Original Plastic

Featured Film #38

2008-10-10T15:38:00.000-07:00

Rubies

An excerpt from an original contemporary video-choreography for three dancers based on Chau entitled Rubies. choreography by Deepti Gupta. Video photography and editing by Lester Alfonso.

Featured Film #37

2008-10-01T11:09:00.000-07:00

RAD RAT @ Artspace

RAD RAT
noise wave
@ ARTSPACE
Peterborough, Ontario

May 7, 2008

video improvisations by Lester Alfonso

Featured Film #36

2008-09-26T11:40:00.000-07:00

Creeping Sun @ Zero

Tammy Lin Foreman performs Creeping Sun (penned by Petunia) at the Hijack Zero show Toronto, 2001. (Federal Bldg.) (edited by Lester Alfonso)

Featured Film #35

2008-09-03T14:13:00.000-07:00

Live Like This

A 30 sec. TV and Cinema ad for Fleming College created by Original Plastic with editing by Lester Alfonso, photography by Wayne Eardley and graphic design by Rob Wilkes. Music by Tammy Foreman and Eric Paxton (Headband).

Featured Film #34

2008-08-13T21:31:00.000-07:00

Hockn eye d

Featured Film #33

2008-07-18T13:55:00.000-07:00

(Silver) Hearts on Fire

A music video I put together quickly slamming effects by Adrian O'Connor and Jared Raab for the Silver Hearts [Sound+Vision] tribute show with footage by Brian Mitolo and Jenny Ball (I believe.) The song is from a rare live recording of Harry Tracy Theme by Charlie Glasspool at the Gordon Best Theatre, Peterborough with guitar by Wyatt Burton. This is a YouTube world premiere.

Featured Film #32

2008-06-29T13:07:00.000-07:00

Owen Sound Attacks, part 3

Charlie Glasspool and the Big Love

lyrics by Charlie Glasspool

Featured Film #31

2008-05-30T18:55:00.000-07:00

Mandala

Title: Mandala
Album: Stunderthorm
Artist: Johannes Welsch, David Hess, Paul Hinger
Video: Lester Alfonso
Artwork: Tina Welsch
Published by Sonic Flame

rhythm pieces and soundscapes
an acoustic recording of drums, gongs, voice and didgeridoo

Featured Film #30

2008-05-16T17:27:00.000-07:00

Yuri Gagarin's Lullaby

Yuri Gagarin's Lullaby (sneak preview) by 3C84

3C84 and Original Plastic Hour of No Power
Saturday night unplugged at Artspace
Saturday, March 29, 2008
8:00pm - 10:00pm
Artspace
378 Aylmer Street
Peterborough, ON

opening montage
by Alan Berliner
from his film Wide Awake.

March 29, 2008
at 8pm Local Time
www.EarthHour.org
Turn off your lights and conserve.
Local time means where you live.

"Do Something!" to make a positive impact.

Featured Film #29

2008-04-13T19:00:00.000-07:00

Motion 8

We all had a table, a chair, a telephone and a dancer. We had 15 minutes to plan and shoot it. We had 5 minutes of tape each. 8 films were made. A dance film collective is born. Motion8. Sponsored by Peterborough New Dance and the Peterborough Arts Umbrella. Music by Off the International Radar.

Featured Film #28

2008-03-27T23:21:00.000-07:00

Building the Bandshell with John Foreman

Featured Film #27

2008-03-18T06:20:00.000-07:00

Gravity Song

Featured Film #26

2008-02-08T18:53:00.000-08:00

The Empty Gallery by David LaRiviere
as scored by Beau Dixon with Justin and Mark Hiscox

Sound+Vision x Sidewalk Movies was organized for Peterborough Artsweek 2005 where silent films are accompanied by a live soundtrack and presented to random passers-by on the sidewalk. This clip shows The Empty Gallery by David LaRiviere with a live score by Beau Dixon with Mark and Justin Hiscox. (camera: Michael Morritt)

Featured Film #25

2008-01-09T19:03:00.000-08:00

In the Swamp

In the Swamp: Tammy Lin Foreman raw, live and improvised (barefoot and pregnant). This is what little Georgia heard in utero at the turn of the new year 2003.

Featured Film #24

2007-12-14T06:36:00.000-08:00

Think Something

Featured Film #23

2007-11-15T09:10:00.000-08:00

more info: see Weavers on YouTube.

Featured Film #22

2007-10-18T20:26:00.000-07:00

Original Plastic Jam

Improvised visuals with simultaneous improvised sound.

Featured Film #21

2007-10-04T13:20:00.000-07:00

Cathode Ray Warm-up

Featured Film #20

2007-09-07T20:46:00.000-07:00

True Dreams of Wichita

Featured Film #19

2007-08-23T19:37:00.000-07:00

Macroscope performed at the Peterborough Art Gallery on Aug. 10, 2007.

