In-Betweeners is an upcoming web-series I am producing and writing starring Trey Hock and Rhiannon Birdsall. Expect beautiful images and a mystery that is both mundane and epic in origin.
Here are some exciting production images (you know the good stuff!).
Cinematography by Joesph Fuller.
Costume by Rachel Rolon. Sketches by Johan Criswell, Rachel Rolon, Chris Garrett, and me!
Costume design by Chris Garrett
Forever People was selected in Americans for the Arts 2011 Public Art Network Year in Review
Kansas City based artist Ascot Smith was recognized by Americans for the Arts for his project titled Forever People. It was named in the Top 50 Best Public Art of 2010. Notable award winners from previous years include Yoko Ono (2007), Jenny Holzer (2008), Barbara Kruger (2009), Cindy Sherman (2009), and the late Louise Bourgeois (2008).
The announcement was delivered on June 16, during the Americans of Arts 2011 Public Art Network Year in Review, in San Diego. Forever People was one of 47 artworks selected from 430 competitors nationwide. Americans for the Arts is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization advancing the arts in America. Their Public Art Network Year in Review is the only national program that specifically recognizes public art projects. For a list of the Recognized Public Art Projects: http://www.artsusa.org/networks/public_art_network/year_in_review/YIR2011ProjectList.pdf
Come see a live reading of Forever People followed by a Q&A!
To RSVP, please visit the Kansas City Public Library Event Page.
Date: Friday, November 12, 2010
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Place: Downtown Central Public Library
14 West 10th Street, KCMO
Local artists Porter Arneill and Ascot Smith discuss the state of public art in Kansas City as well as Smith’s Forever People, the most recent addition to Kansas City’s ARTwall, the custom-designed billboard that exhibits super-sized contemporary art at 13th and Grand streets.
A script-in-hand performance of Forever People follows. The story is set in the year 2200. A nameless couple sends recorded messages into the past hoping to prevent a dystopian future. The two begin to confess their struggles with sustaining a relationship amid holographic love affairs and android rivalries. Smith is a writer as well as a multimedia artist.
EPISODE 19 “THE FOREVER PEOPLE” (Air date 11/08/10 – 11/21/10)
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EPISODE 18 “EXPIRATION PT.2″ (Air date 10/25/2010 – 11/07/10)
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EPISODE 17 “EXPIRATION PT. 1″ (Air date 10/11/2010 – 10/24/2010)
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EPISODE 16 “BROKEN PARTS” (Air date 9/27/2010 – 10/10/10)
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EPISODE 15 “PRIDE, PROGENY, PROCREATION” (Air date 9/13/2010 – 9/26/2010)
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EPISODE 14 “EMPTINESS AND THE NEON LOVE” (Air date 8/30/2010 – 9/12/2010)
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EPISODE 13 ”ENTER THE PROGRAMMABLE MAN PT. 3″ (Air date 8/16/2010 – 8/29/2010)
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EPISODE 12 “LUST DRIVES THE HEART IN AN ELECTRIC WORLD PT.3″ (Air date 8/2/2010 – 8/15/2010)
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EPISODE 11 ”ENTER THE PROGRAMMABLE MAN PT.2″ (Air date 7/19/2010 – 8/1/2010)
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EPISODE 10 “LUST DRIVES THE HEART IN AN ELECTRIC WORLD PT.2” (Air date 7/5/2010 – 7/18/2010)
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EPISODE 9 “ENTER THE PROGRAMMABLE MAN PT.1″ (Air date: 6/21/2010 – 7/4/2010)
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EPISODE 8 “LUST DRIVES THE HEART IN AN ELECTRIC WORLD PT.1” (Air date: 6/7/2010 – 6/20/2010)
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EPISODE 7 (Air date: 5/24/2010 – 6/6/2010)
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EPISODE 6 (Air date: 5/10/2010 – 5/23/2010)
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EPISODE 5 (Air date: 4/26/2010 – 5/9/2010)
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EPISODE 4 (Air date: 4/12/2010 – 4/25/2010)
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EPISODE 3 (Air date: 3/29/2010 – 4/11/2010)
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EPISODE 2 (Air date: 3/15/2010 – 3/28/2010)
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EPISODE 1 (Air date: 3/1/2010 – 3/14/2010)
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Last Man of Idaho (2010) Official Selection: “Kansas City Film Festival 2010, Electomediascope”
Last Man of Idaho is a science-fiction film entirely constructed of photographs. When an aspiring author is told by a man – from an apocalyptic future and who is trapped in a potato – that his ambitions of success amount to certain failure, the two begin traveling through time imagining alternate futures. Highlights include: bank robbery, lottery winning, and cryogenic hibernation.
Last Man of Idaho was photographed by Robert Heishman, and was funded in part by an ArtsKC Inspiration Grant.
