http://artbabble.org/artist/Tommy_Hartung/feed en http://artbabble.org/video/art21/tommy-hartungs-budget-guide-new-york <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-series"> <div class="field-label">Series:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/series/new-york-close">New York Close Up</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-institution"> <div class="field-label">Institution:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/partner/art21">Art21</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><em>What are the bare essentials an artist needs to live in New York?</em> In this film, artist Tommy Hartung ventures out from his home and studio in Ridgewood, Queens to meet up with two friends—fellow artists Ronnie Bass and Georgia Sagri—in nearby Bushwick, Brooklyn. Along the way, Hartung chronicles his own path to becoming an artist: working as a cook out of high school, deciding to attend college to study art, and finding cost-effective places to live and make his work.</p> <p><a href="http://artbabble.org/video/art21/tommy-hartungs-budget-guide-new-york" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://artbabble.org/video/art21/tommy-hartungs-budget-guide-new-york#comments New York New York City Tommy Hartung Community Contemporary Art Place Art21 http://artbabble.org/sites/default/files/bvideos/45/45375e40798f9f84/poster-image-01.jpg 45375e40798f9f84 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:35:02 +0000 wesasketch 8796 at http://artbabble.org http://artbabble.org/video/art21/tommy-hartungs-underground-movies <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-series"> <div class="field-label">Series:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/series/new-york-close">New York Close Up</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-institution"> <div class="field-label">Institution:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/partner/art21">Art21</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><em>How little does an artist need in a moving image to tell a story?</em> In this film, artist Tommy Hartung employs minimal means and materials to create animated movies, performing a series of experiments in his basement studio in Ridgewood, Queens. Hartung’s remodeled underground space functions as a workshop—or in the words of a friend, an “arena”—with colored lights, dioramas, and puppet-like characters.</p> <p><a href="http://artbabble.org/video/art21/tommy-hartungs-underground-movies" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://artbabble.org/video/art21/tommy-hartungs-underground-movies#comments diorama Music sound Tommy Hartung Video Art Inspiration Contemporary Art Materials and Process Art21 http://artbabble.org/sites/default/files/bvideos/79/7951a6fcd0dda45d/poster-image-01.jpg 7951a6fcd0dda45d Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:05:11 +0000 wesasketch 8790 at http://artbabble.org