“Exordium/Outgrown” is the story of a spaceman who comes to terms with isolation and loss as he cares for an injured alien creature. Combining centuries-old Czech marionette techniques with modern materials and found objects, the film’s analog reimagining of the space age points to the loneliness of the digital world, and to the new distances we create as we try to conquer the old. “Exordium/Outgrown” works admirably in its entirety —it is a brief but comprehensive short film with an equal balance of music and visuals.
All marionettes were constructed and filmed by Yuliya, who is also a poet. She contains multitudes
Acoustic Set at Dadalab
(with Charles Russell on Rhodes)
Performers: Vocals/ Guitar: Thomas Echols Rhodes: Charles Russell. Record Engineering: Audio - Andrew Marten Video - Aaron Wharton
Everything Louie Knows How to Do
(and a Few Things He Doesn’t)
-Music by Thomas Echols-
Starring Louie Yan and Emory Yan
Music by Tom Echols
Narration by Chris Harvey
Thank you MONO NO AWARE and Christina Yan
Solo at Mass Gallery
Thomas Echols via COTFG at MASS Gallery 6/18/2017 https://manwomanfriendcomputer.bandcamp.com/releases Shot by David Lovas
Paint me a playwrite
by Alice Rabbit
Musical Score
by
Man, Woman, Friend, Computer
A painter wakes up to a poem being recited in her head and all she can think about is painting what she is seeing in her mind. As this goes on, a playwright wakes reciting that poem and carries on through his day reciting it with conviction, not really knowing why until synchronicity brings them together.
Music by Man, woman, friend computer. https://manwomanfriendcomputer.bandcamp.com
Poem by Theo Love https://www.tumblr.com/blog/thelonious-love
And http://www.jurnt.com/thelonious-love/
Painting by Faures Rathbone http://fauresrathbone.virb.com