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The Pump that Jack Used.

January 13, 2010 by admin

EXCERPT FROM PRESS RELEASE: “The name of the show, The Pump that Jack Used, is a “tongue and cheek” play on children’s picture book titles, applied to the executive political workings of the all mighty oil industry. While conducting research in preparation for the show, Anthony Thompson Shumate discovered that the same 15 people sit on almost every major oil company board and are either directly or indirectly connected to many technology, utility, and health insurance corporate boards as well.  Through [...]

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I am Blue ‘cuz I am Red over you…

January 12, 2010 by admin

A pre-election video installation piece, with Obama reciting the 1 section of the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx. In the first section, Marx outlines what the problem is with the class structure and its implied problems. It is an obivious quote to Shepard Fairley’s provactive poster. [hana-flv-player video="http://actsstudios.com/images/Obama3.flv" width="450" height="700" description="" player="4" autoload="true" autoplay="false" loop="false" autorewind="true" /]  

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Blimpnation

January 12, 2010 by admin

A video short about paranoia and imagination… [hana-flv-player video="http://actsstudios.com/wp-includes/images/Videos/BlimpnationSmall.flv" width="450" height="330" description="" player="4" autoload="true" autoplay="false" loop="false" autorewind="true" /]

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Perspectives: Brushing Teeth

January 12, 2010 by admin

This short is based around the perception of everyday life and our routines.  The viewer is tossed into a world where one character arrives and ascends into his home carrying a bag from work, only to continue to continue to work (removing items and brushing teeth).  While the viewer, through the camera, descends to the second character that is Zen-fully passing his time in an underpass.  This illustrates the duality of the have and have-nots and how they can be [...]

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Big Mac Attack

January 12, 2010 by admin

This short is based around the distracting nature of advertising, and its impacts on the globalization of media and culture. The viewer is torn between watching the attack of a car filled with terrorists by NATO troops in Kosovo and an late 80s McDonald’s commercial about the Big Mac.  In its irony, the spot was playing on the airwaves there at this time. [the video is compressed for web delivery]

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Suitor of Helen

January 11, 2010 by admin

Suitor of Helen White Pine, LCD screen, DVD, and 8 screws 18” x 42” x 36” Based on both the Fat Boy Bomb and the Trojan Horse, this work explores the duality of icons and their juxtopositions when related to history. This includes a looped video of politically correct youths marching in line. It also pokes fun at the phallic nature of bombs…

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STATIONS

January 10, 2010 by admin

The name of the show, Stations, is a “tongue and cheek” play on the common euphemism of the fourteen stations where Christ stopped on his final sacred voyage, and the top fourteen gas service stations (not gas companies) in America.

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ClubGitm’o

December 17, 2009 by admin

ClubGitm’o:Houston highlighted the current political struggle between prevention from terrorism versus the deterioration of civil rights with a luxurious touch. The experience of ClubGitm’o:Houston addressed the conflict by directly presenting both truths: the methods to prevent terrorism and the need to protect civil rights and the overstepping of both camps. By participating in this event, guests immersed themselves in the irony inherent in this conflict. [hana-flv-player video="http://actsstudios.com/wp-includes/images/IntroGitmo.flv" width="450" height="330" description="" player="4" autoload="true" autoplay="false" loop="false" autorewind="true" /]

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