Oregon
Literary
Review
Vol. 1, No. 2

Donna Kuhn DIGITAL AARDVARKS Multi-media Video, Poetry, Sound, MIxed Media, Art, Dance, Music Videos: Mini-me is an exploration and expression of grief over the death of my son in a car accident which happened shortly after his 21st birthday. It contains a slidehow of my art (Faces) consisting of abstract portraits and a soundtrack of music/poetry made in Garage Band. I am dancing improvisationally to audio that is not heard in the video. Pleased is a slideshow of more abstract portraits played with music made in Garage Band. Loop is a short piece taken from the video Mini-me but the soundtrack consists of sound effects. There is also different poetry on the screen. Faces is a slideshow of my art with music/poetry/sound made in Garage Band. The video loops back and forth and at times plays the music/poetry in reverse. Hairspray language is an abstract experimental video exploring themes of marriage, family, 9/11 and an homage to a favorite poet. I am dancing improvisationally to different audio than is heard in the video. The audio heard consists of layers of sound; dulcimer, sound effects, poetry, a dream and a recording that was made without my knowledge while relaying a conversation I had overheard at a cafe. Collage is a short video consisting of timed stills, photos, home movies and close-ups. The audio has two layers of poetry; a reading aloud of various dreams and a duo of a tongue-twister poem. More work by Donna Kuhn