color.

James Pants/We're Through

James Pants is pretty amazing... if you haven't heard

of him already.

The Planets And The Soundwaves

"The Planets And The Soundwaves"

Featuring new works by Amia

3/2/12 @The Baby Bar

827 W. 1st Avenue

Directly behind Neato Burrito and across from

The Davenport Hotel

5-8pm

21+only please

Hi Everyone,

I'll be the featured artist at The Baby Bar

for the month of March, which included

painting a one time mural on the infamous

8ft board that will hang in the bar before

being painted over by the next upcoming

artist. What most don't know yet, is that the

title of the show, "The Planets And The

Soundwaves", are lyrics from one of my

favorite local bands (Dead Serious Lovers).

I've also subtitled the other new pieces with their

lyrics as well.

I hope you can stop by on this First Friday and

experience a convergence of... Alfred Hitchcock

meets Twilight Zone meets Vogue meets

Outerspace!

Amia

RECAP

Meshes of the Afternoon

This last summer, I saw a short B&W experimental film

from around the 40's that was absolutely incredible and

had the most amazing cinematography but could not

remember the title. I did remember it was from the work of

both a wife/husband duo who wrote, directed, and performed

in the film. I particularly enjoyed it for the suspense and the

cinematography which reminded me that of Alfred Hitchcock's

play on shadow/lighting in his films, which I'm a huge fan of.

After a number of times googling this last week, I finally

stumbled across it once more. Was so cool to find out that

in 1990, "Meshes of the Afternoon" was selected for

preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry by the Library

of Congress as being culturally, historically, and aesthetically

significant. The film also was apart of a Retrospective Exhibit

at the Museum of Modern Art in 2010.

Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)

Written, produced, directed, starring, & editing: Maya Deren

Directed, starring, & cinematography: Alexander Hammid

Music: Teiji Ito

16mm Bolex camera. 13:30 minutes.

B&W. No dialogue. Music added in 1952.

Film cost to make: $275

"I make my pictures for what Hollywood spends on lipstick."

- Maya Deren

Deren created 12 films in all. Two of which were unfinished.

One of which she collaborated with Marcel Duchamp.

Deren was a key figure in the creation of New American

Cinema. In 1986, the American Film Institute created the

Maya Deren award to honor independent film makers.

Inspiring lady.

ZIGGY STARDUST

HAPPY 40TH ZIGGY!

So I've had an enormous amount of views these past few months
and am always getting compliments on this Ziggy Stardust photo
that I thought it'd be nice to share a couple more from the shoot.
Just to give a little background, I'm an 80's kid and have always
loved and listened to Bowie. I chose to be Ziggy for Halloween 2011.
I did do the makeup myself and it was super fun to morph into this
iconic persona to say the least. Happy 40th Ziggy!