<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483</id><updated>2011-10-06T17:48:21.903-04:00</updated><category term='piece'/><category term='new york city'/><category term='live'/><category term='new hampshire'/><category term='WNYC'/><category term='map'/><category term='competition'/><category term='WQXR'/><category term='john schaefer'/><category term='music video'/><category term='schoenberg'/><category term='public radio'/><category term='david lang'/><category term='mansfield'/><category term='margaret leng tan'/><category term='modern voices'/><category term='john cage twenty-six 26 1991 music video ogreogress productions'/><category term='in a landscape'/><category term='ensemble ACJW'/><category term='ancient paths'/><category term='productions'/><category term='another world'/><category term='morton feldman'/><category term='SNES'/><category term='NPR'/><category term='freeman'/><category term='flushing town hall'/><category term='out of this world'/><category term='etymological'/><category term='artswest'/><category term='number'/><category term='john cage'/><category term='illustrated'/><category term='morton'/><category term='new sounds'/><category term='etymology'/><category term='eric chahi'/><category term='carnegie hall'/><category term='ogreogress'/><category term='urban constructions'/><category term='same'/><category term='james cohan gallery'/><category term='super nintendo'/><category term='dictionary'/><category term='seattle'/><category term='howard'/><category term='glenn'/><category term='WA'/><category term='michigan'/><category term='ax'/><category term='feldman'/><category term='mitten'/><category term='chinese'/><category term='1950'/><category term='pieces'/><category term='twice'/><title type='text'>Toward the Silence - Keith Troester</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>34</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-7340402283082582098</id><published>2011-01-16T20:58:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-16T21:09:14.699-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"Microscopic Earth" - The Final Photos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TTOkiBI9lpI/AAAAAAAAAas/tktAR0aeUcM/s320/Earthly_Plants.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562970869061228178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I have posted the final 5 photos of my &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Microscopic Earth&lt;/span&gt; set.  Check out my &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Flickr page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; now...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-7340402283082582098?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/7340402283082582098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2011/01/microscopic-earth-final-photos.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/7340402283082582098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/7340402283082582098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2011/01/microscopic-earth-final-photos.html' title='&quot;Microscopic Earth&quot; - The Final Photos'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TTOkiBI9lpI/AAAAAAAAAas/tktAR0aeUcM/s72-c/Earthly_Plants.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-3411895780089734263</id><published>2011-01-07T22:46:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-07T22:56:06.145-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Five New Photos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TSfeymHKQWI/AAAAAAAAAac/6a_dTqV29MY/s320/Earth_Storms.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559657225817571682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have posted 5 brand-new photos for my &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Microscopic Earth&lt;/span&gt; set on &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;my Flickr page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  One more batch to come soon...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-3411895780089734263?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/3411895780089734263/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2011/01/five-new-photos.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/3411895780089734263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/3411895780089734263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2011/01/five-new-photos.html' title='Five New Photos'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TSfeymHKQWI/AAAAAAAAAac/6a_dTqV29MY/s72-c/Earth_Storms.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-6968929699531979401</id><published>2011-01-04T18:53:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-04T18:59:32.323-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Four New Photos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 176px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TSOzVt9V9nI/AAAAAAAAAaU/796s7DwVQSM/s200/Creeping_Plant.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558483550800836210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I have posted 4 new photos from my &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Microscopic Earth&lt;/span&gt; set, on &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;my Flickr page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  More to come soon...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-6968929699531979401?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/6968929699531979401/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2011/01/four-new-photos.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/6968929699531979401'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/6968929699531979401'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2011/01/four-new-photos.html' title='Four New Photos'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TSOzVt9V9nI/AAAAAAAAAaU/796s7DwVQSM/s72-c/Creeping_Plant.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-5448992484489510465</id><published>2011-01-01T00:25:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-01T00:38:54.311-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"Microscopic Earth" - The First Photos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TR671i1lRrI/AAAAAAAAAaM/VyPsGwn8XRs/s200/Sand_Dollar_Emerges.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557085518780778162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Welcome to 2011, and to an exciting, brand-new photo set, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Microscopic Earth&lt;/span&gt;, which I will be posting intermittently over time.  I see this set as capturing elements of the Earth and presenting them like microscope slides. For this whole set, there are only minor digital manipulations: luminance adjustments, cropping, and rotation.  Check out the first several photos on my &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Flickr page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  Come back for more photos from this set...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-5448992484489510465?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/5448992484489510465/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2011/01/microscopic-earth-first-photos.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/5448992484489510465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/5448992484489510465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2011/01/microscopic-earth-first-photos.html' title='&quot;Microscopic Earth&quot; - The First Photos'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TR671i1lRrI/AAAAAAAAAaM/VyPsGwn8XRs/s72-c/Sand_Dollar_Emerges.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-6803977574197391394</id><published>2010-12-28T17:15:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-28T17:17:32.109-05:00</updated><title type='text'>New photo set for new year</title><content type='html'>Check back for a brand-new photo set later this week, as we enter 2011.  Like the previous set, this one will be posted intermittently over time.  In the meantime, you can browse my &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Flickr page.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-6803977574197391394?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/6803977574197391394/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-photo-set-for-new-year.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/6803977574197391394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/6803977574197391394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-photo-set-for-new-year.html' title='New photo set for new year'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-1696486835357650113</id><published>2010-12-21T20:35:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-21T20:38:52.917-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Final 2 "Found" Photos | Winter Solstice</title><content type='html'>For whatever reason, it seemed appropriate to post the final 2 "Found" photos on the winter solstice (and right on a full moon).  Check out my &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Flickr page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for the photos.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-1696486835357650113?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/1696486835357650113/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/12/final-2-found-photos-winter-solstice.