Masonic Man Man

Masonic Man Man (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 30 seconds.

Lumiere video of Man Man performing at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple. Surly sez they ooze testosterone.

B&H Dairy

B&H Dairy (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of B&H Dairy on 2nd Street.

Toilette

Toilette (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of Kron Vollmer, becoming The Philistine.

Tex-Mex

Tex-Mex (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of Kron Vollmer as The Philistine, refreshing herself with a glass of sangria after a guerilla film shoot at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Cleopatra's Needle

Cleopatra's Needle (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of Kron Vollmer as The Philistine at Cleopatra's Needle in Central Park.

Fools!

Fools! (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video. Bradley Eros, Joel Schlemowitz & Brian L. Frye performing in a Dylanesque mode.

American Pastime

American Pastime (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video. Softball in McCarren Park & a camera choking on dying batteries.

Incidents of Sovereignty

Incidents of Sovereignty (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of Kron Vollmer performing part of "Sovereignty," near the South Street Seaport.

Big Nick's

Big Nick's (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video.

Brownian Motion

Brownian Motion (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 30 seconds.

Lumiere video.

Imperial View

Imperial View (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1  minute.

Lumiere video.

Coffee Crystals

Coffee Crystals (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 20 seconds.

Lumiere video.

Foucault Pendulum

Foucault Pendulum (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 45 seconds.

Lumiere Video.

Aleutian Veil

Aleutian Veil (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video.

The Soft & The Hard

The Soft & The Hard (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, sound, 3 minutes.

Several years ago, Keith Sanborn & Peggy Ahwesh asked a slew of people to write a short essay about a mystery frame from Dziga Vertov's Man With a Movie Camera. Here, I read my contribution. It isn't what I'd write today. But the sentiments stand.

Williwaw

Williwaw (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, sound, 4 minutes.

The Aleutian Islands are notorious for the williwaw, a violent wind whipping down sheer cliffs to the sea at over a hundred miles an hour.  In the meantime, the islands abide.

M/V Tustumena

M/V Tustumena (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, sound, 10 minutes.
Every summer, the M/V Tustumena runs from Kodiak to Dutch Harbor every two weeks. The trip takes about three days. This is my diary of the voyage. The coda is Dutch Harbor and Unalaska.

Costa Rica

Costa Rica (2007) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, sound, 3.5 minutes.
Quite some time ago, Carrie and I visited Costa Rica on a lark, over the weekend. Of course, I brought the Vidster and captured bits and pieces of the visit.

Alaskaland

Alaskaland (2007) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, sound, 6 minutes.
Fairbanks boasts its own Alaska-themed amusement park, once dubbed Alaskaland, but rechristened Pioneer Park to fend off the mouse. It's a lovely, slightly ticky-tacky little park, which makes it all the more charming. The centerpiece is the Tanana Queen, a decommissioned paddlewheeler. And the main deck of the boat boasts an aquarium-like display of dioramas, depicting pioneer and native Alaska in minute detail. The dioramas are charming and fascinating, especially as one gets to visit the town still standing on the site, and realize not so much has changed.

Mukluk Land

Mukluk Land (2007) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, sound, 3.5 minutes.
Last weekend, Carrie and I visited Tok, roundabout on the way to McCarthy. Tok is the Alcan Highway's gateway to Alaska, and rather a tourist haven, if not exactly a destination. But Mukluk Land is one good reason to visit Tok, and it's plenty. An Alaska junkyard cum workshop done up as an amusement park, Mukluk Land features a series of sculptural spoofs on iconic Alaska motifs, a comprehensive collection of historical (busted) snowmachines, a wicked doll congress filling three rooms, a field of cast-iron stoves, a rusting linotype, skeeball, whack-a-mole, and Santa's listing rocketship, which didn't quite make it to North Pole. As a start. In any case, we were the only visitors on a rainy Saturday, and got a guided tour.