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Harvey's Kitchen: Bart Trotman

11 Comments 18 Mar, 2009

Resident of Greensboro.  Found sound artist.  Inspired by artists such as Negativland and late seventies post-punk.   Bart Trotman plays with instruments salvaged from thrift stores.  Hidden beneath his personable demeanor is a sense of purpose about our cultural identity, our environment.  This particular art movement has parallels in the readymade of Marcel Duchamp’s Bottle rack or William Eggleston’s candid banal exposures of Americana.  We are disposable and toxic and yet beautiful.

Shooting Bart began as a struggle of concepts.  He would offer, “this is interesting,” or “that angle isn’t,” but we learned to work together.  Mostly I nodded and kept shooting.

Bart also plays in the band Invisible who we hope to document in this kitchen in some fashion some time soon.

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Harvey K. Robinson is the cinematographer, editor, and director at Monkeywhale Productions. Originally from Derby, England he now resides in Greensboro, NC where he began a web series documenting musicians and artists from all over the country. Recipient of the 2009 HearNC "Marks, Stern and Thomas Award," winner of the 2010 48 Hour Film Festival Greensboro, and Betty Cone Medal of the Arts Nominee for 2011, his work has appeared as featured videos on Paste Magazine, E!News, and Aol spinner. Harvey’s commercial work has garnered 2 silver Addy awards in the past 2 years. With a background in Directing at NC School of the Arts and many years spent as a professional actor, Harvey brings a multi-disciplinary approach to each new creative endeavor whether it be a short film, music video, documentary, or commercial.
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    jackson
    March 18, 2009 at 9:45 pm

    hands down one of the best harvey’s kitchen segments. omg.

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    monkeywhale
    March 18, 2009 at 10:50 pm

    is watching Harvey’s Kitchen: Bart Trotman on monkeywhale.com … http://ping.fm/MIS5k

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    Mark
    March 19, 2009 at 3:18 pm

    You have really open the door with this one. Keep up the good work!

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    harvey
    March 19, 2009 at 5:25 pm

    Thanks Mark. As German said to me, “If you don’t keep improving then what’s the point.” Can’t wait for us to work on stuff together.

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    BarryStaples
    March 24, 2009 at 10:08 am

    Harvey’s Kitchen: Bart Trotman http://bit.ly/30jJy

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    Katie
    March 26, 2009 at 10:25 am

    I am so unbelievably impressed by this, you guys. Please, please keep this up. This idea is amazing and your focused talents and creativity really made this happen. High five! Can’t wait to see more!

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    txtblggr
    March 28, 2009 at 11:17 am

    Harvey’s Kitchen: Bart Trotman http://bit.ly/30jJy

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    greeniehope
    April 10, 2009 at 8:28 am

    Harvey’s Kitchen / Bart Trotman http://bit.ly/30jJy

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    uncgreen
    April 10, 2009 at 8:33 am

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    Emuziek
    June 11, 2010 at 12:51 pm

    Just picked up your CD via CD-Baby. Will feature Bart Trotman on xwaveradio.com.
    Love the found sounds. Keep up the great work! I’m on http://www.myspace.com/emuziek — check out my shows on Sundays!

 

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