Black Friday
November 26, 2011
My tribute to the great American holiday: Black Friday.

LEGO Star Wars
November 19, 2011
Trying-out the iStopMotion application.

Das Thema von UNIMOG
November 10, 2011
U-N-I-M-O-G... UNIMOG!!!

The Last Zombie
August 11, 2011
The zombie apocalypse comes to an end.

Moving Picture #006 (Spring)
May 25, 2011
The sixth installment in my moving picture collection features the vegetative growth that could acquire in my backyard.

Here I Am... Traveling to Waynesboro, Virginia
May 14, 2011
Here I am at various points during my trip to Waynesboro, Virginia.

myAkron / Episode 1 / Last But Not Least
April 24, 2011
myAkron is a new minimalist series featuring views from the Akron area.

Kitchen 808: Butternut Squash Soup
March 17, 2011
A cooking tutorial teaches you how to make butternut squash soup through the glory of music.

Tiny Animation #14: Abstract Space Quarter
February 9, 2011
An idea proves itself, so now the work begins.

Tiny Animation #13: The Man With A Price On His Head
January 19, 2011
A man believes there's a price on his head and tells us about his many run-ins with the authorities.

Tiny Animation #12: Burrito Buggy (Just Having A Little Fun)
December 29, 2010
Real or erase... that is the question!

Tiny Animation #10: Corky's Thomastown Cafe (Sequences)
December 23, 2010
A moment in time from Corky's Thomastown Cafe on Arlington Street in Akron, Ohio.

Tiny Animation #9: Burrito Buggy (Faux Shuffle)
December 20, 2010
You must visit and have a drink at every bar to complete "The Shuffle" and poseurs will be chastized.

Tiny Animation #8: The One About A Walking Taco
December 18, 2010
A few friends discuss the idea of a walking taco... but all wrapped-up with the Burrito Buggy!

Tiny Animation #7: Hanging With AE (Hell's Bells)
December 17, 2010
AE tells us the story of his bell and demonstrates its power.

Tiny Animation #6: Burrito Buggy (Subway)
December 9, 2010
Back at the Burrito Buggy, a customer tells us who she would like to push in front of a subway car.

Tiny Animation #5: Melting (A Vision)
December 8, 2010
The first "Tiny Animation" to use markers features a vision of oblivion!

60bpm :: Cross-Country Journal :: Entry 7
December 7, 2010
Entry #7 in the Cross-Country Journal project has our champion exiting the city of St. Louis, Missouri.

Tiny Animation #4: Burrito Buggy (Italian Vacation)
December 6, 2010
Another "Tiny Animation" takes us back to the Burrito Buggy where we chat with a customer about her vacation to Italy.

60bpm :: Cross-Country Journal :: Entry 6
December 5, 2010
The sixth entry into the 60bpm :: Cross-Country Journal finds our protagonist still working his way through St. Louis.

Tiny Animation #3: The Fighter (A Love Story)
December 4, 2010
A boy's first fight is an aphrodisiac for his girl.

Tiny Animation #2: Hanging With AE (The Sanctified Conch)
December 3, 2010
AE sings on the conch shell for us.

Tiny Animation #1: Burrito Buggy (Car Accident)
December 2, 2010
The first episode of the "Tiny Animations" series.

MinoHD Mosaic (featuring BJTM)
May 13, 2010
Flip Video MinoHD shot as I'm driving with a song by someone else.

Step-By-Step #001
March 13, 2010
Snap shots of a work in process are assembled into a stop-motion picture.

Moving Picture #004 (Mode II Crack)
January 24, 2010
The fourth entry into the moving picture series features movement on two axes.

MLS Morning News Intros
January 12, 2010
Here are three intro segments for my high school morning news class which were created 1993-1994.

Dot-Dom Champions League 2010 Warm-Up (1209N0)
December 14, 2009
Here's a summary of our office's first televised foosball competition.