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/1696486835357650113'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/1696486835357650113'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/12/final-2-found-photos-winter-solstice.html' title='Final 2 &quot;Found&quot; Photos | Winter Solstice'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-5283210492173364720</id><published>2010-12-09T21:01:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-09T21:06:51.947-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Three New "Found" Photos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 127px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TQGLKyyVioI/AAAAAAAAAaA/5XXjDYl5qBw/s200/Door.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548869233445014146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I have posted three new "Found" photos on my &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Flickr page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  Stay tuned for the final batch of "Found" photos...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-5283210492173364720?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/5283210492173364720/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/12/three-new-found-photos.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/5283210492173364720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/5283210492173364720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/12/three-new-found-photos.html' title='Three New &quot;Found&quot; Photos'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TQGLKyyVioI/AAAAAAAAAaA/5XXjDYl5qBw/s72-c/Door.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-738238847383479027</id><published>2010-12-05T07:44:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-05T07:50:27.932-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Four New "Found" Photos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TPuJcYF7_HI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/F9OIVCHUTdQ/s200/Stairs2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547178486633593970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Check out my &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Flickr page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for four new "Found" photos, and look for more soon...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-738238847383479027?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/738238847383479027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/12/four-new-found-photos_05.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/738238847383479027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/738238847383479027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/12/four-new-found-photos_05.html' title='Four New &quot;Found&quot; Photos'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TPuJcYF7_HI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/F9OIVCHUTdQ/s72-c/Stairs2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-7136576998067967410</id><published>2010-12-02T18:41:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-02T18:50:32.810-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Four New "Found" Photos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TPgwtLcMEfI/AAAAAAAAAZw/l_bWLy8gDl4/s200/Leaves.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546236493830033906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Four more new "Found" photos have drifted onto my &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Flickr page here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  More to come...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-7136576998067967410?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/7136576998067967410/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/12/four-new-found-photos.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/7136576998067967410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/7136576998067967410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/12/four-new-found-photos.html' title='Four New &quot;Found&quot; Photos'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TPgwtLcMEfI/AAAAAAAAAZw/l_bWLy8gDl4/s72-c/Leaves.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-8331088189189556513</id><published>2010-11-29T20:37:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-29T20:40:41.244-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A New "Found" Photo</title><content type='html'>I have posted another "Found" photo on my &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Flickr page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;...more to come...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-8331088189189556513?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/8331088189189556513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-found-photo.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/8331088189189556513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/8331088189189556513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-found-photo.html' title='A New &quot;Found&quot; Photo'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-4368040414986615073</id><published>2010-11-28T02:10:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-28T02:19:00.613-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The First Two Photos of "Found" Set</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TPIBdp_KP-I/AAAAAAAAAZo/GMxKo0xPpTk/s200/Bookcase.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544495700245102562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I have posted the first two brand-new photos of my "Found" set on my &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Flickr page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  Check back as more photos drift into the pack...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-4368040414986615073?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/4368040414986615073/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/11/first-two-photos-of-found-set.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/4368040414986615073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/4368040414986615073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/11/first-two-photos-of-found-set.html' title='The First Two Photos of &quot;Found&quot; Set'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TPIBdp_KP-I/AAAAAAAAAZo/GMxKo0xPpTk/s72-c/Bookcase.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-7905799676640748610</id><published>2010-11-24T21:43:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-24T21:44:53.614-05:00</updated><title type='text'>New photo set coming soon...</title><content type='html'>It's been some time since I've posted anything new, but stay tuned...I will be posting a brand-new photo set, probably to be posted intermittently across time.  The photo set itself is in many ways about the slipping of time and space, and something quite different from my previous work.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-7905799676640748610?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/7905799676640748610/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-photo-set-coming-soon.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/7905799676640748610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/7905799676640748610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-photo-set-coming-soon.html' title='New photo set coming soon...'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-1638812689328955044</id><published>2010-05-09T05:55:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-09T06:12:41.628-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Flickr Update</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/S-aKhzrxf-I/AAAAAAAAAVg/umBCawDmf_k/s200/FG4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469211110902169570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I have re-posted the recent batch of photos (they are better than ever after some subtle cleaning), and I have posted some brand-new photos that are part of my &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Fuzzy Geometry&lt;/span&gt; series.  Check out everything on my &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;Flickr&lt;/a&gt; page.&lt;span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"&gt;&lt;span class="on" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Add_Image" title="Add Image" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="addImage();" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);;ButtonMouseDown(this);"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Add Image" class="gl_photo" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-1638812689328955044?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/1638812689328955044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/05/flickr-update.html#comment-form' title='29 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/1638812689328955044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/1638812689328955044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/05/flickr-update.html' title='Flickr Update'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/S-aKhzrxf-I/AAAAAAAAAVg/umBCawDmf_k/s72-c/FG4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>29</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-5865422362970576557</id><published>2010-05-03T18:12:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-03T18:14:17.959-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Flickr Maintenance</title><content type='html'>I'm temporarily taking down the newest set of photos to do a bit of cleaning up.  