Lite Brites Spud City - Part 1 of 2

Documentary on the artist Steve Defrank. This was my first attempt at making a documentary. At the time Steve was using Lite Brites as his artistic medium and that intrigued me. He had received a commission to do a portrait of Mr. Potatohead from Hasbro and I was able to tape him as he worked on this particular project. Aside from this piece being in the Hasbro Corporate Collection he also has had work shown at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC and at The New Museum in New York City. If you would like to find out more about Steve he is currently represented by Clementine Gallery in New York City. To learn about Jonathan Dobin go to http://www.measureformeasure.org.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Art
• Lite
• Brites
• Steve
• Defrank
• Dean
• Bouler
• NYC180

[WRyan12550]

I agree with keirpea above. Mr. DeFrank's graciousness and spontanaety make him the perfect subject of a video. I was glad to learn about him. I appreciate that the interviewer asks just enough without ever being intrusive. I thought the music was whimsicle and lent itself to the overall production style of the video and the artist's work.

[keirpea]

This is awsome. Gives real insight into the artist and his process. This is waht makes the New York art world so great. Hope there are more of these vidoes on other artists to come.