Winter Games (Stop-Motion Sketch) (1209M0)
December 13, 2009
A stop-motion video sketch at 60 bpm.

60bpm :: Cross-Country Journal :: Entry 5
December 8, 2009
The fifth entry into the 60bpm :: Cross-Country Journal finds our protagonist entering the city of St. Louis, Missouri.

Moving Picture #003 (Modern Day Cave Painting) (1209D0)
December 4, 2009
The third entry into the moving picture series depicts a modern day cave painting in motion.

Today's Lesson: Installing a Leader (1209B0)
December 2, 2009
Reel-to-reel tapes need leaders. This is how to install one.

60bpm :: Cross-Country Journal :: Entry 4
October 24, 2009
The fourth entry into the 60bpm :: Cross-Country Journal shows Travis crossing the Indiana/Illinois border into some bad weather.

Part 1: The Abduction
October 21, 2009
Short video presented as the first part of a serial meant to depict the creation of an army comprised of brainwashed crackheads.

60bpm :: Cross-Country Journal :: Entry 3
October 17, 2009
The third entry into the 60bpm :: Cross-Country Journal finds our protagonist in Indianapolis, Indiana, home of Kurt Vonnegut.

60bpm :: Cross-Country Journal :: Entry 2
October 13, 2009
The second entry into the 60bpm :: Cross-Country Journal captures Travis as he crosses the Ohio/Indiana border.

The Dream Machine
October 10, 2009
Inspired by the story of Brion Gysin and Ian Sommerville's creation, I decided to build my own Dream Machine. Here it is in action.

60bpm :: Cross-Country Journal :: Entry 1
October 1, 2009
The first entry into the 60bpm :: Cross-Country Journal has our protagonist, Travis, saying goodbye.

60bpm :: Cross-Country Journal :: Trailer
September 21, 2009
Here's a trailer for my newest project -- 60bpm :: Cross-Country Journal -- which will begin on October 1, 2009, at http://ccjournal.60bpm.com/

A 90-Second Video Recipe
September 2, 2009
In 90-seconds, I show you how to make a simple tomato sauce base over some funky music.

Moving Picture #002 (The Grey Living Room)
August 26, 2009
The second installment of my new "moving picture" series.

Moving Picture #001 (Day to Night)
August 16, 2009
The first composition using my "moving picture machine" depicts the cycle of a single day. More to come.

Dude, this one time...
July 4, 2009
Someone's brother gets a bit intoxicated and proceeds to eat paint.

Julius Caesar (Act 3, scene i)
June 17, 2009
Here's my 10th grade English class re-enactment of Act 3, scene i, from Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar".

Visiting Athens, Pt. 3: In The Kitchen
June 11, 2009
I visited my friend in Athens last weekend. In this segment, we are cooking in his kitchen and various things happen.

Visiting Athens, Pt. 2: The Kaleidoscope
June 10, 2009
I visited my friend in Athens last weekend. In this segment, I play around with a kaleidoscope that he has lying around.

Visiting Athens, Pt. 1: The Madhouse
June 9, 2009
I visited my friend in Athens last weekend. In this segment, he explains the nature of the new Athens sanitarium, which is just down the street, from his upstairs window.

Yonder (Chapter 1 of 9)
June 4, 2009
This is chapter 1 of a short film my friend, Mika Johnson, filmed in Prague a few years ago. The rest of Yonder can be viewed at http://www.arcanumproductions.com/tv/.

An Evil Train
May 19, 2009
An evil train tries to recruit children into his growing cult

Soul Train
May 16, 2009
A train goes by to a rocking soundtrack.

We Call Police (Tour de Akron)
April 25, 2009
A blast from the past, the summer of 2002 to be exact. We drove around downtown Akron, capturing random footage, and then assembled a heavily effected video to a song I was listening to at the time.

