BlogBloghttp://www.organicprocess.com/blog/2013-05-07T20:54:59ZSquarespacePresshttp://www.organicprocess.com/blog/2012/7/12/press.htmlfarrah hoffmire2012-07-12T19:51:05Z2012-07-12T19:51:05ZOrganic Process in the News:

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]]>Remember New Orleanshttp://www.organicprocess.com/blog/2012/7/12/remember-new-orleans.htmlfarrah hoffmire2012-07-12T19:38:22Z2012-07-12T19:38:22ZIn the Spring of 2007 we were involved in a series of events called Remeber New Orleans. These projects were done in cooperation with Devin Myer, the founder of Fotos for Humanity. Devin is an amazing guy. Fresh out of college with a swagger of idealism that makes anyone with a heart jealous.

At the first event held at Kudu Coffee we screened Vignette One - Lewis Taylor is Always Home, drank some Peroni's and grooved to Anne Caldwell. That was a great night.

At a later event we screened Vignette 2 for the first time and were graced with music from New Music Collective members Bill Carson and Nathan Koci.

Anne Caldwell and the Magnolia Singers tear it up at Remember New Orleans 

]]>Multi-Media Art Eventshttp://www.organicprocess.com/blog/2012/7/12/multi-media-art-events.htmlfarrah hoffmire2012-07-12T19:24:33Z2012-07-12T19:24:33ZKeeping track of our Event Productions ]]>Rebirth New Orleanshttp://www.organicprocess.com/blog/2012/7/12/rebirth-new-orleans.htmlfarrah hoffmire2012-07-12T15:12:50Z2012-07-12T15:12:50Z 

ReBirth was a celebration of New Orleans' unique culture, held at the Stern Center at the College of Charleston on August 4, 2006. Over 15 artists donated paintings, photography, pottery, & jewlery. New Orleans Kid Camera Project had an exhibition of photography from kids in severely flood damaged neighborhoods in New Orleans. ReBirth Brass Band from New Orleans was supposed to bring the music for the evening, but unfortunately & to keep it short- they dicked us! Bandmate, Phil Frazier took our money and told us up until the very end that they were coming. It was about an hour or so before the event that we began looking for a back up plan. And, thanks to Ian Sanchez who called a whole "krewe" of other talented musicians he knew around Charleston, a band was cobbled together. The whole thing was amazing, because all the musicians came from different bands & never played together before & yet, they played New Orleans inspired music all night and the crowd was groovin' & everyone could feel the love. It was a true celebration of New Orleans.

- Farrah 

Another amazing poster by Baird Hoffmire at Electric Paintbrush Studios

]]>Pieces of Sanityhttp://www.organicprocess.com/blog/2012/7/12/pieces-of-sanity.htmlfarrah hoffmire2012-07-12T15:11:53Z2012-07-12T15:11:53ZOn January 22, 2005, the Pieces of Sanity event project, mixing music, video, performance art, spoken word, and multi-media visual art, was not only a statement of expression and freedom for artists and audiences alike, but also helped raise over $3,000.00 for the Humanities Foundation in their mission to bring affordable housing and children’s arts programs to the surrounding economically depressed community.

Event Poster illustrated by Baird Hoffmire at Electric Paintbrush Studios.

 

In addition to the event, Pieces of Sanity produced a book that was made available for sale at the event. Assembled as the event production unfolded and sponsored by BookSurge Publishing, the book features art, poetry, photographs, and song lyrics from featured artists and performers.  BookSurge, a pioneer in the print-on-demand book industry was the perfect partner and provided the perfect medium to create a book on the fly, as events are unfolding.

The book was published in real time with the event. Featuring the works of participating artists, musicians and poets. This was our first live event / book publishing project.

