Sweet,
sweet eye candy with substantive
content *
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Amazon being hostile to independent
artists *
We interrupt this series to bring you a
special edition: robZtv Money Shots.
Call it a "best of" if you'd like.
If you're going to have only one robZtv
DVD, this is the one to have. 650 video
clips in two hours. All yum!
(Not officially rated but I'd give it a
PG13 for some cussin' & non-sexual
nudity.)
Like the box says: In the tradition
of decisive moment street photography,
Robert Zverina's pocket videos capture
poetic glimpses of life's unexpected
beauty, pathos, and absurdity. Watch
with the sound up or mute it to your
music. Great party or bar/venue
background visuals. This might just
change the way you see the world.
Recorded:
December 20 2004 - March 8 2005 Summary: This volume begins on
first day with the RE Store salvage
crew, the most meaningful and
satisfying job I've held. Lots of
interesting views of field work
balanced with footage from Priceless
Works Gallery's heyday plus assorted
extracurricular weirdness, noise music
experiments, and local travels. Highlights:
RE Store architectural salvage
field crew, Melvins @ Electric
Heavyland, Oregon coast, Pyramids @
Neumo's, Bush inauguration protest,
Priceless Works Gallery, Dead Girls
artshow, Seattle cycling scenes, and
much more. Bonus: Watch with original
source audio or select music
soundtrack improvised by Seattle's own
4Shadows.
Recorded:
October 4 - December 19 2004 Summary: A rather dense two
hours, much train travel--Charleston,
NYC, Minnesota--and a lot of latenight
experimentation. Less work, more play,
at a loss over stolen election. Highlights:
Seattle to Charleston by train,
October ocean, TV and video games,
salt marsh dolphins, Amtrak to NYC,
gritty urban scenes, Gowanus Dredgers
Canoe Club, Rochester &
Minneapolis MN, Empire Builder to
Seattle, Fremont Zoo, miselection,
masks & masques, Guided by Voices,
housepainting, Electric Heavyland,
portable noise jam, smashing records,
Polyphonic Spree Bonus: Watch with original
source audio or select music
soundtrack improvised by Seattle's own
4Shadows.
Recorded:
May 23 - October 4 2004 Summary: A summer spent living
and working at a seaside resort on
Orcas Island to heal a broken heart
and hold out hope for tomorrow. Lots
of time spent counting pebbles on a
beach and sitting with an empty mind.
Bucolic! Highlights: Seattle Public
Library Koolhaas grand opening, Folk
Life, Orcas Island, Doe Bay, organic
farming, island resort restaurant
work, counting rocks on a beach,
jellyfish, starfish, placid waters,
pacific ocean, Pyramids play Shipwreck
Days in Anacortes, Washington ferries
and Victoria Clipper trips,
Bumbershoot beerpulling, Harvey Pekar
lecture, San Juan Island, Jones Soda
promo van, Gold Hick, Benny the
Fremont rockstacker
Recorded:
February 9 2004 - May 23 2004 Summary: A weird winter in
Seattle, excavating a dusty basement
for pay and making immersive art
installations for love. Spring trip to
Prague--cathedrals and campfires,
business start-up and buying house. Highlights: Amtrak to
Vancouver, Funhouse, funny LPs,
Selectric typewriters, jet seat creep,
Gasworks kite hill, Bill Horist,
Priceless Works Gallery, weird
weather, debris conveyor, Tacoma,
Golden Gardens, oil victim, Viking
Fire Foundry, chopped bikes,
Confounded Books reading, Sea-Tac
airport, Prague, St. Vitus cathedral
bellringers, cyklojizda (Prague
Critical Mass), Vienna, Petrin, Uz
Jsme Doma @ Decin castle, Czech
trains, Jakub village, Sea-Tac,
ConWorks
Recorded:
August 28 2003 - February 9 2004 Summary: Dreamy trip to Europe
replete with bikes and bands, then
harsh return to blue collar workaday
slog in Seattle remodeling a
millionaire's attic and basement with
