The Artist Model from Andrew Klaus on Vimeo.


The Artist Model is a surrealist film about the internal monologue and the disconnect of self image for the working artist. The film features renowned visual artist TJ Norris (here rendered near-unrecognizable via digital make-up effects) as artist who has a greed to sit as the subject of a portrait for another unseen artist. The viewer is treated to inner monologue of "the artist's" scatter-shot stream of conscious as he waits for the sitting to end.

The piece was originally created as a video installation for the critically acclaimed Spread Ego at PLACE Gallery in Portland Oregon.

     We're entering the final big chunk of shooting for Spark, with principal photography wrapping by the end of January, which will leave only the delightful effects shots to pick up and engineer. The films opening sequence, a quite bloody suicide attempt has yet to be lensed, saving the best for last- perhaps.
     The script has been largely improvised, and wholly unpleasant. It's been a grueling process mentally and emotionally making a film that many will instantly view as autobiographical and at times even I have had a hard time discerning the facts from the fiction of it all.
      Much has been made of the fact the film is pornographic. I've argued it's sexually explicit but not pornographic since the visceral depictions of real sex in the film are integral plot points meant to provoke and disturb rather than titillate. I argue if it is pornography, then it's the least sexy porno film I can make.   The film paints with the sickly tones of addiction with a pseudo-documentary/verité  flair that belies the planning involved to make  the film.  Shot in three countries and in multiple states on a variety of formats to express the dreamlike (or nightmarish) state of manic depression and sexual depravity the film is the experimental feature that my gallery work has hinted at for years, work that I've been hesitant to fully extrapolate into a narrative film.  But no more.  There are so many people to thank who've supported this project that I won't start that just yet but I love you all.

For those who need a synopsis

Spark follows a self absorbed artist/film maker who turns the cameras on himself through a major depressive period and highly active time of sexual addiction. The film is a raw and unflinching look at self destruction and hopefully, recovery.

An update on SPARK, a new film from Time-Out Films and director Andrew Klaus :

So we are in our second week of the European shooting schedule a few days in Iceland and now Paris, France. We've managed even to shoot scenes inside the Louvre and an opulent dream sequence in the apartments of Napoleon Bonaparte (also at Musee de Louvre) !  Lots of  locations here, trying to capture the feel of Paris through the eyes of someone who can't even find the beauty in it when it's all around him. Someone who is so hurt that the world around him starts to wither in his eyes as his partner struggles to save him from himself. It's been an intense experience writing/directing/AND acting in this film but I'm very proud of it and of everyone involved as well as humbled beyond belief by the amazing outpouring of support to make this film a reality,  it may not be a feel good film, but it is one of very honest feeling.

Here's a more current comprehensive looks at the work of Time-Out Films co-founder, director Andrew Klaus


Andrew Klaus : DEMO REEL Fall 2010 from Andrew Klaus on Vimeo.

                                                             "Nishant -in the wild"       ©2010  

I'm happy to share the first batch of a shoot a did with aspiring model Nishant.  I've know  Nishant casually for a few years now and finally got around to shooting some photos of the lovely fellow. 

more from a  more studio setting after the jump

See more of this sexy Mister (model Dave) after the jump.

                                     "When We Turn #01  - Nick"




When We Turn is a new on going series of photography's depicting men and women with their backs to the camera - simple stark photos that capture the side seen by other as we depart. a meditation on the transitional nature of being, of loss, death, love and the progress of life, expect more installments of When We Turn soon.

                                                "Bunny and Bear #02"    ©2010 Time-Out Films

"Art Porn Auteur"
It's an interesting moniker and I certainly appreciate the exposure, so only time will tell if the tag line sticks, but i do enjoy fucking with my audience's heads. And I do love mixing the Existential Dread and hard ons.



"Helping to keep the crowd turned on, if unsettled, will be a loop of erotic video art and photography by Portland auteur Andrew Klaus. Described by Byron Beck as “combining the reverence of the Pieta with the irreverence of Piss Christ,” Klaus’ work is often termed “art porn,” the union of existential dread and boners. However, while the films range from “quite graphic” to “overwhelmingly graphic,” they are less about fucking than about fucking with the viewer’s head. “For me, showing sexuality, even explicit sexuality, doesn’t necessitate it being pornography,” Klaus explains. “The line between porn and art is a tough one to draw. [New Queer Cinema filmmaker] Todd Verow said, ‘Porn is where the viewer masturbates, art is where the artist masturbates.’” And not to give away some major narrative points, but by Verow’s definition, several of these films are decidedly art."

Your blog is in transition

Over the next few days many changes are coming to the site which will officially change name and purpose to www.TimeOutFilms.com. The THINK/FEEL archive will still exist and continue however my growing body of film work and career growth has necessitated this change , which a very pleasant surprise. I've been quite busy booking exhibitions and screening in North America and have three film shoots booked for the summer as well as a shoot in Europe this September (Iceland, England and France!!!!)
So please bear with me through these changes as we transition from our scrappy still to a stream-lined (slightly) more professional look.  Enjoy the subtle spring time shot -just imagine the swarms of bees I had to endure to take it so you can enjoy its heaven-like beauty without the hard working insects.