Soon, I will re-post these, and post new photos to my &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Fuzzy Geometry&lt;/span&gt; series.  Stay tuned...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-5865422362970576557?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/5865422362970576557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/05/flickr-maintenance.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/5865422362970576557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/5865422362970576557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/05/flickr-maintenance.html' title='Flickr Maintenance'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-8301058052188830711</id><published>2010-04-24T21:49:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-24T21:51:10.458-04:00</updated><title type='text'>New Photo Series - Fuzzy Geometry</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/S9OfvD_7umI/AAAAAAAAAUc/ADALSiYyuUA/s200/TREES.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463886403806673506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Photography has been my creative pursuit recently, so I've posted many new photos to my &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Flickr page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  The main series is called &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Fuzzy Geometry&lt;/span&gt;, which will be an ongoing study, so check back for new updates.  A brief study is called &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Anatomy of a Worm&lt;/span&gt;.  Seen here is one example of a new photo.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-8301058052188830711?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/8301058052188830711/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-photo-series-fuzzy-geometry.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/8301058052188830711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/8301058052188830711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-photo-series-fuzzy-geometry.html' title='New Photo Series - Fuzzy Geometry'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/S9OfvD_7umI/AAAAAAAAAUc/ADALSiYyuUA/s72-c/TREES.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-2072252151538738787</id><published>2010-03-27T03:10:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-27T03:13:58.017-04:00</updated><title type='text'>"The Strange" SciFi Demo</title><content type='html'>In a slight diversion from my usual video work, I have posted my hosting gig (I was one of two hosts) for a SciFi (now Syfy, but I preferred SciFi) web series demo, which went as far as this video.  It's called "The Strange," and that it is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can go to my &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;YouTube&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; page to watch it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-2072252151538738787?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/2072252151538738787/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/03/strange-scifi-demo.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/2072252151538738787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/2072252151538738787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/03/strange-scifi-demo.html' title='&quot;The Strange&quot; SciFi Demo'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-8979126217931695552</id><published>2010-02-28T04:44:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-28T04:47:55.426-05:00</updated><title type='text'>ArtsWest Exhibit: "Relics of Light"</title><content type='html'>My run with the "In a Landscape" video continues at ArtsWest Playhouse &amp;amp; Gallery in Seattle, in the "Relics of Light" exhibit, from March 2 - 27, 2010:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title="View ArtsWest Press Release: &amp;quot;Relics of Light&amp;quot;  on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/27601261/ArtsWest-Press-Release-Relics-of-Light" style="margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;ArtsWest Press Release: "Relics of Light" &lt;/a&gt; &lt;object id="doc_709285427086667" name="doc_709285427086667" height="600" width="100%" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf" style="outline:none;"&gt;        &lt;param name="movie" value="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf"&gt;        &lt;param name="wmode" value="opaque"&gt;         &lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"&gt;         &lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;         &lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;         &lt;param name="FlashVars" value="document_id=27601261&amp;amp;access_key=key-r90baeh8lcn8krme1y5&amp;amp;page=1&amp;amp;viewMode=list"&gt;         &lt;embed id="doc_709285427086667" name="doc_709285427086667" src="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=27601261&amp;amp;access_key=key-r90baeh8lcn8krme1y5&amp;amp;page=1&amp;amp;viewMode=list" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="600" width="100%" wmode="opaque" bgcolor="#ffffff"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;     &lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-8979126217931695552?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/8979126217931695552/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/02/artswest-exhibit-relics-of-light.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/8979126217931695552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/8979126217931695552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/02/artswest-exhibit-relics-of-light.html' title='ArtsWest Exhibit: &quot;Relics of Light&quot;'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-3212969180136297699</id><published>2010-01-23T01:32:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-23T01:38:10.377-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='urban constructions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='WA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seattle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='in a landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='john cage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='artswest'/><title type='text'>ArtsWest: "Urban Constructions" Exhibit</title><content type='html'>My video for John Cage's "In a Landscape" will be featured in the &lt;a href="http://www.artswest.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ArtsWest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Gallery &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Urban Constructions&lt;/span&gt; exhibit.  Please check out their site, and the press release from my Scribd account below:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title="View ArtsWest Press Release: &amp;quot;Urban Constructions&amp;quot; on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/25620989/ArtsWest-Press-Release-Urban-Constructions" style="margin: 12px auto 6px; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; display: block; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;ArtsWest Press Release: "Urban Constructions"&lt;/a&gt; &lt;object id="doc_918787811760994" name="doc_918787811760994" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf" style="outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;" height="600" width="100%"&gt;        &lt;param name="movie" value="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf"&gt;        &lt;param name="wmode" value="opaque"&gt;         &lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"&gt;         &lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;         &lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;         &lt;param name="FlashVars" value="document_id=25620989&amp;amp;access_key=key-66hfvb86y1wlegntlnr&amp;amp;page=1&amp;amp;viewMode=list"&gt;     &lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-3212969180136297699?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/3212969180136297699/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/01/artswest-urban-constructions-exhibit.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/3212969180136297699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/3212969180136297699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2010/01/artswest-urban-constructions-exhibit.html' title='ArtsWest: &quot;Urban Constructions&quot; Exhibit'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-3737755013488338541</id><published>2009-12-21T00:27:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-21T09:29:07.654-05:00</updated><title type='text'>New Video: "Violin and String Quartet"</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 151px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/Sy8HWGhwEEI/AAAAAAAAARM/KGgzeySJMpY/s200/MF_VSQ_SNAP.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417556953040687170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A sample of my new music video for Morton Feldman's "Violin and String Quartet" (1985) is on my &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;YouTube&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; page.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The actual piece is about 2 hours long, and so trying to snap that into YouTube's brief, transient agenda is probably unnecessary.  However, you can find this piece, in its entirety, and plenty more music, through &lt;a href="http://ogreogress.