Journal
Miami to New York
23/01/10
Happy new year Hy, how are things? I'm thinking of coming over to see you, how would you fancy meeting up in Miami and taking a 1400 mile train journey to New York, recording the trip with video, photos and stuff? About this far into the conversation Hy replied; Say no more, count me in, when do we start? That night I booked my flights.
I will arrive in Florida on the 9th of March and depart from New York one week later on the 16th....and thats not all; Now Hy has agreed to travel back to Ireland with me so this should prove to be an eventful few weeks. The first expedition of the Imaginairium! I can see the headlines now; Attorney and Artist Arrested on Amtrak
The basic idea at this stage is to capture as much of our train journey on the Amtrak Silver Star as possible. We will be creating what we call Drive by Shootings of the zooming landscape and maybe some interviews with staff and passengers. I reckon the trip will take about 30 hours. We will be creating something with the footage, not really sure yet, maybe a short film and maybe some live broadcasts.
Hy Mayerson and I met in 2005. I was exhibiting my Photo Distortions and Hy and his wife Colleen were in Ireland to see a performance by Sean Tyrell. Hy is a well respected attorney with a practice in Spring City on the outskirts of Philadelphia. Over the past year Hy and I have been discussing the idea of creating what would be called the Imaginairium based in his Meeting House Law Building. He's 72 and I'm 40 so between us we have 112 years of wisdom. Hy is a prolific videographer with a huge archive of video footage that he created over the decades. He embraces technology, is a huge music fan and has a great You Tube Channel that showcases his video work. Take a look HERE