side Xmas train trip to midwest. Highlights: bike Amsterdam,
Prague, Sestka, Uz Jsme Doma Rybi Tuk
sessions, ex-pats, UJD @ Novy Bor,
slanted escalators, Cyklojizda (Prague
Critical Mass), auto*mat, UJD @ Supa
Molly, bike Berlin, CarFree Day Praha,
I Am an Artist, Amtrak Empire Builder
to Pittsburgh, Kavage home movies,
piano shenanigans, Seattle snowstorm,
pierced thumb nail extraction,
Intelligence, Country Teasers,
Everything &nd More, Targy's,
Discovery Park, ConWorks, Priceless
Works Gallery
Recorded:
February 8 2003 - August 27 2003 Summary: Working a meager job
as landscaper while US ramps up for
invasion. Futile protests and
initiation into construction work as
unskilled laborer. Trips to Pacific
coast, SoCal, Vancouver, and Orcas
Island. Highlights: Feb 15 war
protest, $1.76 gas, Chuck D at EMP,
peace marches, White Horse fishing
expedition, crab attack, Amtrak to
PDX, Portland City Repair, Yucca
Valley, Joshua Tree, Illegible Books,
Weapons of Mass Distraction, Fremont
Sunday Market, Eclectolounge, Beth's
Cafe, Kalakala, Mt. Baker Beach,
Typing Explosion, Vancouver, fish
ladder, Dead Baby Downhill, Orcas
Island, CoCA art show, Ichiro
grandslam, Bellevue Bush protest,
legwax, Sea-Tac to AMS
About
robZtv:
Since February 2003, Robert Zverina has
filmed tens of thousands of unscripted
digital video shorts using only an
ever-present pocket camera. Of these,
the best have been selected and compiled
into a still-in-progress magnum opus
which reveals a visually exact, deeply
involved, and slightly eccentric view of
the world. Inspired by a childlike sense
of wonder as well as bemused curiosity
about human behavior, robZtv is
an unprecedented film series sure to be
valued for its aesthetic and documentary
qualities. Unpretentious and curiously
addictive, this unique cinematic
experience might just change the way you
see the world.
vol.03:
Amtrak to Vancouver, Green Lake, Funhouse, funny LPs, Susan
Schaeffer signing, plastic bags, Selectric typewriters, jet seat
creep, Gasworks kite hill, Bill Horist, Priceless Works Gallery,
weird weather, debris conveyor, Tacoma, Golden Gardens, oil
victim, Viking Fire Foundry, funny bikes, Confounded reading,
Fremont cut, Sea-Tac airport, Prague, St. Vitus cathedral
bellringers, cyklojizda (Prague Critical Mass), Vienna, Petrin,
Uz Jsme Doma @ Decin castle, Czech trains, Jakub village,
Sea-Tac
vol.02: bike Amsterdam, Prague Metro, Sestka, Jiriho z Podebrad,
Muzeum steps, Uz Jsme Doma Rybi Tuk sessions, ex-pats, Uz Jsme
Doma @ Novy Bor, Rybacek glass studio, trams, slanted
escalators, Hradcany, Cyklojizda (Prague Critical Mass),
auto*mat, UJD @ Supa Molly, bike Berlin, Vecernicek, Vltava
River, CarFree Day Praha, Fakelish, Zizkov, night tram, I Am an
Artist, Fremont Sunday Market, Canned Hamm, Amtrak Empire
Builder to Pittsburgh, Kavage home movies, piano shenanigans,
Chicago, Seattle snowstorm, street sledding, pierced thumb nail
extraction, Intelligence @ Sit-n-Spin, Country Teasers, dust
poisoning, Everything &nd More, Targy's, Discovery Park, gas
station runoff, ConWorks, Deaniac, Priceless Works Gallery
vol.01: Fremont Foundry, Feb 15 war protest, $1.76 gas, Chuck D
at EMP, peace marches, White Horse fishing expedition, Rialto
Beach, Kalaloch Lodge, crab attack, Amtrak to PDX, Portland City
Repair, train to LA Union Station, Palm Springs, Yucca Valley,
Joshua Tree, Pacific Coast Starlight train, WA state ferry,
Bainbridge Island, Gordo's fish shack, Illegible Books, Weapons
of Mass Distraction, Fremont Sunday Market, Eclectolounge,
Beth's Cafe, Kalakala, Mt. Baker Beach, Spot's Chai House,
Typing Explosion, Aurora Bridge, Vancouver, fish ladder, Dead
Baby Downhill, Orcas Island, CoCA art show, Ichiro grandslam,
Bellevue Bush protest, legwax, Sea-Tac to AMS