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;OgreOgress productions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  This video is another collaboration with Glenn Freeman of OgreOgress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most of the video was shot without a traditional video camera. I explored this method in piecemeal in one or two other videos, but this is the first major use of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for watching and supporting.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-3737755013488338541?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/3737755013488338541/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/12/new-video-violin-and-string-quartet.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/3737755013488338541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/3737755013488338541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/12/new-video-violin-and-string-quartet.html' title='New Video: &quot;Violin and String Quartet&quot;'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/Sy8HWGhwEEI/AAAAAAAAARM/KGgzeySJMpY/s72-c/MF_VSQ_SNAP.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-2678004724323113185</id><published>2009-11-28T17:34:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-28T17:44:05.237-05:00</updated><title type='text'>On Slowing Down (for the holidays, et al.)</title><content type='html'>My music videos have mostly been focused on letting groups of tiny details slow down, and expand, on the screen at the same time.  Part of this comes from my music selection—typically longer works by John Cage—and part of it is from my own close attention and awareness.  I think I was originally influenced by minimalist composer Philip Glass, who often lets a motif flutter away, and then sends after it several more, over time, until you can’t pick out any one of them, like trying to spot a crow among its fellow crows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’ve expanded my awareness to other areas, such as eating.  When was the last time you genuinely remembered the bites you took while eating?  Eating has become a crutch for the bored, the stressed, and the celebrations of holidays; sometimes we don’t even remember how much we ate, or what we ate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m guilty of this, but lately I’ve discovered that I own a stomach, and it has a rhythm.  When it gives me that sensation of hunger, I provide it with some nutritive substance that is fulfilling.  When I am full, I stop eating.  I repeat this process, and it works pretty well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We should be aware of our stomach just as closely as our lungs and heart—our breaths and heartbeats, respectively.  They are all timekeepers—the stomach, the lungs, and the heart—and if we could develop a sense for their ticking, we might be richer.  Most people don’t think about their breathing very often, unless they are vigorously exercising, but it would do them well, especially since sometimes they don’t know until they’re practically hyperventilating.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is part of panic attacks—when your body goes into overtime, whether in your lungs, heart, or stomach, it’s time to do something.  Of course, activities like exercise purposely push the lungs and heart, positively, but if you take a couple minutes after this article and really think about your breathing, you can slow down and let the heavy details of the moment ease into clarity.  You can do the same thing with the beating of your heart, and the sensations of the stomach.  It all sounds kind of New Age, but it really does work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Too often, eating has nothing to do with fulfilling feelings of hunger.  Social gatherings often require eating, and we may have eaten 3 turkey dinners before we realize what we just put in our bodies.  Holidays, especially, have been shrouded with food and its packaging.  It seems that because a particular candy matches the color scheme of a holiday, then we should be eating it at that moment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I thought I chiefly remembered Halloween being a candy-based holiday, but it appears that every day of celebration has its own campaign for food.  And, fittingly, every themed item is suddenly and extensively on sale.  How much must we eat to satisfy a holiday’s demands?  Well, usually past the point of being full, has been my experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you were suddenly overwhelmed by an inability to breathe regularly, you would probably be concerned.  Your body is just as clearly telling you something when you achieve that feeling of fullness after a meal or snack.  Many (cheap) foods are not wholesome—pretzels, chips, cookies—you just keep eating because there’s so much sodium, sugar, and/or fat.  Crucially, there’s little unsaturated fat or fiber, which are helpful in feeling full and satisfying the body.  The same thing happens with sodas—empty calories and high fructose corn syrup have a way of never really doing anything--even a beverage’s chief purposes, which are to satisfy our thirst and aid in digestion, have been lost.  It’s really just a tease for the body, and sometimes it’s worse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One would do better to eat an apple and drink some water or low-fat milk.  Many varieties of apples are available, and most are delicious.  Switch out processed sweets with natural sweets—you will actually acquire some fiber and nutrients.  The reason most fruits and vegetables don’t advertise benefits is because they are assumed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s not hard to listen to our stomachs, or to tell if something we’re about to eat is unhealthy or too much for a single human.  Recently, I’ve slowed down my eating, as a whole, to savor it.  If you are cramming in several bites at the same time, you are probably not appreciating it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s tough because foods, along with every other element in America, has been shoved ahead, and expected to become faster and more convenient.  It’s always there, it’s fast, and it’s easy. Foods that may have been vaguely time-consuming, like cereal, have been reduced to packaged bars or bites.  What’s wrong with taking time to appreciate spoonfuls of cereal?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are also bloating our foods as we do our stomachs.  Breakfast has become a match for lunch and afternoon snacks because we have been told that it’s the most important meal of the day.  What was a bagel with jelly or cream cheese has been lifted to a stacked, fried bagel sandwich, where you can get a muffin and doughnut free, and unnecessarily sweet and caloric coffee concoctions.  Chocolate (usually too fatty and sweet to make up for the oft-praised anti-oxidants) has managed to permeate every meal, snack, and side dish in the spectrum.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It all comes back to slowing down and being aware.  Not just aware that it tastes good, but what you’re putting in your mouth, and if your stomach agrees that you should be doing so.  Did you really need a bagel sandwich, a muffin, and a coffee/chocolate drink?  Switching out empty foods with denser, more wholesome foods will make you full faster, and you won’t need to eat as much.  Sometimes eating something “bare” (i.e., not covered in cheese, chocolate, sugar, or other similar dressings) can bring us closer.  I didn’t used to like almonds (I had to eat them roasted and salted)—but now, I eat raw, natural almonds, and I love them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If we are aware of our breathing, our heart beating, and our eating, we will naturally slow down and appreciate that new exercise regimen or meal.  All the little details will be magnified.  It’s easy to get lost in the swirl of a rapid, unblinking American life (especially visually), but if we can just be aware once and a while, we might find something we never knew was there.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-2678004724323113185?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/2678004724323113185/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/11/on-slowing-down-for-holidays-et-al.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/2678004724323113185'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/2678004724323113185'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/11/on-slowing-down-for-holidays-et-al.html' title='On Slowing Down (for the holidays, et al.)'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-4639671476900629683</id><published>2009-11-09T10:17:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T10:24:04.839-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='david lang'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='WQXR'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='public radio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPR'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='WNYC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='john schaefer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new york city'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='live'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new sounds'/><title type='text'>N.Y. Public Radio talks more, puts people to sleep</title><content type='html'>In early October, 2009, WQXR, the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;New York Times&lt;/span&gt;-owned classical radio station moved into the hands of New York Public Radio, WNYC, and switched from 96.3 FM to 105.9 FM.  