Event made possible by the following: Five Loaves Cafe, Mustard Seed, Mobius Beer, Joe Margarite, Karen Kowalski, and Catherine & Greg Atkinson

Artists

Farrah Hoffmire

Baird Hoffmire

Michelle Spear

Phillip White

Tony Prete

Susan Gregory

Kelli Bratvold

Mitch Henson

Fumiha

Spike

Stephanie Robinson

Musicians

Lindsay Holler

Phillip White

Ron Wiltrout

Willie Harvey

Mitchell Davis

Jonathan Nicholson

Richard Weld

The Hayloft Saints

Maniquinn

Performance art

Josh Kaler

V-Tones

Poets

Marcus Amaker

P-Rod/Perry Rodriguez

Denee Daniel

Jonathan Brown

Buzz Johnson

 

San Francisco Artist Mullet Pony was one of the room inhabitants. Very cool stuff. 

]]>Curious Taleshttp://www.organicprocess.com/blog/2012/7/12/curious-tales.htmlfarrah hoffmire2012-07-12T15:08:37Z2012-07-12T15:08:37ZCurious Tales took place at the Humanities Center as a part of the Piccolo Spoleto festival. It was the premiere of New Music Collective & Phillip White and Kevin Taylor's Variation on Dream musical / movie and also featured many leading charleston musicians, artists and poets such as:

Drew Johnson, David Walen, Farrah Hoffmire, Tom Wrenn, Lucas Causey, Brian Lurie, Baird Hoffmire, Stephanie Smith, Tripp Storm, The Plantation Singers, Jonathan Sanchez, Marcus Amaker, Lindsay Holler, Nathan Koci, Evan LeFlemme, Clint Fore, & Ron Wiltrout.

Event poster again illustrated by the amazing Baird Hoffmire at Electric Paintbrush Studios

Blue Bicycle Books owner Jonathan Sanchez reads from his prose. Jonathan is an amazing performance writer bringing a sense of local journalism to his stories. Do not miss one of his readings.

Marcus Amaker is one of the most sincere and moving poetry "slammers" you will ever see. He graced the Curious Tales event with some of his best performance poetry to date! Marcus is also an extremly talented Graphic Designer here in Charleston.

Here, the powerful and sultry, Lindsay Holler on vocals and Clint Fore on tuba. One of Charleston's New Music Collective's first performances performing their haunting piece; "Variations on a Dream" a movie / music collaboratin by Phillip White & Kevin Taylor. Anyone have audio or video of that? Just great!

]]>RADIANT MIND RETREAT CENTERhttp://www.organicprocess.com/blog/2012/6/4/radiant-mind-retreat-center.htmlfarrah hoffmire2012-06-04T23:38:24Z2012-06-04T23:38:24ZWe're very honored to help our friend, Geshe Dakpa Topgyal "Gesha-La" and the Charleston Tibetan Societyin their mission to build the Radiant Mind Retreat Center in St. George, SC. They just finished the first structure on the 28+ acres of land; a traditional Tibetan gate that will welcome future visitors to the retreat. Mitchell & I were there filming in July 2008 for the ceremony & celebration of the gate and I will be interviewing Gesha-La and others involved with the retreat center to create a promotional / fundraising video that will inspire interest, participation, & funding for the retreats completion.

The RMRC will fulfill many diverse needs including:

Offering a sanctuary for those who need time away from their busy and often stressful lives, to contemplate their own internal world while learning how to be compassionate and ethical individuals in a family as well as in society.

Hosting nationwide conferences and teachings on various ways and means to support spiritual growth and development.

Sheltering for Tibetan refugees where they can become accustomed to western culture and environment

Offering a lay teacher training program for English speaking students in response to the Dalai Lama’s request that westerners’ be trained as teachers of Buddhism

Hosting Tibetan cultural festivals, arts, language and traditional healing methods

Providing a compassionate environment for those who would like to spend their last days peacefully

Providing counseling services to individuals who are in need of emotional, spiritual, and mental health support. 

