On the 27th July I made my way to Black Rat Gallery to see Brent Green’s Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then. The event was hosted by Branchange Film Festival. I had only heard of Brent from MarBelle and having checked out some animation I took him up on his offer of going to see a [...]
Being tethered to the UK as I am, my desire to see Brent Green’s live film performances remains unfullfilled so this footage from his performance at EMPAC, Troy, NY is the closest I’m going to get until Brent and his band make it over the pond. Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then live at EMPAC from Brent [...]
DN’s favourite animator Brent Green got a quality 10 page feature in last month’s issue of Art in America written by Saul Ostrow. I suggest you kick back with a glass of wine and get further acquainted with Brent and his work.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] From the very beginning DN has been all about the work that we personally love and adore, so if I tell you this will be filmmaker, artist and creative genius Brent Green’s third appearance on the podcast, it should give you an idea of just how highly I [...]
Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then (2010) The true story of a man who built a house to heal his wife.
Few things fill me with joy like a new Brent Green film and thankfully, soon I’ll be able to add Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then to the likes of Hadacol Christmas and Carlin. But for now we’ll just have to contend with the Andrew Edlin Gallery’s preview. Follow the progress on the blog.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] I was turned on to the multi-faceted work of Luca Dipierro by Directors Notes’ favourite Brent Green a good six months ago and fate has plotted to keep us from getting together for some quality interview time until now. The bonus of that extended courting period being that [...]
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] For any of you who’ve dug into our show archives, or stuck around for the last 6 months or so, you’ll already be familiar with returning Directors Notes family member Brent Green and his work, from our discussion on his piece Hadacol Christmas in episode 12. Brent’s back [...]
Carlin (2007) This is the house where I grew up. My Aunt Carlin moved in there with us when she was 35. She had diabetes and she just wanted to die.
Hadacol Christmas (2006) Santa Claus invents Christmas with a belly full of cough syrup and a head full of dying crows.