Points of Art
Reconfiguration Of Modern Life – Plan2Evolve.tv
We are reconfiguring our view of modern life, and that means re-framing how we look at ourselves and our impact on our environment – both the physical and metaphysical. Part of that re-framing is looking at the underlying conflicts in our lifestyles and how we are triggered on them, to the point of mass [...]
Andrea Grant – Rings I Have Worn
Check another great piece from the DVD of videos I shot and edited for the fabulous Andrea Grant. Her spoken word hits you and flattens you, in a very efficient fashion. Check out more of her work at Copious Amounts Press.
Peace,
Melissa
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Andrea Grant – Messiah Complex
Check out this swell video I shot and edited for the fabulous Andrea Grant, a couple of years back. Check her out at Copious Amounts Press.
Peace,
Melissa
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Miixxy Digital Art
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More digital design – actually, this was on my hard drive for a few months and I just happened across it. Its rather good.
Peace,
Melissa
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Vote for VJ Miixxy – Top VJ List 2007
Hi Peeps!
Once again, DJ Mag has opened its 2007 Top 20 VJs online polls. An international audience can now vote for their favorite VJ, which this lil’ digipixi hopes is me!
http://www.djmag.com/index.php?op=top20vj
You have to vote for 5 VJs, not just one (daring you to show your VJ knowledge). I would suggest the following fabu [...]
Daddie’s Shakti Flower
I am Daddie’s Shakti Flower
I am his moon and his stars
and his stain unclaimed
when the riddle unravels
first on my skin in freckled code
later in DNA stripped bare
petri me attached and new
Daddies are plenty
Fathers are rare
I in faith renew
my search for you.
- M. Ulto, August 2007
This poem and digital art came together fast, as I have [...]
Industry as Pygmalion
The beauty industry sees all photography subjects as raw clay to be molded. Even beautiful young women who are already amazing to look at.
So don’t be discouraged, ladies, when the image on the magazine makes you feel just not quite so. That feeling comes from recognizing you are not looking a human, but an [...]
Sleep vs Shoot
Shooting with Christi Smith from PFF Entertainment
Last night I shot a couple of interviews for the next edition of SheStory.tv – the theme being passionate persistence. Christi Smith, from PFF Entertainment, lives, works and partners with her passions. She started her business around a board game she created, PervArtistry, a charades/pictionary type game, [...]
I Love My View & My Mac Loves Me…
Weehawken Nights 1, M. Ulto 2007 (click for large version)
Above is my evening view from the end of my street in Weehawken. I get to gaze at the glittering spectacle of the skyline from a high perch. It is always dazzling, like a magnificent beast covered in scales of glass, metal and concrete, [...]
Photo Shoot with DJ Seth Gold
DJ Seth Gold
Had a great time shooting with DJ Seth Gold this past weekend. I got some great shots of the DJ with a few friends who just happened to be male models. Check out the full shoot in the photography section, and see some of the shots below:
Peace,
Melissa
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Vote for A Fantastic Film – “Honor Killing”
see the video here
From my sister in art, Nirah:
Dear friends and family…
I pray this finds you all feeling fresh and inspired. I am writing this missive in the hopes of sparking a swift movement of support. After almost three years of living and working out of Jerusalem, the Art and Apathy Documentary Project is nearing [...]
Art, Love & Commerce
DVG Crimson Kiss, M. Ulto 2007 (see full sized version here)
There are times in one’s life when worth is realized. That time comes in a strange side-winding way for artists, whose path is never clear, and most definitely less certain than the path taken by the many. The myths and warnings are [...]
Jeremy Penn & His Proposal Video
I had the honor of creating a marriage proposal video for a client, Jeremy Penn. His vision and my creativity yielded the most romantic fruit, and his girlfriend said yes! It was wonderful to create with Jeremy and for Jessica, though I never met her in person. It is amazing to think [...]
Vote for My ON THE LOT Entry!!!
Hi Everyone!
Please help me get seen and considered by voting and reviewing my film. I think you’ll really like it. Its what can be done in under a week, with the help of some really great actors and a wonderful writer.
I directed, shot and edited this film, and I’m pretty darn proud of it:
Melissa’s ON [...]
Intro Reel
Here’s my intro piece for my entry…also a pretty kickin’ reel!
Peace,
Melissa
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Three Egg Omelette & The Lot
Okay, so I’m almost done…
After shooting all day with Bradley Gallo as his Assistant Director for his “The Lot” entry, I went back to my office and shot intensively with my three person cast. The short is called “Three Egg Omelette”, written by Jerrod Bogard and directed/edited/shot by me. My entry will be [...]
