still from “Epti Spirit Channeling 2″ by Dick White Creative impulsion is a common thread that The Absurdists featured on AVA all have in common. It’s what drives them to continually pump out massive amounts of work usually unseen in the practice of “regular” artists. But it is also what leads many to go overboard; [...]
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B-SIDES (The Absurdist’s Side Projects) – “DICK WHITE SPIRIT CHANNELER”
Posted: January 8, 2012 in American Films, Collapse, Essays, UncategorizedTags: american films, b-sides, collapse, dick white
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“D I V O R C E” – Disseminating COLLAPSE’S Latest Spaztastic Social Critique
Posted: January 4, 2012 in American Films, CollapseTags: collapse, divorce, eli elliott, fran valentine, video art
“Divorce,” the short video piece by director Kelly Broich (who may also be one of the strangest satirists working today), featuring Fran Valentine and Eli Elliott, is yet another astute critique of one of our social institutions. I don’t know, but after watching this video I fear that by the time the Collapse cult is [...]
LOVE FLOATS MY BOAT – A 2012 Re-Edit From Collapse
Posted: January 2, 2012 in American Films, Collapse, UncategorizedTags: american films, collapse, collapse theater
What scares the shit out of me is that I know a Jerry Jeffers who fits our protagonist’s profile. He’s on SSI, takes psychotropic meds and always has a “business” dealio to offer. Gadzooks you fucks, get out of my head! – clvngodess COLLAPSE Theater (American Films) continues to churn out new work, while performing [...]
More Absurd Bizarreness from COLLAPSE
Posted: December 29, 2011 in American Films, CollapseTags: american films, anne mcdonald, brian burks, clowns, collapse, kelly broich, performance art
AVA reviewer Brian Burks takes on the latest Absurdist endeavours from theater and video art troupe, COLLAPSE. “Bear Killin’,” the short video piece directed by video artist Kelly Broich, featuring performance artist Anne McDonald, is one of the strangest clown videos I’ve seen this month. The film shows a female clown knifing and then [...]
“TCN – THE COMMERCIAL NETWORK” A Review by Novelist Joey Goebel
Posted: December 17, 2011 in American FilmsNovelist Joey Goebel reviews Collapse Theater/American Films piece, “TCN – The Commercial Network” After having watched the short film “The Commercial Network,” I find it difficult to watch TV commercials in the same way. Ads that once seemed silly–or inane at worst–have now taken on a creepy, even sinister air. Leave it to Idaho filmmaker/playwright/satirist [...]
“TCN – The Commercial Network” – a short film by Collapse Theater
Posted: December 9, 2011 in American Films, UncategorizedAVA’s own American Films have taken their act to the stage in the form of theater, operating under the moniker “COLLAPSE THEATER”. Imagine their short films in stage play form, but much more tightly written and with a slew of additional actors, many seemingly itching to dive into the Absurdist material that Amercian Films have [...]
AMERICAN FILMS : Market Penetrations from the Obscure Absurdists
Posted: May 11, 2010 in American Films, Essays, UncategorizedI first came across American Films around 5 years ago. Their films were some of the best shot, best visually looking works online; not to mention some of the most absurdist character pieces out there. Their early characters ranged from avant garde versions of the Trailer Park Boys to religious fanatical freaks to hopeless fruitcakes [...]
“TRIGGERS” – Selected Triggers from Various AV Artists
Posted: April 30, 2010 in American Films, Heck Boyd, shaye saint john, TriggersTags: american films, andy heck boyd, shaye saint john, triggers
“Triggers” a term possibly first coined by Eric Fournier to describe some of his short spasmatic Shaye Saint John pieces, can also be extended to describe other Absurd Video Artists who have been employing this style for years. Neither “short film” nor “sketch piece”, these triggers tend to exist somewhere between “test clip” and “stand [...]
