Nowhere. - Now Posted Online!December 9th, 2009

I’m preparing to walk across the stage this Saturday and receive my Masters Degree!
In the meantime, I uploaded my thesis video. Check out the trailer:

And here’s the real deal: (Click the HD button to see it full-size)

Nowhere. from Nathan Edwards on Vimeo.

From the program notes:

Nowhere. is a high-definition video presentation filmed across seven states over the course of seven months. It is inspired by the filmmaking of Ron Fricke and Godfrey Reggio in its employment of non-narrative structure, use of time-lapse photography, and observational technique.

I saw this project as a personal challenge to create a film with production values that are as comparable as possible to the works of the filmmakers mentioned above, even with a limited amount of funding and equipment. The film was shot entirely on a Canon HV20 digital video camera and features music that was recorded and mixed on my home computer and in the computer music studio.

The resulting film seeks to uncover where we find the greatest wealth of beauty in our habitat by observing the way we live and the how we affect the land we inhabit. Through its poetic structure, the viewer is allowed to question both the aesthetics and meaning of our environmental impact and discover where the lines between garbage and grandeur are distorted or ultimately realized.

Article: Modern Age of Retail ShoppingDecember 2nd, 2009

In the Modern Age of Retail Shopping, Minimalism Can Give Consumers the Most

As curious shoppers made their first trips to the highly-anticipated new Microsoft stores, flooding the web with smartphone video tours, many of us noticed something fishy: The blinding white lights, roomy floor plan, and geometric tables with laptops sparsely presented on the surface. It all looks so familiar, as if there is another company out there who knows what kind of retail store design draws throngs of eager consumers like magnets. Indeed, both Apple and Microsoft find a minimalist store design to be an appealing approach, and are working to create a similar breed of shopping experience.

Read on…