Art, Ideas, and Tools for Change • Jack Kellogg is an artist & filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. His multi-disciplinary work incorporates story, sound, and vision to explore the nature of power, the power of nature, and the absurdity/wonder of the human experience.
Social Media Videos
durations vary
Occasionally, I create short videos specifically for distribution on social media platforms. They may be sketches for more elaborate projects, fragments of longer planned works, or standalone pieces that will remain just as they are.
I do have concerns about producing work for social media, primarily in relation to the extraction of resources through our engagement. However, for now, I am utilizing it to see if I can connect with people whom I would otherwise never reach.
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I do have concerns about producing work for social media, primarily in relation to the extraction of resources through our engagement. However, for now, I am utilizing it to see if I can connect with people whom I would otherwise never reach.
Click on the button below to view and learn more about each video.
The King's Tribute
Audiocinema, 40:00
I use the term "audiocinema" to describe this piece because its highly-developed sound image is intended to provoke a cinematic experience, without visual elements. In other words, I tried to create an aural film, something that goes beyond typical audio storytelling.
Starting with a story I wrote, based on the legend of Perillos and the tyrant king of Akragas (an ancient Greek colony on Sicily), I composed a score to accompany my reading. The music acts as a secondary narrator, expressing the unspoken and sometimes unspeakable parts of the story. These elements work together to create "audiocinema."
Click on the button below to listen to the full 40-minute piece and learn more.
Starting with a story I wrote, based on the legend of Perillos and the tyrant king of Akragas (an ancient Greek colony on Sicily), I composed a score to accompany my reading. The music acts as a secondary narrator, expressing the unspoken and sometimes unspeakable parts of the story. These elements work together to create "audiocinema."
Click on the button below to listen to the full 40-minute piece and learn more.
The Crash, or A Patch of Gravity
a film by Chele Isaac & Jack Kellogg, 15:00
Chele Isaac is an artist & filmmaker based in Madison, Wisconsin and my long-time collaborator, having worked with me in various ways since we were students together. In 2019, we made this short film, fusing both our sensibilities into something that neither of us would have created independently.
A wobbly and unstable humor perfumes the piece, offsetting the pervasive sense of dread and foreboding throughout. Were we presaging the global pandemic just waiting in the wings, or pre-grieving the loss of a species in some unnamed upheaval?
Click on the button below to watch the full 15-minute film and learn more.
A wobbly and unstable humor perfumes the piece, offsetting the pervasive sense of dread and foreboding throughout. Were we presaging the global pandemic just waiting in the wings, or pre-grieving the loss of a species in some unnamed upheaval?
Click on the button below to watch the full 15-minute film and learn more.
BLM+
Political poetry
In the summer of 2015, I created this design in an effort to expand the understanding of those who see the phrase "Black Lives Matter" as consisting of only three words. Beneath the surface there are dozens more – words that, together, describe the complex societal structures that shape and support a life. The ones I chose were among the broadest and most important, in my opinion, but there are many others that could be included – it is my hope that those who view this graphic will consider ALL the words that could be in this list, enriching their perception of what makes up any life, and, in particular, "black lives."
Click on the button below to learn more and download the graphic to print on your own accord.
Click on the button below to learn more and download the graphic to print on your own accord.
