video art // “Light Cycle”

My new video poem with original poetry, music, and footage—featured in the 2019 Cadence Video Poetry Festival

video art // “Frequency Spectrum”

A new video poem I created with original poetry, music, and footage

documentary film // Alma Mater Tacoma Artist Spotlight 002 : Sarah Gilbert

#002 in our collaborative series of Artist Spotlights with Alma Mater Tacoma—this one on Sarah Gilbert.

“We look for signs wherever we go: navigating the freeway, exploring a restaurant destination, searching for the bathroom. sportfogadás online We seek out ‘signs of life,’ we talk about ‘telltale signs,’ and excavate our past for missed signs — red flags. We are obsessed with signs and signifiers as a species, always on the hunt for the visible that signals that we are on the right track. 20bet kaszinó online We believe, intrinsically, in right tracks and wrong tracks, and any song, poem, or proverb that speaks of paths or tracks will tell you that the right way always leads you home. In Sarah Gilbert’s latest work, Signs and Signifiers, Sarah explores ideas of way-finding—both in our species and beyond… wazamba kaszinó online ” (read more)

event film // Tacoma Film Festival 2017

We were on hand all week to capture the 2017 Tacoma Film Festival—from screenings to workshops to parties—here’s our look back at our favorite TFF yet (including original music composed in-house!)

documentary film // Alma Mater Tacoma Artist Spotlight 001 : Gillian Nordlund

#001 in our collaborative series of Artist Spotlights with Alma Mater Tacoma—this one featuring Gillian Nordlund.

“In a windowless room on the second floor of Spaceworks’ Creative House, Gillian Nordlund’s art erupts in pastel and neon bursts. She works in the corner of the small studio that she shares with her partner and fellow artist, Isaac Olsen. ivermectin have sulfa ivermectin injection swollen Fluorescent lights bounce off laminated letters spelling ‘C O M E F R I E N D I A N S’ strung triply in a banner across one wall, near a desk stacked with spools of thread, notebooks, paints, and a fortune-cookie note-adorned sewing machine that reads ‘choose your own path. ivermectin injectable dosage for goats 6 weeks old ivermectina precio cruz verde ’ When meeting Gillian—whose smile is as big and wild as her teased-out hair—there is never a doubt that this is her mantra… ivermectin for dog mange ivermectin delivery using polymers ” (read more)

promo films // Tacoma Film Festival 2017

We worked with the Tacoma Film Festival once again—this year to help turn their annual poster art into moving pictures as promo videos. We combined original footage with an original score to complete the effect. The best part of this project was driving around Tacoma capturing the footage!

art film // Case Study 0003 : “Protect”

CASE STUDY 0003 // “Protect”

poem / music / film by
Peter James Berkley
copyright 2016

event film // The Dance Hall : Old Soul + Motown : 2016.11.05

Here’s a quick recap of the first The Dance Hall we presented with Alma Mater at the Carpenters Building in Tacoma.

Thanks to DJ Press Play and Zodiac Supper Club for providing the music and the cocktails!

music film // Bombay Beach : “Thee Mote”

Allow us to present this music film we put together for our friends in Portland’s Bombay Beach. We used motion graphics, rephotographed footage and original footage to create this beast—we hope it only serves to make the band that much more mysterious than their music…

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music film // Phinisey : “Something New”

Seattle area producer and musical collaborator Phinisey is striking out on his own and releasing solo music—doing Something New…starting with this music film we created for him. We wanted him to exist in a dreamy blank slate miasma of color about to take shape into “Something New”—like the dawn of the universe or the morning sky. It’s Phinisey’s heartfelt delivery, though, that makes the visuals pop!

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