Chapter 2 - Moving Paintings:
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November 17th 2024, I started exploring AI videos and it immediately opened doors to possibilities I have imagined since I was a small boy. I am firstly a musician, then a painter and lastly a film maker. Although with the last one, I'm not trying, at this point anyway, to tell stories. I think of these works as moving paintings and try to keep the themes in the realm of fine arts painting. On February 23rd, my daughter Alexis's birthday, I released "My Alien Romance" as a closer to the first part of this journey.
On March 7th 2025 I had my first exhibition that featured both my traditional paintings and my AI work in Chicago, IL.
Chapter 2:
I am starting with another "long form" video that in part actually grew out of some ideas I started to explore in the "My Alien Romance" video. My focus for this next chapter will be to make shorter videos. Part of my idea is that any of these videos could be played on repeat and they could be like an ever changing painting.
The Carnival of Wonders - Introduction:
The Carnival has always fascinated me. The rides, the lights, the wild artwork painted on the rides. Some of my earliest childhood memories are memories of the carnival and the state fair in Illinois. The wild side show attractions and of course the animals. The Circus as well. I always looked forward to the Circus parade and especially the Clowns, who I always viewed as magical, not scary like most people seem to think of them these days.
My take away from those experiences, was both haunting and enchanting! The vibrant atmosphere, filled with colorful rides, dazzling lights, and the joy of playful clowns and all the themes taking my mind to far away places. The artwork on the rides taking my imagination to places it had never been. Sometimes the art on ride was better than the ride itself and other times the excitement and thrill of the ride kept me coming back again and again.
This video tries to encapsulate the fun intensity and sensory overload of what for me, the Carnival and Circus experience is. One of my favorite things visually, was the Art of Illusion, the Carnival of Curiosities, which focused on the bizarre and extraordinary, showcasing sideshow acts, unique performers, and oddities. It often highlights the unusual aspects of human experience, celebrating diversity and individuality.
In broad strokes this work explores some of aspects of the Carnival and Circus, it is a theme I'm sure I will return to in the future.
01. The Electric Midway:
00:16 Bara Song of Songs
04:23 Laughternoon
10:44 Prairie Schooner Under Western Stars
15:12 Narration of Butterflies
24:10 The Grand Crystalline Sky
02. Animal Attractions:
28:29 Gliding Down the Lilac River
33:09 No. 99 - Moon and Sea
03. Back on the Sunlit Midway:
40:46 The Carnival Midway
43:13 The Enchanting Music-box
04. The Mystic Funhouse:
44:14 Nightscape
48:48 Sundrift
01:02:26 Bridge to the Eternal
05. The Grand Show:
01:06:53 Handel's Music Box
01:09:22 Celebrate the King
01:11:29 Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 5
06. Circus Noir - The Mysterious and the Macabre :
01:13:26 The Doggie in the Window
01:15:50 The House of Horrors
01:19:28 The Universe that Consumes Itself
07. The End:
01:22:21 Credits
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