Featured Film #18

2007-08-03T19:19:00.000-07:00

Johannes Welsch demonstrates a Darbuka.

See it on YouTube.

Featured Film #17

2007-07-23T09:12:00.000-07:00

The work of Tom Feenstra.

See it on YouTube.

Featured Film #16

2007-07-10T19:20:00.000-07:00

Let's See What My Telescope Says...

Experience a tour of outer space and inner space through the sounds and images of 3C84 (Charlie Glasspool, Laurie Deratnay, Dan Fortin with Lester Alfonso, Sarah McInnis, Sue Newman, Misha Paramonov and Jesse Pilgrim.) Also featuring: live video mixing and performance of "Macroscope" by Lester Alfonso and Tammy Foreman.

Let's See What My Telescope Says
"in space no one can hear you scream"

The Art Gallery of Peterborough
Friday, August 10, 2007 at 9:30pm

250 Crescent Street
Peterborough, ON
705.743.9179

Featured Film #15

2007-07-02T22:03:00.000-07:00

Alien

Featured Film #14

2007-06-13T21:38:00.000-07:00

3C84 with Sarah McInnis.

Featured Film #13

2007-06-07T09:44:00.000-07:00

Wes Ryan talks about Art and being an artist. READ MORE.

Featured Film #12

2007-05-29T07:01:00.000-07:00

STATIC - choreography by Deepti Gupta, Video Design by Lester Alfonso, Sound Design by Matthew Boughner

Featured Film #11

2007-05-22T08:22:00.000-07:00

This is a deleted scene from Trying to be Some Kind of Hero (available now on the Special Edition DVD just created.) It's my take on the "growing up" photo slideshow - just one of the many funny things associated with an biographical documentary film. The music is a theme created by Tammy Lin Foreman and it's called "Me Movie Theme." This particular instrumentation of the theme was not used for the final film but other versions were created and used - including a lullabye version which Tammy sang acapella for a scene with a mother and baby. (See it on YouTube.)

Featured Film #10

2007-05-13T17:58:00.000-07:00

Textures

choreographed by Deepti Gupta, Video and Sound Design by Lester Alfonso. More Details Here.

Featured Film #9

2007-05-05T20:57:00.000-07:00

A trailer for Collision / Collusion new choreography by Deepti Gupta. READ MORE

Featured Film #8

2007-04-28T19:57:00.000-07:00

A music video for "If I Forget" by Josh Rifkin (www.joshrifkin.com) using footage created by stop-frame animation genius Ray Harryhausen. Recycled by Original Plastic. READ MORE.

Featured Film #7

2007-04-18T20:30:00.000-07:00

A quick video for the song "Confidence" by North of Summer. I framed the shot then left Tim alone with camera while I took a shower. Edited very quick.

Featured Film #6

2007-04-15T21:40:00.000-07:00

How To Use Classroom Films

How to Use Classroom Films. Film by Lester Alfonso. Sound by Mike Duguay and Rob McInnis. Score & Shoot, Peterborough. READ MORE.

Featured Film #5

2007-04-05T11:35:00.000-07:00

Where Do We Go by North of Summer

Timothy Kingston said I could choose any song from the album "Broken Telephone" and make a video using any footage I like. I was playing the album one night and the song "Where Do We Go" came on while I was watching an old movie compiled by NASA. It was incredible the way the images fit the music and something I would never have comprehended if that collision of two disparate elements hadn't happened and if I wasn't there to witness it and have the impulse to try and recreate it. I was thinking of Qwerty.

Featured Film #4

2007-04-01T18:48:00.000-07:00

For Ever

Music and Performance by Tammy Lin Foreman.
Directed by Lester Alfonso

More Tammy Lin Foreman music videos on her YouTube Channel.

Featured Film #3

2007-03-26T14:11:00.000-07:00

The Best Waitress in the World - trailer. It would seem odd to make a trailer for an 11 minute movie. I just did it because I was bored one hot week in New York city when I was stuck a small editing room with a VHS tape of my student film. The trailer got uploaded to ZeD and eventually got noticed by the right people and was broadcast on national TV. Just goes to show that absolutely anything can happen. Enjoy.

Featured Film #2

2007-03-21T21:41:00.000-07:00

The View from the Parking Lot - Niagara Falls was originally done for the Travel Channel. Unusual travelogue perspectives. Shot and Edited by Lester Alfonso | Music by Tammy Lin Foreman. This was featured on MySpace almost as soon as it was uploaded. As of writing, it's been viewed almost 92,000 times! Enjoy. Cheers, Lester

Featured Film #1

2007-03-15T19:30:00.000-07:00

So it begins.

Digital Diary (opener) by Lester Alfonso.
Music by Squarepusher.