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“Galaxy Express” 7even:Thirty music video

Check out the new music video that I produced with 7even:Thirty this past spring. It’s finally online for you all to enjoy. Expect great things from this artist!

Featured in this video or assisted in production are as follows:

7even:Thirty - featured artist, producer
Erik L - featured artist
Clay Hardwick - director, dp, editor
Daniel Guaqueta - asst producer
Amile Wilson - choreography, asst dp
Morgan Welch - spaceship construction
Jack Whitley - production asst
Magnolia Roller Vixens - roller skaters/dancers

(in)TELETENT#4

(in)TELETENT#4

come experience the latest (in)TELETENT this week. this is an installation art project by clay hardwick, one in a series coming this spring. on the third floor of the academic complex at millsaps college is a sculptural tent in which you are encouraged to enter and experience while digital video and sounds surround you. the experience is meditative, relaxing, and hopes to spawn your imagination. music/soundscape is created by daniel johnson (mr muddle). come and meditate on the following dates:

Sunday, February 22, 2009 at 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Monday, February 23, 2009 at 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Friday, February 27, 2009 at 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Location:
Millsaps College > 3rd floor AC (Sculpture Studio)

“I Promise Never To Get Paint on my Glases Again”

EKOVISTAZO
experimental video by Clay Hardwick & Jack Whitley

Using a micro lens taken apart from a broken camera, we recorded various clips on the Mac’s built in cam then inverted some clips. Otherwise, very minimal effects, only chopped up clips. The music is by cLOUDDEAD and dictates the meaning of the video - paint on my glasses again……… in which I derive a certain understanding of my perception of daily activities in which experiences or scenes in front of my eyes are like paint on a canvas.

(in)TELETENT#1

(in)TELETENT #1 from clay hardwick on Vimeo.

This is 1 of several art installations part of my senior thesis body of work at Millsaps College 2008-2009. This is tent #1 which was installed in November at One To One Studios in Jackson, MS. Below is my artist statement:

As a child, I often constructed tents in the living room out of old sheets, built forts hidden in the woods, and hauled plywood, televisions, and Christmas tree lights to the attic to create that perfect hideout. To this day I have a similar obsession, rearranging furniture in my apartment and repositioning the lights to create a new feeling, function, and aura to the space. My work explores the relationship between light and objects within a space. Using video projection as an artistic medium, I am interested not only in how objects relate to each other and the viewer, but also in how I can interpret the use of “leaked” video in an experiential site-happening.
I say “leaked” video because my main purpose is to break down the box that is so understood to hold video. This is, of course, television. By destroying these barriers, I allow video to escape into the room, bounce off various objects, and surround the viewer. The viewer, holding the position of a grown-up child, experiences and explores the sheltered tent, connecting with certain elemental properties. Therefore my work is multilayered, with concepts of escapism, spirituality, use of imagination, and trance or hypnosis elements.
For source material, I shoot digital video, animate drawings, and then apply effects to create a loopable video ready for projection. I use digital video projection to throw moving light onto a hand-made tent or fort. As a child, you use what you can get, and using that motto I collect all of the materials in my tent out of disposed waste (except the white fabric). Stepping inside the tent, the viewer can reinterpret video from its televised origins into a relived, yet new, childhood experience.

Collaborative Video Installation @ Millsaps art

Video Installation at Millsaps College from clay hardwick on Vimeo.

Last week, Murphey Parker and I collaborated on a video project for art class at Millsaps. Basically we took Murphey’s drawing, vectorized it, then animated it in Apple Motion. We then applied color effects and sound in FCP and installed. The installation was in a small gallery room at Millsaps College for four days. You’ll find a large white cloth raising from the floor to the ceiling as a “ramp,” weighted by several mirrors on the floor (self reflection). Ambient music provided a relaxing feel and mood to the entire experience. Please comment or ask questions.

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