If you listen to the A Life’s Work commentary, Andy Bowley asks why I didn’t want to shoot Paolo Soleri’s gravestone when we were at Arcosanti in 2015 FIRST, A TIMELINE AND SOME CONTEXT (or jump to the short version) … Continued
Here’s a video just for you. Cinematographer Andy Bowley was seriously captivated by this billowing parachute at Arcosanti. I love listening to, learning and playing Bach. Two great tastes that taste great together. I hope you like it. Prelude for … Continued
A Life’s Work is midway through a 30-day crowd funding campaign via Indiegogo, which has partnered with the New York Foundation of the Arts. Here’s the pitch video. I’ve written about crowd funding here before, and the take away is … Continued
Today’s post was written by cinematographer Andy Bowley. i can’t remember if we drank a lot of beer that night. but i do remember parting ways with david, after a nice meal on the upper west side of new york, … Continued
Many years ago I worked in a record store where I spent a lot of my time flipping through the inventory to see what I was missing. One day I came across an LP I had not seen before. … Continued
I recently emailed an update on A Life’s Work to Jeff Stein, AIA, president of the Cosanti Foundation. Part of his reply was the following — PS: I gave a presentation at a recent AIA/American Institute of Architects convention in … Continued
Like most people, birds fascinate me. I’m not a birder, not even close, but I enjoy listening to and looking at them. I also enjoy filming them, when they’ll cooperate, which isn’t often. Working with cats and kids are a … Continued
In case you don’t know, Arcosanti generates much of its income through the sale of wind bells designed by Paolo Soleri. How did Soleri begin designing and selling bells? And I’m now trying to incorporate a short and not so complicated version … Continued
In July 2012 the Cosanti Foundation, the organization that oversees Arcosanti, announced Paolo Soleri’s retirement as President, and the appointment of his successor, Jeff Stein, I was quite surprised. I’m not an Arcosanti insider by any means, but still, I … Continued
Where Does the Time GO? Wikipedia tells me that Georges Méliès first used time-lapse cinematography in his 1897 film Carrefour De L’Opera. Since then it has been used only god can count how many times. Many people, myself included, would say overused. … Continued