David, Elliott, Kurdt, and Mark from John W. Yost on Vimeo. On March 6th, 2010 Mark Linkous, the lead singer of a band called Sparklehorse, (look it up for sure) shot himself in the heart outside a friend’s house. He had been drinking all day and had a history of drug abuse, depression, and alcoholism. [...]
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Fire!: the show
Last week I had the First Friday opening and critique for FIRE! All and all it was great to see my work moving in an upward direction. The numbers were a little low at the show on Friday, (thanks to all that came!) but between that, the classes that saw it, and the great crit [...]
FIRE! Friday March 5th
So I’m showing my newest work at The Boor Sculpture Studio on the SUNY Albany campus for First Friday 5PM-9PM. Come by and experience…and chat with me.:-) Here is a preview: Cobain Ain’t Got Nothing on Me from John W. Yost on Vimeo.
Update! 4 Minute Warning finished
After careful consideration and critique, I decided to modify the 4 Minute Warning series slightly and the clips below are the final works. (go to vimeo for the full vertical view.) I’m extremely happy with Paul Revere, but Red Coats only came out slightly better than the original. It’s funny how excited you can be [...]
A New Year: Us Ones In Between
So with a new year comes a new body of work. (Soon to be up on this site, and in shows.) I have spent a good two weeks rounding up work from 2009 and getting it ready to send out. I came across the short film “Us Ones In Between” (A Sunset Rubdown lyric) that [...]
Your four minute warning: end of the war
So I recently started a project called War of 2012. As I get deeper and deeper into grad school I’m finding it easier to not label “series” right away and let work become what it will be. For example, I expanded on the existing War 2012 pieces and added a video element. The video was [...]