RansomPDX will be screening some of my more racy film/video works and slideshows of my photography  at Rotture in Portland, OR.  Come on down Friday, July 2nd 2010.

                            
                                                                "A heart like a stain"       ©2010

Mister is about the place in between adolescent desire and actuality. It is the place where fear, and desire originate, it represents the lens through which adolescent attraction views the outside world. For me it is an examination of the unrequited desire for the affection of older men as an adolescent. Wanting to be them, be with them and ultimately the fear of what that meant. The film was crafted as a loop of stop-motion/still-photography . Mister features Portland ,OR bar owner Woody Clarke as the model. Woody owns the excellent CRUSH.

                                                                "Mister 06"              ©2010



One of my personal favorite shots from my recent MISTER shoot.

                                                          "Mister 05"               ©2010


Another shot from my recent  shoot with Crush owner Woody Clarke.  Excellent Model dramatic simple lighting, off the cuff shooting- my kind of work night.

                                                      "Woody"       ©2010



More from the Mister series. Woody Clarke, owner of my favorite watering hole Crush, recently posed for this sexy and evocative set. Look forward o working with him again in the future.


                                                                 "After Hours"                 ©2010


After the soft glow of the Motel series and the above shot "Woody" I decided to return to the dramatic lighting and dark curves of my previous work.

                                                          "Mister  01"                 ©2010


I had the pleasure of shooting Woody, the owner of CRUSH my favorite bar in Portland, OR for a very sexy new series entitled Mister.  More to come soon-enjoy the sneak peek.  Mister is looking fine-trust me!

                                                      Transformation #01    ©2010


                                                     Transformation #02    ©2010

"A call to Arms, a teaser, a reminder how far we have come and yet how far we must go, a history lesson" 

 An experimental film by award-winning filmmaker Andrew Klaus. CommiePinkoFag (all one word) is part queer riot act, Russian constructivist propaganda film and part theoretical discourse . A dialogue with activist's past and a statement of further intent to explore the self in art and demand notice."

CommiePinkoFag from Andrew Klaus on Vimeo.

                                     "Self/Subjective 01"                                     ©2010



A curator friend suggested I show a collection of my self portraits recently and it's made me think in depth about self-as-subject and the objectivity/subjectivity of that type of work.  The eroticized depiction of one's self  is a common trope in our digital age but one that doesn't always sit well with out outward façade. This work is about what we keep under wraps, the transparency of our transmissions and our ever mutable sense of self.  The times they are a changin'  and so are we. We are becoming our own pornographies and recontextualizing our naked truths in a new age of consumption.

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No, not that kind, well- not not that kind.

I'll be screening a selection of my works and giving a talk on homoerotiscm, surrealism, horror, queer identity and art- you know your basic existential dread with hard-ons kinda thing!  It will also be a nice introduction to recent works and the premeire of a few pieces swell, so hey everyone who can make it should come!







Andrew Klaus: THINK/FEEL
May 18th Portland OR
Grand Detour Gallery
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An art piece by award-winning filmmaker Andrew Klaus I Am Not Myself Today explores the separation between the subjective sense of self as an artist and the objectivity expressed through one's work. I Am Not Myself Today is about the blurred lines between fact and fiction, experience and recreation. I Am Not Myself Today features writer Nick Mattos.

Jesus Fucking Christ sets to discuss the pornography of violence in modern culture. By creating a dialogue between the Christian iconography and extremist violence used in the 2004 film "The Passion of The Christ" and the 2008 gay adult film "The Porne Ultimatum" . This work is not about offending anyone's religious beliefs, but rather calling into question the intent and use of violence and hypocrisy by the film makers and distributors who condone censorship of nudity and sexuality but hold in esteem the art of violence, torture and dismemberment. Penetration, is penetration whether with a penis or knife, and blood or semen-both are bodily fluids, spilled copiously in the name of entertainment."

"Origin:Oceania addresses the nature of creation itself and the evolution of life from the sea citing varied sources including the Torah, Herodotus, Charles Darwin and Inuit mythology; both the modern conditions of technological evolution and the basic biological-geological evolution of the world and how they link our understanding of human origins."

                                                 "Untitled Personal Pornographies- 01"    ©2008

                                                    "The  Form  01"             ©2010



                                                     "The Form  02"            ©2010

      
                                  

      
The New(ish) Single "Under Him, Over You (Ice Hotel Mix)" from my band A is for Accident's 2009 debut album Selfish.

                                      "Veil 04"                    ©2010

                                   "Veil 05"        ©2010

                                    "Veil 06"               ©2010

                                  
                                                           "Veil 03"             © 2010

Behind the scenes Veiled (self as subject shoot) 2010

Sorry the site is a bit of a mess and I've been a bit slow with my out put as of late- I've actually been shooting steadily just have not had a moment to edit- see Diggin' to China for details... But nice to see somany readers still checking out my work.


 Leave comments guys anytime would love to hear from you.

                                                          
                                                                 "Portal 01"     2010