A shakeup of the WNYC schedule occurred: WNYC, at 93.9 FM and 820 AM, is now chiefly talk shows, and the excellent music portions of the stations unwillingly snapped into the mold of the former WQXR.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I used to listen to WQXR, but generally found a play list of traditional and soporific classical music.  Commercials were terrible, trying to convince you to choose your shiny casket or the “Weekender” from the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;N.Y. Times&lt;/span&gt; (or both).  Every introduction to the next musical selection was marred with a condescending and tight tone, as if maybe you weren’t smart enough to be listening in the first place.  What did you know about the movements of that Mozart symphony, anyway?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;THEN…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For musical purposes, I stayed with WNYC and its &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Evening Music&lt;/span&gt; (E.M.) program, which generally aired on weeknights from 7 to 11 PM.  During the week, Terrance McKnight hosted, with a large helping of Philip Glass, David Lang, and Terry Riley, and a sprinkling of composers I had simply never heard of.  Engaging bits of biographical or musical information wrapped around this music, forming a tight show.  I looked forward to hearing at least part of E.M. after work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Friday, and through the weekend, David Garland hosted E.M. with a smart ear for music and discussions that pushed you happily into the solo experience of radio.  Garland also hosts &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Spinning On Air &lt;/span&gt;(more on this later).  On Friday nights at 10 PM was a segment called &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Movie Music&lt;/span&gt;, with soundtracks, new and old.  What was behind the visuals suddenly came out, and was freely played for the listeners.  To be fair, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Movie Music&lt;/span&gt; is still on (now clunkily called &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Movies on the Radio&lt;/span&gt;), Saturdays at 9 PM on WQXR.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To lose track of time on E.M. was infectious—I remember falling, but strapped in on a fantastical ride, for the dark and dazzling music of &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Music for Falling From Trees&lt;/span&gt;, by Peter Broderick.  Or, the sweet, soft tones of Valentin Silvestrov‘s &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Bagatellen&lt;/span&gt; series were unforgettably beautiful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;NOW…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But those moments have passed, since the current E.M., now on WQXR, has been refaced with what their website calls “[. . .] the ‘best of the best’ of the classical music core [. . . ]” (i.e., the old WQXR).  It’s like a loop of those bargain bin “The Most Beautiful Classical Music of the World” CDs.  I can’t say I’m excited to hear that when I get home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What seems to be a substitution for the modern classical music shade of E.M. is the “Q2,” an Internet stream.  Every time I have looked at the currently playing work on WQXR’s website, it doesn’t appear to be much of a substitution, though I have recently been curious to give it more of a chance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Being broadcast tonight, November 8, 2009, on WNYC and Q2, live at The Greene Space, is a premiere of the American choral version of David Lang’s &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The Little Match Girl Passion&lt;/span&gt;.  It’s hosted by John Schaefer, of &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Soundcheck&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;New Sounds&lt;/span&gt; fame.   I’ve been listening to it as I write this, and it’s been rather nice, and intense (a good intense), company.  I heard a portion of it on this afternoon’s &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Choral Fixation&lt;/span&gt; program on WQXR (Sundays, from noon to 2 PM); this is an extant piece of WNYC, and was formerly hosted by Terrance McKnight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m going to give Q2 more of a chance over the next couple weeks, even though it is a gigantic waste of energy to run the computer just to listen to the radio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;SO WHAT IS WORTH LISTENING TO?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what is left on New York Public Radio?  As I’ve shifted away from the music programs, I’ve grown to like more talk shows.  WNYC, still on 93.9 FM and 820 AM, has added, deleted, and shuffled programs.  Looking at the week, it’s too much talk (often of the same topics), but here are my favorites, musical and not, in no particular order:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Morning Edition / All Things Considered&lt;/span&gt; (weekdays: M.E.: 5 – 6 AM on 93.9 FM, 6 – 8 AM on 820 AM / A.T.C.: 4 – 8 PM, with Marketplace; also on weekends from 5 – 6 PM): NPR news standards that I listen (or read online) daily.  Check out (the fairly new) http://www.npr.org.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Spinning On Air&lt;/span&gt; (Sundays at 8 PM on 93.9 FM): David Garland’s artful show that “has always been about unusual music,” according to the site.  You will hear music and people you’ve never heard, with solid interviews by Garland.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Le Show &lt;/span&gt;(Sundays at 7 PM on 820 AM): Harry Shearer’s dry and sharp show.  He is one of the best vocal artists, and you will feel like Principal Skinner from &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The Simpsons&lt;/span&gt; is cracking you up.  Listen for his wonderful bits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; • &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! &lt;/span&gt;(Saturdays at 11 AM on 93.9 FM and 820 AM; Sundays at 4 PM on 93.9 FM): The best news quiz show, ever.  Take this over &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Whad’Ya Know&lt;/span&gt; (Sundays at 6 PM on 820 AM), an ersatz bore-fest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;On the Media&lt;/span&gt; (Saturdays at 7 AM on 93.9 FM, Sundays at 3 PM on 820 AM): What is going on in all the various forms of media, and why it’s important (or not).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Sound of Young America&lt;/span&gt; (Saturdays at 1 PM on 820 AM, Sundays at 6 PM on 93.9 FM): Jesse Thorn hosts this mixed artist talk show out of his California apartment, with musicians, artists, writers, etc.  I’ve heard everything from the cast of &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The State&lt;/span&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Reno 911!&lt;/span&gt; to Terry O’Reilly’s &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The Age of Persuasion&lt;/span&gt; on CBC Radio. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Splendid Table&lt;/span&gt; (Sundays at 9 PM on 93.9 FM): Lynne Rossetto Kasper’s food show is surprisingly good, since I typically don’t enjoy food shows.  I’ve picked up morsels of information from this program.  People talking about what they know can be interesting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS:&lt;/span&gt; It cannot possibly be that every American songbook piece is the “best,” but Jonathan Schwartz’s &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Saturday&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Sunday&lt;/span&gt; shows (12 – 4 PM) are still good for that music.  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;On Point, &lt;/span&gt;hosted by Tom Ashbrook, out of Boston, is a solid talk show with relevant and variously curious topics (weekdays, 1st hour of the show at 8 PM on 93.9 FM); ditto on &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Tell Me More&lt;/span&gt;, hosted by Michel Martin (weekdays, 2 PM on 820 AM and 9 PM on 93.9 FM) and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Fresh Air&lt;/span&gt;, hosted by Terry Gross (weekdays, 3 PM on 93.9, except for Fridays and 8 PM on 820 AM).  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There’s plenty left in the WNYC schedule for excellent programming, but I hope that either the classic Evening Music returns, or that Q2 is a veritable source of modern classical music.  If we have lost that, perhaps my monthly sustainer program for WNYC is not worth the trouble.  One look at iTunes’s Classical radio section will prove that “best of the best” classical music is drearily redundant.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-4639671476900629683?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/4639671476900629683/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/11/ny-public-radio-talks-more-puts-people.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/4639671476900629683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/4639671476900629683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/11/ny-public-radio-talks-more-puts-people.html' title='N.Y. Public Radio talks more, puts people to sleep'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-8682448228469828444</id><published>2009-11-03T17:04:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-04T17:01:30.599-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ensemble ACJW'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='modern voices'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flushing town hall'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='carnegie hall'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chinese'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ancient paths'/><title type='text'>Ensemble ACJW at Flushing Town Hall Review</title><content type='html'>I meant to write about &lt;a href="http://www.acjw.