Camera Sketch (Union and Parkwood)
April 5, 2009
A friend suggested this technique of video taping myself as I worked-out new ideas. It's quick and easy, and also gives a visual reference for notes played. As usual, I started playing through old songs. Here's a favorite.

The Spider
March 28, 2009
A spider gets stuck in my sink and I help it get out, after capturing some wicked macro footage.

Making of Lightbox
March 15, 2009
Here is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of my latest volume of the Kaleidoscope Project.

Tri Duraka
February 26, 2009
A series of psychedelic Flash animations are shown over a Scriabinesque sound bed.

Saturday... Early Morning... Studio... Alone...
February 14, 2009
Alone in the studio, very early this morning, happier than I've been since last Saturday morning around this time. I live for these few hours. Have a laugh, but this is me. The great Bruce Dickenson impersonator.

Passing Cars Production
February 13, 2009
Here I am, capturing footage of speeding cars in the middle of a Friday night for another project.

Assembly
January 17, 2009
Another fast-motion gimmick, here is the assembly of a copy of 60bpm :: Kaleidoscope Project: Volume 2: Trees.

The Day Wondermutt Died
December 31, 2008
Wondermutt is the name of a server from the data center where I work. This is an example of how we retire servers from our data center.

Electronic Playground
December 14, 2008
The visual sound waves of an abstract sound bed are assembled to create an interesting composition.

Chants de travail
November 30, 2008
Here is a covert recording of my favorite piece of Jean-Pierre Gauthier's 'Machines at Play' exhibit at the Akron Art Museum.

Ego-Mania
November 22, 2008
Here I am in all my glory!

Leaves, No. 2
November 15, 2008
The subject of this piece is myself raking the leaves in my backyard, sped-up a bit to make it interesting, with some music to keep

Leaves, No. 1
November 11, 2008
Here I am raking the leaves in fast-motion to a customized soundtrack.

Grandpa Bartko, Live from Middle Bass Island (Part 1)
September 8, 2008
My grandpa tells a story from his childhood.

Cicadas in College Green (Athens, Ohio)
August 29, 2008
Hear the cicadas singing on a hot, summer night on the campus of Ohio University.

The Tree (Is Gone)
August 8, 2008
The tree between my house is felled and I catch the moment.

East Point MBI Generation 3
August 2, 2008
Third generation footage of a scene from late summer of 2003 shot off the east point of Middle Bass Island.

Snow Shadows: Split-Screen
July 7, 2008
Two video sources, one static and one moving, are synched-up to give two points of view of the same scene.

Off To The Queen City (Travel Montage)
July 2, 2008
A travel montage of my drive down to Cincinnati from Akron.

The Fallen Tree -- Pumpkin Patch, Pt. 2
June 24, 2008
I awake to find a large part of a neighbor's tree has fallen and narrowly missed my house.

An Akron Landmark in the Making
June 15, 2008
An abandoned car in a public parking garage becomes an on-going public arts project.

Sitting On Top Of The World: A Fortune Come True
June 8, 2008
A fortune cookie told me that I'd be sitting on top of the world soon and I had a reason to think it would come true. Unfortunately, it did!

Founder's Day 2008 (Akron, Ohio)
June 7, 2008
A visit to the birthplace of Alcoholics Anonymous in Akron, Ohio, during Founder's Day weekend.

Pumpkin Patch, Pt. 1
June 1, 2008
Robbie decides to start a pumpkin patch in his backyard. Excitement Level: -3

Flashback Trilogy, Pt. 3: The Meaning of Life = Cigarettes
May 26, 2008
My friend, Kurt, reveals the meaning of life.

Flashback Trilogy, Pt. 2: Making a Burrito
May 25, 2008
Archival footage of myself making a chili chicken burrito.

Flashback Trilogy, Pt. 1: The Meaning of Life = YEAH!
May 24, 2008
My friend, Travis, reveals the meaning of life from the driver's seat of his bus.

Demo
February 2, 2008
This is just a demo for testing.