Robert Smith
Robert Smith, and the trick hiding in a happy song
He was twenty-six when he wrote "yesterday I got so old, I felt like I could die." Then set it to the bounciest hook of his career.
Mixed media portraits
There is always a person in it.
Never a butterfly.
A musician, a writer, an artist. Somebody with a story worth the time. The voiceover is that story, not a supply list.
The work
Episodes
One person per piece. Instructions at the bottom of each.
David Byrne
David Byrne, Rauschenberg, and a hot dog factory
The prettiest love song of the eighties shipped in a plastic case made by the Oscar Mayer hot dog company. That is a real thing that happened.
The difference
No wind chimes.
Normal speed. Said once. Music with a pulse. You should finish it wanting to go make something, not lie down.
Custom work
Name somebody.
I make their portrait, find their story, and film it. You get the piece and the video.