Stills from Time-lapse video, 9 min., 39 sec., color, sound

Commission, Landmarks, The University of Texas at Austin, 2010

Animal is the visual record of Ellis’s six-week-long residency at The University of Texas at Austin. 
 

Collaborative animation by David Ellis and Blu

2009, Grottaglie, Italy

David Ellis arrived at the Mattress Factory with a personal archive of collected papers and images and a Quonset-hut like structure in which to paint and be photographed. Essentially transporting the studio inside the Mattress Factory for his residency period, Ellis painted from morning to night inside the curved structure for 15 days in the museum’s lobby. Sound: Roberto Lange,  Cinematography: Chris Keohane

Sound: Mike Dundee

2004, 6 minutes

latex paint on linoleum

time-lapse photographed painting
recorded over three weeks.

2006, 1 minute excerpt of 43 minute video

latex paint on delivery vehicle

commissioned by Savannah College of Art and Design