(music for this failed transcode is courtesy of audio swap on youtube. It’s The Institute of Contemporary Music performing Triangulum Galaxy.)

Over the last few days I’ve been trying, with the help of Jonny, to find a way to transcode the initial edit of Disembody. So far no luck. The feature file is almost ten gigabytes. So far we’re having trouble uploading it (our host rejects files that big, as did our library at the internet archive). VLC, Movie Player and Transcode all failed to successfully transcode it as a smaller file. It’s too big to put on DVD as is.

Etcetera

I would really like to have it available online. And Skye would really like it for his reel, as he is looking for video editing jobs.
The next thing we’ll try is putting it on an external drive and taking it to Amy’s Mac to see if the program that spat it out (Final Cut Pro) can recognize it, load it, and export it as a .mpg or .mov.

Elsewise, I’ve updated the 23E site again. And I’ve torn through every page of Vime, updating them all. Disembody and the next two MVM projects (tentatively titled Portal 7: A Mild Informality and Portal 8: Expansion) all have improved pages and info available. And the third SPP record is now represented and available online in a rough mix.

If you are in SF between September 26 and November 6 you should check out The Colony Room. It is curated by 23E friend Anne Colvin. And our own Marcella Faustini curated a jukebox for the space featuring original music and video from 23E members Alex Lukas and Skye Thorstenson. And, yours truly.
I put up a page and info about The MVM’s work (ten songs on three thumb drives, setting the Pentateuch to music) for the show.

Gads, it took awhile, but as of Friday last week, I can confidently say, production is over. Post-production is now all that lies ahead.

What a relief, too. Getting the Morgellon de-installed was far more demanding than anticipated. Actually, only the painting and the return of Carson’s tools presented unexpected challenges. But, what challenges they were.

Fringe is big. The ceiling is high. And we needed to paint the entire space. The ceiling, fortunately, only needed one coat (after patching and sanding the hundreds of little holes we put in it with our brad gun.)
Most of the walls, on the other hand, needed seven: five of Kilz and two of the considerably more expensive cover paint.
We also needed to paint the office, parts of the basement, and the staircases to both of those places. The stairs only needed two coats. The office only got one (we ran out of paint) and the basement three or four, I think.

Whatever, it took longer than anticipated.
Susan, however, as always, was a dream, and allowed us the extra few days we needed. The next artist in, Jody, was also incredibly understanding of our tardiness.

The tools Skye and I dropped off with Carson last Thursday. The truck I returned the next day. Carson was a king amongst souls, letting us keep his tools as long as he did.

Now post-production begins!

Yup,

our master builder, Jonny Grindstaff, today delivered the new Nightmare City arcade game.

It is amazing. Both Skye and I have been trying to play it, to no avail.
Actually, with a little practice, I got up to level three before a guest arrived for the 7pm showing.
But take my word, this game is stunning, a feast for the senses.

So far everyone who has come in has oohed and aahed over it.

See for yourself

In the meantime, here’s my favorite part of the arcade:

Oh, and for those who don’t read the business page, Nightmare City is the organization that won control of 23E Studios and The Museum of Viral Memory in a hostile take over about six months ago.

That makes me sad lol

I know I haven’t been here for the entire project but I am very happy I got to take part in it at all. I have had a lot of fun in this makeshift theater. I am going to miss Jonny and Skye and Lee, and I’m going to miss playing Britney Spears and singing and dancing while we close up the gallery.

I am excited to go home though. I get to start planning my birthday party :] So thats fun.

I guess it is kind of bitter-sweet.

I am excited to see the footage that is going to be put up online, and seeing everyone’s edits…

I want to wish everyone the best of luck with however they choose to continue the disembody project.

I will continue blogging on the disembody site as often as I can until I finish my screenplay.

Once again; I would really like everyone to get in touch with me. I believe I am getting a list of everyone’s emails from Lee sometime before I leave so there is no escaping me *muahahahahaha* lol