The Christmas Story

Local Natives, Airplanes

Curtain Control

Thomas Traum

Boats*Cars*Dollars*Girls*Helicopters*Jewellery*Skylines from Thomas Traum on Vimeo.

A typology of rap videos and an attempt to construct the most generic Rap and R&B video out of many. Musical genres are always heavily codified and rap seems to be one of the most extreme ones, each video has similar if not identical subjects, the same light, the same cars, the same girls, the same dance moves etc. Through their likeness they seem to be almost ‘classic’, just as classic theater or opera.

-- DESCRIPTION FROM THE ARTIST'S STATEMENT

Hey Jude

Nowhere Boy

A film about the adolescence of John Lennon. It was already released in the UK and will be released in the US in October.

Perspective

Inspiration: BYU Art Education Show

I couple months ago was the BYU Art Education show. It was up for just under two weeks. Here is the flyer that I made for the show:

I had two pieces in the show. The first won an honorable mention. It is a photo triptych.

The second was my installation. I collected quarter sheet flyers for a year and invited others to do so as well. The piece is about social stigmas and interacting with strangers, going out of your comfort zone. Viewers were invited to break through the curtain and enter inside the space. I also documented via video both an acceptance and a rejection of people's petitions. Those videos were playing on loop.

Can I take your picture...for the school paper?

I have accomplished one of my highest ambitions and taken a large leap in my skills as a photographer. One of my photos ran with a story in the BYU Daily Universe. I signed up to be a volunteer photographer for the paper at the end of April. They called a few weeks ago and asked me to come in to be oriented and to give me my first job. I have already shot for a few stories, but this is the first one that has ran with a photo.

The Suburbs

On August 3rd, Arcade Fire will release their third album entitled The Suburbs. They have released two singles: The Suburbs and Month of May. Both of these can be heard on their website. We are greatly anticipating this album.

art history to a T

70 Million by Hold Your Horses ! from L'Ogre on Vimeo.

the only justified title to this would be a full-bodied swoon . . .

a shot in the dark from Nathan Pickett on Vimeo.