Matt Johnson, Sculpting "Icebreaker" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ (Part One) ~ 27 minutes.

The first part of my latest Community Access programme, featuring local artist/sculptor Matt Johnson, who works with huge pieces of junk which he heats in a furnace and then bends and manipulates into intricate sculptures, spot-welding the various pieces into elaborate, abstract statues.

I shot Part 2 (completion of the "Icebreaker" sculpture) on Sunday and will be shooting Part 3 (Matt's Open Day) this Sunday (October 25th).

I'll be submitting this first part to local Community Access Stations (Amherst, Deerfield, Easthampton and Northampton) during the week.

This is an updated version, which includes Matt's intro-to-camera and some stunning night-shots from Part Two.

Duration : 27 minutes.

Easthampton NoiseFest..................................... (12-minute extract/trailer)

A 12-minute trailer for Fuzzy's upcoming 30-minute local Cable TV program featuring Easthampton's NoiseFest, held at the Nashawannuck Gallery earlier this year (with intercuts from the subsequent "anti-rehearsal" held at Poppie's place).

This clip was shown recently at Meat For Tea's NoHo video-arts 'happening,' "Cirque du Coq" (at The Elevens nightclub, Pleasant Street).

Duration : Twelve-and-a-half minutes.

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The Last Man On Earth (10 mins)

Fuzzy's submission for the Meat For Tea "Video Art" 'happening,' "Cirque du Coq," in NoHo, Sept 25th (at The Elevens, Pleasant Street).

A "very intense" and "moving" example of street theatre/performance art.

Duration : 10 minutes.

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Easthampton's BearFest ~ "The Souvenir Video" (11-minute trailer)

The 60-minute "the-story-so-far" DVD is available ($20 per copy) from Fuzzy Clock (413-548-6804) and/or via local outlets (such as the City Clerk's Office and Big E's) throughout the Summer.

Proceeds will be donated to the Bear Festival.

This trailer includes highlights of the "Mardi Gras" launch-party, the childrens' Activity Morning, the St Patrick's Day parade (featuring the "Paddy Bearon" float), and the Grand Unveiling of all the bears in situ last month, together with 'sample' snippets from interviews Fuzzy has conducted with sundry BearFest artists along the way.

Duration of this trailer : 11 minutes.

~ ~ ~ Any "bear" artists who would like to be interviewed
~ ~ ~ for this project (&/or the proposed final documentary)
~ ~ ~ please get in touch with me directly :
~ ~ ~ Jon Persson (413) 548-6804
~ ~ ~ &/or
~ ~ ~ FuzzyClockProductions@Hotmail.com

For fuller versions of "the story so far," check out the two BearFest videos, below:
(1) The Bears Are Coming..! (March '09 ~ 11 minutes)
(2) The Bears Are HERE..! (June '09 ~ 20 minutes)

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"The Bears Are Coming!" trailer (11 mins)

This is the first of the BearFest pieces, featuring February's "Mardi Gras" Launch-Party, when we were first introduced to the pristine bears and to all the (135) artists' submissions for the contest.

The next video (see below), "The Bears Are HERE...!" follows-on from this one, and features the actual unveiling of the finished bears in June.

The trailer for "The Bears are Coming..!" was shown on local Community Access stations [Easthampton's Channel 5 (ECAT), ACTV (Amherst) and NCTV (Northampton)], during March and April, and "The Bears Are HERE...!" was shown on ECAT and NCTV last month and is showing on ACTV (Amherst) both this week and next week.

Duration : 11 minutes.

Any artists whom I haven't interviewed yet who would like to be included in the "Souvenir" video and/or the proposed final documentary, please get in touch.

Jon Persson (413) 548-6804 FuzzyClockProductions@Hotmail.com

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The Bears Are HERE...! (20 minutes)

Easthampton's wonderful bears have ARRIVED..!

The June 13th Grand Unveiling was a tremendous success, and thousands of people flocked into Easthampton to see, and be photographed with, all our bears. "Bears everywhere!" just as the Mayor, Mike Tautznik predicted.

The programme has been shown on Easthampton's and Northampton's Cable Access stations recently and is showing on Amherst's ACTV this week and next week.

Any artists who painted a bear whom I HAVEN'T yet interviewed please get in touch and we'll arrange a video session so's you can tell us about your bear and be included in the "Souvenir" video &/or the proposed final documentary.

Jon Persson : FuzzyClockProductions@Hotmail.com
(413) 548-6804

Duration: 20 minutes.

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GAZEBO NIGHTS (2009) ~ "Four on the Floor" ..........(1 hr, 28 mins).

The second of this year's "Gazebo Nights" performances, by local rock group, Four on the Floor.

This was shown on Easthampton's Community Access station, Channel 5, last month, and has since been shown on other local cable stations.

Duration : 1 hour, 28 minutes.

FuzzyClockProductions@Hotmail.com
(413) 548-6804

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GAZEBO NIGHTS (2009) ~ "Woody Smith & The Moon Ridge Band" (1 hour, 15 mins)

The first of this year's Easthampton open-air concerts, featuring local C&W band, "Woody Smith & The Moon Ridge Band."

This was shown on Easthampton's Community Access station, Channel 5, last week, and will be shown on other local cable stations during the coming weeks.

Duration : 1 hour, 15 minutes.

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An Introduction to our little City of Easthampton ('Gazebo Nights' video) (30 minutes)

The open-air concert season is back with us!

Summer is nearly here!

Here's a repost of the first 'Gazebo Nights' piece that I shot last year (June, 2008), the start of a series for local TV stations showcasing Easthampton's weekly open-air concerts.

Not so much a record of the gig, more a travelogue for Easthampton, giving a good 'feel' for the city and for the people who live here.

Features the music of local Classic Rock group, "Landslyde."

Duration : 30 minutes.

Torrential rain, 'Fake Miniatures,' Master Class Woodworking, 'Gesture Photography' and lots more... May, 2009 Art Walk. (30 mins)

Fuzzy's first half of the "May 2009 Art Walk" (to be completed by ECAT using additional material shot by Channel 5's Brian Oelberg).

Lots of interesting stuff in this month's Art Walk ~ and Fuzzy's section includes an 8-minute preview of next month's "Grand Bear-Bearing" Art Walk.

(Fuzzy's "Here Come The Bears!" will be posted this week. Watch this space.)

Duration : 30 minutes.