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ensemble ACJW&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; following the concert, but I didn't.  So this is a belated version.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ensemble ACJW is derived from a program (The Academy) of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute.  I saw them (one configuration), for free, at Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, which is part of Queens, New York, on October 25, 2009, at 2 PM.  I am a member of Flushing Town Hall, but I am writing this independently.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The program was part of the Carnegie Hall &lt;a href="http://www.carnegiehall.org/chinafestival/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ancient Paths, Modern Voices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; series, which concludes November 10th.  It's an appreciation of Chinese culture.  With this motivation, each English spoken explanation was paired with a Chinese-translated version.  For those with no knowledge of Chinese, this was a curious habit--the consonant and consistent tones of Chinese (and many Asian languages) always provide an interesting canvas, and are far prettier than English.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This concert dovetailed nicely with my recent interest in traditional Chinese script, and you will see an illustration celebrating some script in an upcoming &lt;a href="http://etysketch.blogspot.com/"&gt;Ety.Sketch&lt;/a&gt; entry.  Illustrating etymologies is a richly rewarding experience.  I recently spent some B&amp;amp;N gift card credit on &lt;a href="http://www.collinslanguage.com/"&gt;Collins&lt;/a&gt;'s Chinese and Latin dictionaries, and a Random House Japanese dictionary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The program opened with a piece by Chen Qigang called "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Instants d'un opéra de Pékin&lt;/span&gt; for solo piano."  Imagine a quiet field where the peace is slowly disturbed by some furtive wild animal--one can be filled with joy and unease simultaneously.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The two strongest pieces were by Guo Wenjing and Zhou Long, with "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Parade&lt;/span&gt; for Six Peking Opera Gongs, Op. 40" and "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Taigu Rhyme&lt;/span&gt; for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Percussion," respectively.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wenjing's "Parade" featured David Skidmore, Jared Soldiviero, and John Ostrowski, on percussion.  Visually, they stood around a circular conglomeration of percussive instruments, such as Chinese opera gongs.  They appeared to be summoning some rhythmic spirit--one of them would play a bit on some instruments, another would play on some more, and then one would hold a gong for another to go two-handed.  Each musician held several pairs of sticks or mallets between his fingers at all times, like sharp musical claws.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The opera gong is impressive--the pitch's decay extends and wobbles past the point of contact by the mallet.  It's like percussive Jell-O, jiggling around and overlapping with other instruments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Like the best concerts, you are re-adjusting your view just as much as you are intently listening.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Long's "Taigu Rhyme" was a huge piece, with a large set of drums and gongs, plus woodwind and strings.  The slams by the 3 percussionists cascaded through the venue with a cinematic intensity and crunch.  The seemingly endless, tenuous clarinet blowing by Sarah Beaty wrapped itself into the strings and tribal drum and gong hits.  This isn't Benny Goodman--this is marathon clarinet playing, with incredible agility, speed, and beauty. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I cannot help but bring up the visual similarity between the gongs and the Target bull's-eye logo (one of the sponsors)--red was scattered throughout the drums, too, so it all seemed too connected.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ensemble ACJW is a cohesive, powerful group of musicians--you could catch them smiling at each other in the midst of this non-Western music, which is refreshing.  Several times, you could see the violinist, Joanna Marie Frankel, and the cellist, Nicholas Canellakis, break their bow's strings with their ferocity.  From what I understand, more members from The Academy are continually part of Ensemble ACJW, and perform around in different configurations and numbers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* * *&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carnegie Hall is holding a free Neighborhood Concert Series around New York City well into 2010.  See below for the calendar, color-coded by borough, from the brochure.  Being print matter, the dates and concerts are subject to change.  Check out &lt;a href="http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/explore_and_learn/art_neighborhood_concerts.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;their page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for more information.  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Dictionary Debut</title><content type='html'>I just updated my &lt;a href="http://etysketch.blogspot.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ety.Sketch blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, with a brand-new entry, and the very first pages of my &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Illustrated Etymological Dictionary&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ID&lt;/span&gt;, for short).  At the end of every month, I will add to these pages with all the new entries, in thumbnail form.  All the full images, also, will be available via my &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracerprod"&gt;Flickr&lt;/a&gt; page.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-2483263491372573074?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/2483263491372573074/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/10/halloween-update-dictionary-debut.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/2483263491372573074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/2483263491372573074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/10/halloween-update-dictionary-debut.html' title='Halloween Update &amp; Dictionary Debut'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-8097245766231808089</id><published>2009-09-28T06:35:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-28T06:40:16.014-04:00</updated><title type='text'>2 new illustrations, etc.</title><content type='html'>I just updated my &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://illustratedmonday.blogspot.com"&gt;Illustrated Monday&lt;/a&gt; blog, where I posted 2 new illustrations. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I managed to destroy my hard drive in a single dropping incident, so I will need a new one.  I had nothing terribly useful on it, since it's all been backed up, so I will move ahead hopefully this next month, on my video for the Feldman piece which has been referenced several thousand times since I started. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There will be a couple more weeks of Illustrated Monday, when I will then transition into a new illustration blog, where words will be my guide.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-8097245766231808089?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/8097245766231808089/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/09/2-new-illustrations-etc.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/8097245766231808089'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/8097245766231808089'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/09/2-new-illustrations-etc.html' title='2 new illustrations, etc.'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-3856944509293557141</id><published>2009-09-19T06:07:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-19T06:09:33.279-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I'm taking my time with my next video, as has clearly been shown, because I am able and because it's a long work. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the meantime, you can check out my &lt;a href="http://illustratedmonday.blogspot.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Illustrated Monday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; blog, where you will find one of my new illustrations every Monday. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks,&lt;br /&gt;Keith&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-3856944509293557141?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/3856944509293557141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/09/im-taking-my-time-with-my-next-video-as.