In Progress: Scheduled Release: Fall 1999
A wide variety of people live in the oldest planned industrial city in America.. Their thoughts are used as a mirror for improvisations, poetry, dance and musical performances by a variety of local artists and integrated to form these films. Each focuses on some simple thought and travels through a multi-lingual, musical stream of consciousness. What is the mindset of these ordinary people? They open up truth for the masses through the technological wonder of the camera. The performances are mostly improvised in order to experience free-form happenings, except the formal reoccurring themes. It's all mixed up in search of patterns and relationships, making art pieces that will speak on a variety of levels. It's always new as I go though town letting subject matter feed the muse.
This Project is made possible by a grant form the National Parks Service and The Urban History Initiative of Paterson, NJ, The Paterson Department of Community Development, The Paterson Firefighter's Association and Carnie Bragg