Mono2 (surf's up), 2020
Digital video
Total run-time: 03:02

Mono2 (surf's up) is a video that features dual-mono releases of the Beach Boys Summer Days (And Summer Nights!) hit “California Girls” playing simultaneously. While this artwork is an homage to Phil Spector and Brian Wilson's use of multi-tracking, tape splicing, and the wall of sound, it is also presented in a decidedly homemade way in contrast to the original recording’s then-highly polished presentation.

Created for the release event of "The World's Worst: A Guide to the Portsmith Sinfonia,” 2020 by Soberscove Press.

Opening Image: Good Vibrations, 2013 Gouache, ink and collage on gessoed paper
11 x 14 inches

Your Gravity Fails

Mono2 (surf's up) is part of Academy Record’s Your Gravity Fails, an ongoing archive of one-off artworks created outside of larger projects. See images below for a small sampling of the archive (which in total consists of hundreds of pieces, including works on paper, small objects, media works, and more).

RGB I, 2017
Gouache and collage on paper
8 x 10 inches

RGB III, 2017 Gouache and collage on paper 8 x 10 inches

RGB III, 2017
Gouache and collage on paper
8 x 10 inches

One for John Gee. Collage, Enamel Paint, Press-type and Acrylic on gessoed paper. 24x18”. 2019.

One for John Gee, 2019
Collage, enamel paint, press-type and acrylic on gessoed paper
24 x 18 inches

RGB II, 2017
Gouache and collage on paper
8 x 10 inches

Cold Distance, 2020.
Collage on paper
27 x 10 inches

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