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COMMENTARY: Masculinity Need Not Be The Toxic Kind

To call yourself “masculine” is to make a series of negative claims.

Summer Smoke Trailer

"The project of Summer Smoke was put into motion by my filmmaking class."

Social Media Negatively Impacts Mental Health

More than half of Gen Z get their news from sites such as Instagram, YouTube and TikTok.

Summer Smoke Trailer

"The project of Summer Smoke was put into motion by my filmmaking class."

Reaction: The Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed

The History and Popular Music of the ’60s class learned about Rolling Stones' classic 1969 record. Here are their reactions.

Seven Deadly Sins Collage

For the recent E/H 4 final project, students were tasked with creating an artistic response that explored the main themes presented in the class thus far, including family, home and patriarchs.

Album Cover Recreation: R.E.M. – Murmur

A recreation of a classic album cover

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Summer Smoke Trailer

"The project of Summer Smoke was put into motion by my filmmaking class."

Citizen Kane: A Recreation

"Where Citizen Kane is abundant in conversation, I felt a modern version could very easily have less speaking, and more visual storytelling."

Recreating Strangers on a Train

For my Masters of Cinema project I decided to...

Cyanotypes and Words

Students in Kelli Pennington’s black and white photography classes experimented with cyanotypes and words in photographs.

Summer Smoke Trailer

"The project of Summer Smoke was put into motion by my filmmaking class."

Citizen Kane: A Recreation

"Where Citizen Kane is abundant in conversation, I felt a modern version could very easily have less speaking, and more visual storytelling."

Recreating Strangers on a Train

For my Masters of Cinema project I decided to take four key moments and shots that I love from Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a...

Cyanotypes and Words

Students in Kelli Pennington’s black and white photography classes experimented with cyanotypes and words in photographs.

Track By Track: Slint: Spiderland

Slint’s Spiderland is a moody, entrancing post-punk work of art.

The Moral Dilemma

The bad acting is intentional.

Cyanotypes and More

Students share their artistic work.

James Brown- Live at the Apollo

I projected the live performance of James Brown over the top to incorporate the visual imagery related to his music.

Trolley Problem

The prompt for our artistic response (AR) was to create a unique moral dilemma in a similar vein to the well known “trolley problem.”

Photography

Life, Interrupted: Adam Fortmann

Together we feel like the overarching feeling of restlessness and cabin fever

Life, Interrupted: Aaron Drummond

"I can accept the situation when I’m living in my own world, barely leaving my bedroom, but walking around and seeing the businesses that I love shuttered has been harder."

Life in Smoke

In mid-September, 2020, Portland experienced hazardous levels of smoke from nearby wildfires.

Visual Art

Citizen Kane: A Recreation

"Where Citizen Kane is abundant in conversation, I felt a modern version could very easily have less speaking, and more visual storytelling."

Reaction: James Brown- Live at the Apollo

The History and Popular Music of the '60s class learned about James Brown's classic live album, Live at the Apollo.

Reaction: Funkadelic- Maggot Brain

The History and Popular Music of the ’70s class learned about Funkadelic's wildly influential record from 1971. Here are some of their reactions.

Guy in Space – Physics Arts Beats

What if you were created fully formed in the depths of space. What would you know, think, see, and feel in the vast and empty darkness?

Music

Reaction: The Beatles – Revolver

The History and Popular Music of the ’60s class learned about The Beatles' much-loved album, Revolver (1966). Here are their reactions.

Reaction: Patti Smith – Horses

The History and Popular Music of the ’70s class learned about Patti Smith's monumental art-punk record from 1975. Here are some of their reactions.

Reaction: Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde

The History and Popular Music of the ’60s class learned about a pair of classic Bob Dylan albums, Highway 61 Revisited (1965) and Blonde on Blonde (1966). Here are their reactions.

Reaction: Nina Simone – Pastel Blues and Wild is the Wind

The History and Popular Music of the ’60s class learned about a pair of classic Nina Simone albums, Pastel Blues (1965) and Wild is the Wind (1966). Here are their reactions.

Joy

This project was made as a response to the essay Joy by Zadie Smith.

Remembrance

Most of my tracks begin with simple piano/keyboard licks or chord progressions.

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