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/3856944509293557141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/3856944509293557141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/09/im-taking-my-time-with-my-next-video-as.html' title=''/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-5959856511715996566</id><published>2009-09-06T20:42:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-08T22:38:29.047-04:00</updated><title type='text'>(Actual) Video Update</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;VIDEO UPDATE:&lt;/span&gt; I've made substantial progress on my next music video, for a roughly 1-hour Morton &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Feldman&lt;/span&gt; piece, "Violin and String Quartet - Beginning," from 1985.  For simplicity, I will probably just post a sample of the video on &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/tracerprod"&gt;my YouTube channel&lt;/a&gt;.  In the background, I'm also constructing a video for the "Conclusion" part of that same quartet.  Check out &lt;a href="http://ogreogress.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;OgreOgress&lt;/span&gt; productions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for more information about the music, and &lt;a href="http://www.cnvill.net/mfhome.htm"&gt;this repository of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Feldman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  I hope to post the sample of "Beginning" next weekend, if not soon after.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-5959856511715996566?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/5959856511715996566/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/09/actual-video-update-alternate-blog.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/5959856511715996566'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/5959856511715996566'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/09/actual-video-update-alternate-blog.html' title='(Actual) Video Update'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-1120399510240568161</id><published>2009-07-14T06:34:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-14T06:36:24.787-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Moon Phase Update</title><content type='html'>On Wed., July 15, at 5:54 AM, is the Last Quarter moon.  The New Moon is on Tues., July 21.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-1120399510240568161?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/1120399510240568161/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/07/moon-phase-update.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/1120399510240568161'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/1120399510240568161'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/07/moon-phase-update.html' title='Moon Phase Update'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-7906609844698751868</id><published>2009-07-11T08:49:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-11T10:19:37.930-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='john cage twenty-six 26 1991 music video ogreogress productions'/><title type='text'>New Video: John Cage's "Twenty-Six" (1991)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 155px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/SliLGOe7bAI/AAAAAAAAAJU/epHEfZRP9dM/s200/26_Snap.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357184695840500738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out my new video for &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;John Cage's "Twenty-Six" (1991)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, in three parts due to YouTube's duration cap.  Please watch one after another, all in one sitting, for the best experience.  Portions of this video were not shot with a video camera at all (at least not in the traditional sense); I will continue to explore this method in forthcoming videos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As always, thank you to Glenn Freeman of &lt;a href="http://ogreogress.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;OgreOgress productions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  There you can buy all the music featured in my videos (the ones that have OgreOgress productions in the info box/slate).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-7906609844698751868?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/7906609844698751868/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-video-john-cages-twenty-six-1991.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/7906609844698751868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/7906609844698751868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-video-john-cages-twenty-six-1991.html' title='New Video: John Cage&apos;s &quot;Twenty-Six&quot; (1991)'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/SliLGOe7bAI/AAAAAAAAAJU/epHEfZRP9dM/s72-c/26_Snap.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-969019406534966501</id><published>2009-07-09T08:38:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-09T08:41:38.220-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Several additions</title><content type='html'>I added several mini-apps to this blog.  Now you can rate each entry, e-mail/share each entry, and you can check out who else might be viewing this blog (sidebar on the right near the bottom).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-969019406534966501?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/969019406534966501/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/07/several-additions.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/969019406534966501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/969019406534966501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/07/several-additions.html' title='Several additions'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-8724419165679460134</id><published>2009-07-08T06:45:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-08T07:01:19.292-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eric chahi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='margaret leng tan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='super nintendo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SNES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='another world'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='john cage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='out of this world'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new york city'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='james cohan gallery'/><title type='text'>Cage &amp; Chahi</title><content type='html'>I forgot to post some documents from a Margaret Leng Tan performance of John Cage pieces, from May 16 of this year, at the James Cohan Gallery in New York City.  It's not until you see Cage works performed live that you instantly realize their impact--the impersonality of the performance manages to wedge the works into your memory.  Below is the program, and then a document handed out during Cage's "0'00"" (1962):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Program Outside Pages:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title="View Margaret Leng Tan performs Cage/Nam-June/Fluxus (1) on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/17162051/Margaret-Leng-Tan-performs-CageNamJuneFluxus-1" style="margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Margaret Leng Tan performs Cage/Nam-June/Fluxus (1)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;object codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" id="doc_502597841306734" name="doc_502597841306734" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" align="middle" height="500" width="100%"&gt;        &lt;param name="movie" value="http://d.scribd.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=17162051&amp;amp;access_key=key-2pw7xov8bomgmxfn2kv&amp;amp;page=1&amp;amp;version=1&amp;amp;viewMode="&gt; 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   &lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Program Inside Pages:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title="View Margaret Leng Tan performs Cage/Nam-June/Fluxus (2) on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/17162037/Margaret-Leng-Tan-performs-CageNamJuneFluxus-2" style="margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Margaret Leng Tan performs Cage/Nam-June/Fluxus (2)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;object codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" id="doc_451092701928338" name="doc_451092701928338" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" align="middle" height="500" width="100%"&gt;        &lt;param name="movie" value="http://d.scribd.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=17162037&amp;amp;access_key=key-2azmh4aikm26z3oue4r1&amp;amp;page=1&amp;amp;version=1&amp;amp;viewMode="&gt; 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   &lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Document Handed Out During Cage's "0'00"":&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title="View John Cage &amp;quot;0'00&amp;quot; (1962) on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/17162056/John-Cage-000-1962" style="margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;John Cage "0'00" (1962)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;object codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" id="doc_45248031573042" name="doc_45248031573042" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" align="middle" height="500" width="100%"&gt;        &lt;param name="movie" value="http://d.scribd.