]]>Resume of Projectshttp://www.organicprocess.com/blog/2012/6/4/resume-of-projects.htmlfarrah hoffmire2012-06-04T21:05:58Z2012-06-04T21:05:58ZPromotional Videos

Commissioned Documentaries

  • Web of Water / South Carolina / 26 min. / 2008
    This was a joint project with the Lowcountry Environmental Education Program (LEEP), South Carolina Heritage Corridor and South Carolina Educational Television (the PBS affiliate in South Carolina). It is scheduled for broadcast in Spring 2009.     
    - Producer, Camera, Editor, Co-Director, Co-Writer
  • Footprints Journal: Finding Pura Vida / Costa Rica / 19 min. / 2008
    This Cause Marketing Documentary was a joint project with The Quiksilver Foundation and Nalgene Hydration Systems. It premiered at the Charleston International Film Festival in May 2008.
    - Co-Producer, Co-Editor, Writer, Co-Director, Camera Operator, Assistant Director of Photography
  • The South Carolina Burned Children's Fund / Charleston, SC / 26 min. / 2007
    This was a joint project with the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and The SC Burned Children's Fund. 
    - Producer, Camera, Editor
  • Dress For Success - Charleston Fashion Week / Charleston, SC / 4 min. / 2009
    A joint project with PDA. Dress for Success relies on the financial contributions, in-kind donations and volunteer efforts of individuals and companies around the world who are committed to helping women take charge of their lives.
    - Producer, Camera, Editor
  • Radiant Mind Retreat Center / In Progress
    This is an "in-progress" project documenting the building and opening of a retreat center in St. George, SC for the Charleston Tibetan Society. 
    - Producer, Camera, Editor

Independent Documentary

  • Falling Together in New Orleans - A Series of Film Vignettes / August 2005 - June 2007
    This was an independent project. I took five trips to New Orleans and created a robust video blog and produced five documentary style vignette / short stories about New Orleans and its recovery after the hurricanes. The total run time of the vignettes are just over an 90 minutes on two DVD's.
    - Producer, Camera, Editor
  • Oyster Man Mike / April 2009 - Selected for 2009 Charleston International Film Festival
  • The Moulin Rouge: A Neighborhood Documentary / In Progress
    This is a project that we are seeking to find funding for in late 2009. The project focuses on the last of Charleston's golden age jazz and funk clubs, the New Moulin Rouge. Owner Bill Wilson moved from New Orleans in the 1980's to keep this legendary club open and is still at it in 2009.
    - Producer, Camera, Editor

  Art / Installation Videos

Film Festivals, Broadcasts, Tours & Awards

Falling Together in New Orleans

Footprints Journal: Finding Pura Vida

Web Of Water (WoW)

  • PBS broadcast throughout 2009

Oyster Man Mike

 

Event Production


]]>CONVERGESOUTH CONFERENCE Audience Award 2007http://www.organicprocess.com/blog/2012/6/1/convergesouth-conference-audience-award-2007.htmlfarrah hoffmire2012-06-01T14:08:20Z2012-06-01T14:08:20ZFalling Together in New Orleans won an audience award for the 2007 ConvergeSouth Film Festival!

We spent a weekend at the ConvergeSouth conference in Greensboro, NC. One of the first things our colleagues and friends Dan Conover & Janet Edens (married) said when we first met was that we needed to attend this show. Dan totally made it happen (We still owe him for the hotel room) and it was a pretty amazing experience.

FTNO Vignette Three: Emergency Communities in the Lower 9 was a feature of the ConvergeSouth Film Festival and screened to a large and very media-savvy audience. The movie was very well received (the winner of the audience award is announced next week...) and it was nice to see responses from industry leaders that our work has a unique style and ability to reach people effectively on important subject matter.

The screening opportunity was created by a new mistress of OPP communications and PR - Kerri Glover (we came to terms on working a project together as we were taking a cab from LaGuardia to JFK and she had booked this gig by the time we landed in Amsterdam...pretty quick work). Kerri has worked for Clinton-Gore, has been a presidential cabinet press secretray, managed PR for the Sierra Club, written for Huffington Post and launched several international technology businesses in her previous life. She is also one of the easiest people to be around I have ever met.

Some 2007 ConvergeSouth highlights for Mitchell:

  • Watching Farrah go one-on-one with Jason Calacanis the uber-tech entrepreneur from silicon valley. While I was running my yap on the phone during the lunch break she was schmoozing with the guy who founded Silicon Alley Reporter, WebLogs and now Mahalo.com. Jason gave a very nice keynote interview on day one of the conference. I could relate to a number of his observations on how entrepreneurs find (or invent) some sort of moral vindication for our desire to turn ideas into reality. The guy was honest and forthright.  This was not a "lets make a bunch of money" conference and he did a great job of fitting in. I had a short chat with him but have decided Farrah needs to do the follow up...


