VIDEO: Cleveland 3.1

The following video was initially presented at last February's Pecha Kucha Night Cleveland, held at the House of Blues. Thed Ferringer and I (acting as fictitious urban design consortium FABNEO) collaborated to produce this satirical solution for all of Cleveland's problems.

Thed and I have not gotten together to present this since the initial Pecha Kucha Night. This is the first time that the content has been replicated in a complete format. To the best of my knowledge, a full recording from P-K Night does not exist. My lady friend Alex did capture a significant chunk of the P-K presentation, which may be added to YouTube at some point in the near future. Though the version below provides a great example of the Cleveland 3.1 plan, it maybe lacks the immediacy, desperation and hilarity of P-K night.

If anyone out there has a full recording from that night, please reach out to me or Thed.

Thanks and enjoy.

VIDEO: Merely Conventional Signs

Here is a short film I wrote/directed a little over a year ago about the near-death and eventual resurgence of punctuation in the 21st century. The film stars a great many Kent celebrities, including Ryan Downey, Elaine Hullihen, Erin Roof, and Douglas Hite. The film was produced by Laura Hannah and myself, and shot and edited by Leslie Cusano. The concept derived from a section of Lynn Truss's book on punctuation, Eats, Shoots, and Leaves. The film was received well by the Fundamental English Grammar class for which it was produced, but was a disappointing snub by the Kent Film Festival in early 2007.

The quality of this version is very poor and for that I apologize. Look for a high res. version in the relative future.