Dream Awake
This is a piece I created as a Valentine to myself, a blueprint of all I hope to manifest in love, career, family and life!
They used to call me a daydreamer…now it’s called visualization. Got my dream goggles on and making the magic happen. I’m a goosebump factory, so hold on for a fantastic ride!
Peace [...]
Happy 2007!
Gama Rama Fun Fest
The arts must be considered an essential element of education. They are tools for living life reflectively, joyfully and with the ability to shape the future.
Shirley Trusty Corey
I am blessed. Last year, 2006, was a litany of lessons and challenges, aligning my intentions, skills, talents and passions. And returning to [...]
Bruce George EPK
I am happy to share this new piece I recently completed for the poet and activist Bruce George. Bruce is the co-founder of Def Poetry Jam, the founder and managing editor of The Bandana Republic and a published author.
The piece is Bruce’s EPK (Electronic Press Kit), and it will be sure to get him [...]
To The Uniting Parties That Be…
Hear my plea…
I’m Ramones’ing
I know you exist in my very fibers
That particles of you are particles of me
And I hate that I need and want your love
Any love
What’s love?
I’m paranoid, I’m foolish, I’m frozen
Love me sounds like a plea
Vulnerable, trustng, no longer stiff
Yet weak, loathing the very object
When simply inside I object
The desire unmet rends [...]
Let Your Light Shine
Philly Fountain – M. Ulto 2006
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You [...]
Pool Art Show Piece – Motion & Mood 2006
This past week, I showed my work at DIVA Pool Art Fair. It was a good sized crowd and all the artists featured their video and digital art on their laptops. Unique and fuss-free affair, I had some great reception to several of my pieces, including the one featured in this post, MOTION & MOOD [...]
Making Movies That Matter
I’ve been home with a cold, watching movie after movie. This is my favorite part of being sick – alleviating the boredom of couch napping and coughing.
This weekend, I watched a range of movies, from “Sideways” to “Millions”. I noticed several key issues with the movies being produced inside the Hollywood system or its close, [...]
For its third year, DJ Mag is running its Top 20 poll for VJs.
Please go to http://www.djmag.com/djtech043, look for the top 20 link
and vote online for VJ Miixxy, as one of your favorite VJs of 2006!
To check out some of VJ Miixxy’s content:
http://www.miixxy.com
The voting is very simple – you don’t even have to put your [...]
Multo.com Moves & Opens Shop
Butterflies in Honduras – M. Ulto
After much drama, loss of equipment and lack of payment from a poorly contracted partnership, I’ve regrouped and moved my edit suite out to Brooklyn. I’m fully up and open for editing, 24/7, at this new location, in Williamsburg. Its a cute little space with enough room for 2 editors [...]
Shifty and Shifting
Pink Core – M. Ulto
Depression sucks.
I’m wishing I could sleep for days until the clouds pass.
Just sit back and let the universe do its work on me.
Heal enough to stand, take deep breaths without suffocating, without pain.
The energy seems not to exist.
Waiting for my core to heal, and start spinning again.
The last kick to my [...]
Peace of Small Moments
Mother & Son, Sister & Child – M. Ulto
While wars rage, greed and egocentric behavior flourishes, hate grows and misery spreads, there is the peace of small moments to reflect on.
Love in a touch – the touch of an eyelash on a child’s cheek – butterfly kisses.
Peace in a touch – the soothing of cool [...]
The Woman Writer – Pillaged for Talent, Raped for Content
Sophia Stewart, Mother of The Matrix
I watched “V for Vendetta†last night, and was moved, but also wary. The art is excellent, but the people behind the art are flawed, deeply flawed. The Wachowski Brothers seem to be very derivative in their works. Some have accused them of outright plagiarism, including Grant Morrison, creator of [...]
15 Seconds of Fame
Part of the making and submitting promos to current.tv included making a promo bump – 15 seconds of fame, as seen by the media maker. I took the self-plug option and made it about art. It’s bubbly, colorful and a 15 second trip into my psyche. I’ll post the piece that was aired shortly (its [...]
H.O.M.E. Reel
This happy, glitzy piece is a reel I created for The House of Mercado, a costume design house and performance troupe. Known best for working with Jonathan Peters, this group makes events in NYC and around the globe beyond fantastic.
Peace,
Melissa
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