    Farrah and Jason Calacanis discussing issues in the middle east (seriously). Photo by Sue Polinksy.

  • Geting to know Saskia Wilson-Brown and Brandon Gross from Current TV, as well as Jason McHugh the producer of the upcoming jam-band mockumentary Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo. The film, being released nationally on Nov. 9th, is directed by Les Claypool and features cameos from Mike Gordon (Phish), Warren Haynes, and Bob Weir. Check out the trailer. 

    We had dinner with Jason and heard the story of how he, Matt Stone and Trey Parker (creators of South Park) got started in filmmaking together. It is not often you get to have dinner with a guy who has a South Park character based on himself. 

    Saskia and Brandon also both really impressed me - going way beyond job description with the time they gave to the festival events and people. Being the closest thing to "suits" at the event, they  did a gracious  job talking about Current TV with a sometimes subtly hostile crowd.

    We definitely hope to hook up with the three of them when we are on the west coast this winter and We will be placing some FTNO vignettes on the Current TV platform over the coming few weeks (hopefully before the Ani tour). Below are the three of them on a panel they hosted on "Moving Images on the Web". 


    Saskia, Jason and Brandon get down to bidness. Photo by Sue Polinksy.

  • Meeting and learning from a host of great people including: Evil Genius Chronicles founder and leading southeast PODcaster Dave Slusher, Andy Coon the producer of the ConvergeSouth film festival (and the director of a fantastic documentary titled "Greensboro's Child", which Farrah and I watched tonight). Andy is a talented and killer nice guy we definitely hope to work with in the near future. 

    Also (and I know I will leave some folks out here): Bora Zivkovic who is the country's leading Science Blogger and an incredibly interesting guy, Stewart Pittman (aka Lenslinger) a popular blogger / TV cameraman who writes about the crazy world of local TV news and the experience from behind the lens. Stewart invited me to be part of a blog to book seminar he was hosting and I got to tell the story of the 09/11 8:48 AM book we did with Booksurge back in 2001 (I still call it the world's first blog book...). 

    Among the rest of the cast of characters: Ed Cone - a very funny guy who interviewed Jason Calacanis and is a leading Greensboro blogger and journalist, Billy Jones - The Blogging Poet who is running for mayor of Greensboro and rides a bi-plane bicycle. Billy also manages the online community for the VFW. Thanks to all of you.


    Billy the Blogging Poet set for take off...Photo by Chatham Shooter

  • Doing a Q & A session for film festival attendees with Alive in Bagdhad producer and creator Brian Conley. AIB is a weekly video blog produced by a staff of Iraqi independent journalists and sent by DHL to Brian's team in Philadelphia each week for editing and publication. The site survives on donations, so please help them out. They are doing brave and important work and we will be following up with Brian to see how what he is doing and OPP's mission may fit together.
  • Spending some quality time with Dan, Janet and Kerri (we rode 5-up in a small truck all weekend so we got to know each other well). Dan is one of the most eloquent speakers on the topics of journalism and media I have ever encountered. He hosted two panels and was one of the best speakers of the entire weekend. Janet, is a creative devil who grows on me more evertime we hang out...a true Guerilla Muse. It was also Kerri's first trip to ConvergeSouth and the five of us made a good time crowd. 

    Dan holding court during his presentation on the future of journalism

Very inspiring....Something like this would be great in Charleston!

]]>OPP MEDIA CIRCUShttp://www.organicprocess.com/blog/2012/5/31/opp-media-circus.htmlfarrah hoffmire2012-05-31T15:03:29Z2012-05-31T15:03:29ZOPP has completed the graphics for our traveling sideshow booth. The graphics are also available as stickers, postcards and on t-shirts. We call them the "OPP MEDIA CIRCUS". Thanks to our friends at Fuzzco who collaborated on these with us. Check it out...

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