Video Projects
Piano! Push play!
Summer 2013
Piano! Push Play! is a revolutionary piano project orchestrated by Megan McGeorge. It opened on July 22nd and lasted until August 2nd, 2013. This is the first year the project has taken flight with Megan successfully winning a grant that funded for the project.4 installments were placed around the downtown Portland area.
The grand piano was centrally mounted by the amphitheatre at Pioneer Courthouse Square and was accessible from daytime until 9:00 pm, at which time it was locked up.
The three other upright pianos were installed at:
-The Rose Festival Foundtain adjacent to the Salmon Water Fountain on the waterfront.
-NW 13th and Burnside at the Zoobomb structure.
-The Portland Art Museum underneath the chestnut tree.
All three were accessible 24/7 to the public, with the piano located at the Portland Art Museum extending two weeks after August 2nd, possibly longer.
These pianos were graciously donated by the Snowman Foundation and will be donated to gifted student/children without access to a piano at home.
“We believe that simply by exposing people to the visual and auditory experience of a fellow human playing the piano, we are reminded of how magical and vital music is to our community,” says Michael Allen Harrison, founder of The Snowman Foundation. “Thanks to a partnership with our organization, and our generous sponsors Portland Piano Company and West Coast Piano Moving and Storage, we are able to bring together the components of community, kids and music to the streets of Portland.”
Crown Point a la nuit [Time-lapse]
This was shot overnight in about 5+ hours, all of which is reduced to less than 30 seconds.
This is an on-going project. It is but a short segment of a longer, comprehensive video which I plan to make once I have enough footage. The completed project will consists of various parts of the sky at different locations throughout Oregon. This way, I hope to capture multiple angles of the Milky Way. A personal project for myself as a way to "promote" Oregon, my home state.
I wish to once day incorporate footage from Portland to Sauvie Island to various towns along the Oregon coast, as well as eastern and southern Oregon. All this work is to remind me of the grande scheme of things; of how fragile our place [the Earth] truly is in this universe. So please, be kind to one another and treat each other kindly! The music piece used in the clip is by The One AM Radio called "A Brittle Filament". I claim no rights to it, but am a big fan.
Portland Night Realm
A time-lapse of the Rose City in a different light. This perspective gives me a better appreciation and feel for Portland; captured through the digital lens. The smooth movement of clouds in the sky and the gentle gesture of water flowing down the river gives hint to the passing of time.
This was made with little experience on minimal softwares so it was a fairly elementary project while I was still learning. I realize that it may not be a technical marvel; however, I worked with what I had given the time, circumstances, equipment, and budget so it is something I am proud of. All photos were shot with a Canon S90 Powershot.