Tuesday, February 27, 2007

BENT Festival 2006

BENT Festival 2006 (2007) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, sound, 3 minutes.

Last year, we visited the BENT festival of circuit bending and related enterprises in lower Manhattan. The accumulated puttering, tinkering, and fiddling produced a wonderful series of performances and explanations. Unlike a joke, a good circuit bend is even better in the telling.

Friday, February 23, 2007

Wooden Whistle

Wooden Whistle (2007) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, sound, 3 minutes.
Just before winter fell, Jason took us up in his ultralight.


Elan Vital

Elan Vital by Brian L. Frye (2007); video, color, sound, 2 minutes.
Alaska is wet and dry at once. The water sleeps all winter, a blanket muffling the sod. But it is very cheerful when it awakens.