Sound Art & Video Art
Street Junk’s “Extinguish” album (verso) from Bryant Rousseau’s CD series (2 color photos presented in CD jewel case, with 8 original songs, plus custom music videos; edition of 20). Listen to a sample song & watch the official music video. This is “Desolate Downing, 6 a.m. Beauty,” the second track on the album.
As a journalist at publications like The New York Times and Architectural Record, Bryant Rousseau has long used sound and video to teller richer stories, whether letting listeners hear snippets of the language with more sounds than any other or touring urban landmarks with renowned architects. He has even done the impossible: Made an interesting video about property insurance.
CD Series
The Ghost Friends album (verso) from Bryant Rousseau’s CD series (2 black-and-white photos presented in CD jewel case, with 9 original songs, plus custom music videos; edition of 20). Listen to a sample song & watch the official music video; this is “Chronic Energy,” the first track on the album.
As an artist, Rousseau has also made sound and video an important part of his work. In his CD series, the art is not just the striking photography used for the front and back images for the albums of imaginary bands; it’s also the original music that comes with each CD and the original music videos he has created.
Phone’s “Urban Hello” album (verso) from Bryant Rousseau’s CD series (2 colorphotographs presented in a CD jewel case, with 8 original songs). Listen to a sample song & watch the official music video; this is “I Know a Guy in 555-” (the first track on the album).
Composed with the help of artificial intelligence software, the music matches the mood of each song title and the fictional band that plays it. The music videos further enrich the song’s story. The original compositions and videos are exclusive to these CDs, sold in editions of 20.
Night Light’s “Shadytown” album from Bryant Rousseau’s CD series (2 color photographs presented ina CD jewel case. with 12 original songs). Listen to a sample song & watch the official music video; this is “Hints of the Beyond,” the eighth track on the album.
“Votive Void: A Wishing Well (No. 4)” by Bryant Rousseau (acrylic on 11” x 14’ canvas; buyer will be sent a link to a private video capturing the ceremony that embeds the wishing power into the painting)
In other video work, Rousseau films the esoteric, occasionally scary rituals required to embed a wish into his “Votive Void” painting series, where each canvas comes with the (all-but-guaranteed) power to grant one request. The purchaser of each painting is sent a link to a private, password-protected site where the video is displayed.
Here is a sample video, viewable by all.
And coming soon: Video clips of the artist in full-on performance mode. Stay tuned.
“Votive Void: A Wishing Well (No. 14)” by Bryant Rousseau (acrylic on 11” x 14’ canvas; buyer will be sent a link to a private video capturing the ceremony that embeds the wishing power into the painting)