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=17162056&amp;amp;access_key=key-io16gld7hczm5s6o7v8&amp;amp;page=1&amp;amp;version=1&amp;amp;viewMode="&gt; 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   &lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, for anyone who was playing Super Nintendo during the early '90s may remember a game called "Out of this World."  It was one of those explicitly polygonal-based graphics games, but it was minimalist in its design, with very little speech or words, but chilling cinematic scenes, with an odd little musical score, creepy sound effects, and some unfamiliar creatures who shuffled around mechanically.  And it was a tough game to play well. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I researched it; it's more commonly called "Another World", and was drawn up, handmade, by &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Eric Chahi&lt;/span&gt;.  His creation story hit me because it was fairly low-budget and ultimately conceived from scratch, with a cinematic eye.  He is also a talented painter, with his art forming the cover of the game's box.  Most, if not all, of my own work is low-budget and handmade, so the parallels are salient.  Read about this game and his story &lt;a href="http://www.anotherworld.fr/anotherworld_uk/index.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (he also concocted a curious color-coded visualization of his chronology).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-8724419165679460134?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/8724419165679460134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/07/cage-chahi.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/8724419165679460134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/8724419165679460134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/07/cage-chahi.html' title='Cage &amp; Chahi'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-1978468518332585884</id><published>2009-07-06T06:25:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-06T06:28:21.931-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='number'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='john cage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pieces'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Late this week, I'll post my new video for another one of John Cage's Number Pieces.  Full moon tomorrow.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-1978468518332585884?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/1978468518332585884/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/07/late-this-week-look-out-for-my-video.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/1978468518332585884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/1978468518332585884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/07/late-this-week-look-out-for-my-video.html' title=''/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-8193322790437405965</id><published>2009-06-25T06:51:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T06:54:41.797-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='piece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='1950'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='productions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ogreogress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='morton feldman'/><title type='text'>Morton Feldman: "Piece" (1950) Video</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/SkNXPRM_T8I/AAAAAAAAAIk/yI4cEI9x388/s200/MF_Piece.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351216702073819074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's live!  Check out my new video for &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/tracerprod"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Morton Feldman's "Piece" (1950)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  I have once again worked with Glenn Freeman of &lt;a href="http://ogreogress.com"&gt;OgreOgress productions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-8193322790437405965?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/8193322790437405965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/06/morton-feldman-piece-1950-video.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/8193322790437405965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/8193322790437405965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/06/morton-feldman-piece-1950-video.html' title='Morton Feldman: &quot;Piece&quot; (1950) Video'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/SkNXPRM_T8I/AAAAAAAAAIk/yI4cEI9x388/s72-c/MF_Piece.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-526504864173146591</id><published>2009-06-17T06:58:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-17T07:16:01.728-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mansfield'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='map'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='schoenberg'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='glenn'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='feldman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='morton'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mitten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new hampshire'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='howard'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='competition'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freeman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='same'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='productions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ogreogress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='twice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='michigan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ax'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>A wonderfully dense typo:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Word War I" (Indeed.  Perhaps not a war, but certainly a disturbance.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was from Howard Mansfield's "&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Same-Ax-Twice-Restoration-Throwaway/dp/1584650281"&gt;The Same Ax, Twice: Restoration and Renewal in a Throwaway Age&lt;/a&gt;".  Mansfield discusses how we remember elements of the past, and what we do to maintain the past, while it is always changing.  Now, as I read, he's speaking about house museums where workers are required to "rebuild" the&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; artifacts and memories, and float them, suspended, where they cannot possibly stay immutable.  Mansfield, a New Hampshire resident, compacts quotes and brief stories into passionate calls for hope in what is a constant sloughing and decaying of the past.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last weekend, I worked more on my video for a Morton &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Feldman&lt;/span&gt; piece--I moved along, but I didn't want to rush it, since I began so late in the weekend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This weekend, I actually would like to jump into my try at Michigan's &lt;a href="http://michiganfilmfest.org/competition.php"&gt;Mitten Map Competition&lt;/a&gt;.  I will likely work from a Schoenberg "fragment" piece (about 30 seconds long), which will be a dense half a minute.  Once again, I am working with Glenn Freeman of &lt;a href="http://ogreogress.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;OgreOgress&lt;/span&gt; productions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I added a list of my 5 most recent videos to the sidebar on the right, and I will update it as needed.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-526504864173146591?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/526504864173146591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/06/wonderfully-dense-typo-word-war-i.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/526504864173146591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/526504864173146591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/06/wonderfully-dense-typo-word-war-i.html' title=''/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184284149211423483.post-9171981924837713123</id><published>2009-06-13T08:14:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-13T08:16:22.152-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome</title><content type='html'>Hi everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to the blog for all my video art updates.  I shut down my main page, and you can now find all the same updates here.  I'm working on a Morton Feldman video now, which I hope to post soon.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8184284149211423483-9171981924837713123?l=keithtroester.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/feeds/9171981924837713123/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/06/welcome.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/9171981924837713123'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8184284149211423483/posts/default/9171981924837713123'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keithtroester.blogspot.com/2009/06/welcome.html' title='Welcome'/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02754943885638785106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WvCJe80jtEA/TO3O4yIz54I/AAAAAAAAAZA/-feUUlb17QI/S220/FG10.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
