Zero for Conduct

Had a crazy crash with my Parrot AR Drone while I was testing some ideas for the Parade of the Lost Souls (you can see my test footage at left). ...

Had a crazy crash with my Parrot AR Drone while I was testing some ideas for the Parade of the Lost Souls (you can see my test footage at left).  This is how I assessed and fixed it.

I hit a street light about 25 or 30 feet up. Down it came crashing. Why, oh why, did I listen to the passing child who insisted I try out the outdoor hull? I usually use the indoor hull at all times because I just think it will help the thing last longer. But no, it came straight down on the corner and broke a rotor gear in half, and broke the pin. Read the rest of this entry »

Strange sights at the Secret Souls Walk in East Vancouver on October 27 2012.. The Vancouver Province got this shot of my installation.  Looks pretty cool with the bugs dancing...

Strange sights at the Secret Souls Walk in East Vancouver on October 27 2012..

The Vancouver Province got this shot of my installation.  Looks pretty cool with the bugs dancing in front of it!!

More of my own shots of the piece here.

-Flick

This was my video installation for the Secret Souls Walk at Parade of Lost Souls 2012. Thanks to Nahid Karimaghalou and Reza Shahidi-Nejad who were my awesome volunteers!  Without them...

This was my video installation for the Secret Souls Walk at Parade of Lost Souls 2012.

Thanks to Nahid Karimaghalou and Reza Shahidi-Nejad who were my awesome volunteers!  Without them I'd be wetter, and would have had far more TV's short-out in the rain - there were enough of those as it was! More of them were working when the day began... Andrea Maylone was the awesome volunteer wrangler who hooked them in with me...

Also thanks to Tim Furness, Kat Single-Dain and Ari Lazer for bringing me on board.  It was an awesome show and all kinds of fun.  Yes, as the hippies said, it was cool to see so many people having fun and freaking out, getting spooky etc in the rain.

• and for TV's and offers, Step Carruthers, Jackie Dives, Tim Carlson, Diva Mercedes Gould...

• Barb Dearing, Derek MacDonald, Kellie Ann Benz and Jessica Orlowski...

• And thanks to Catherine Falkner for errands, feedback and loading up tellies in the late night rain...

The TV at the bottom of this one actually burned out in the rain:

(found this via the Frameworks listserv.  In other words, through Dark Social.) Dark Social: We Have the Whole History of the Web Wrong - Alexis C. Madrigal - The Atlantic....

(found this via the Frameworks listserv.  In other words, through Dark Social.)

Dark Social: We Have the Whole History of the Web Wrong - Alexis C. Madrigal - The Atlantic.

Here's a pocket history of the web, according to many people. In the early days, the web was just pages of information linked to each other. Then along came web crawlers that helped you find what you wanted among all that information. Some time around 2003 or maybe 2004, the social web really kicked into gear, and thereafter the web's users began to connect with each other more and more often. Hence Web 2.0, Wikipedia, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, etc. I'm not strawmanning here. This is the dominant history of the web as seen, for example, in this Wikipedia entry on the 'Social Web.'

Learn on-camera reporting, off-camera interview skills, documentary shooting techniques, polished journalistic writing skills, and documentary editing. Participants will develop a documentary concept (or bring one you have in mind) and...

Learn on-camera reporting, off-camera interview skills, documentary shooting techniques, polished journalistic writing skills, and documentary editing.
Participants will develop a documentary concept (or bring one you have in mind) and shoot footage that will be analyzed and edited over two workshop sessions.  You are welcome to use VIVO's video cameras, or you can bring your own.

1. Camera Skills & Interviewing
Learn how to set up a great interview with lights, camera, and appropriate questions. In this session we will also cover documentary shooting and sound skills. Homework: Shoot some footage!

2. Documentary Editing
With footage you've shot as homework from session one, we will learn to cut together a short news story with a voiceover, on-camera introduction, and develop a solid structure.

Make docs that ring true!

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One of my missions in St John's was to record as much live music as possible, for sharing with my friends and colleagues and for possible use in a future...

One of my missions in St John's was to record as much live music as possible, for sharing with my friends and colleagues and for possible use in a future video installation / exhibition.  After two visits to Newfoundland over the decades, the amount of live music was what stuck with me the most.  Like, without leaving downtown, I shot 9 bands in a week and a half.

There's something for everyone so by all means, skip through if something's not to your taste...

The Black Bags play "Raining Hammers" at the Ship
The Faded Yellow Line at The Levee
City on the Coast plays "The Emperor of Japan" at Fred's Records
Liz and Nat farting around at Black Bag Media Collective
Lunge at The Levee
Box playing "Helter Skelter" @ Trapper John's
Blacky O'Leary at Kelly's Pub
Salty Dolls live at the Ship
Pathological Lovers at The Ship

This was a residency with Catherine Falkner at the Black Bag Media Collective. Thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts and Liz Solo.

I have too many blogs! For instance, over at the Something Collective blog for our community project at Renfrew, this is what I've been up to: gathering info from the...

I have too many blogs!

For instance, over at the Something Collective blog for our community project at Renfrew, this is what I've been up to: gathering info from the board of directors for our community mapping project.

Renfrew’s Board Maps their community | Our Footprint @ Renfrew.

Looks like Reg Harkema won't be in Vancouver anytime soon!  Damn Hollywood and their bloody remakes! Jay Baruchel’s Vancouver music flick has to wait for RoboCop | The Province.

Looks like Reg Harkema won't be in Vancouver anytime soon!  Damn Hollywood and their bloody remakes!

Jay Baruchel’s Vancouver music flick has to wait for RoboCop | The Province.

Shot this as part of a residency in St John's, Newfoundland, with Catherine Falkner at Black Bag Media Collective. I'm gathering live bands to make some kind of interactive /...

Shot this as part of a residency in St John's, Newfoundland, with Catherine Falkner at Black Bag Media Collective.

I'm gathering live bands to make some kind of interactive / installation type thing...

Box from Flick Harrison on Vimeo.

After two years of research and planning, Theatre Conspiracy is digging into the creation of the documentary-style play Extraction. Our international cast and team of theatre artists are in residence...