by Nick on March 25, 2011
Soul Cannon: The Mixed Ape, 2011, album art/design by Nick Prevas
SOUL CANNON is hands-down one of Baltimore’s most original & innovative bands. Their sound is defiantly their own; mixing hip-hop, free jazz, rock, improvisation, and just sheer awesomeness. They’re the City Paper’s Best Live Band of 2010, and truthfully that’s an understatement. That’s why it was truly an honor to be asked to create the album art for their latest record, The Mixed Ape.
It was really a lot of fun working with Eze, Matt, Jon & Nathan on an original concept for the artwork – they ended up really liking a sketch I had done of the skeleton man featured above, so I went with the concept of a slightly twisted airline safety pamphlet: “No need to panic, the captain has just finished his martini and is leveling the plane now.” One part of the process that was really exciting was making elements by hand – all of the text was cut paper that I glued, scanned & re-assembled just as the watercolor clouds & splatters were done by hand as well. I hope you get a chance to get your hands on a physical copy, because the rest of the panels turned out really cool too!
The album just hit iTunes this week, and physical copies of the CD will be on sale really soon! Stay tuned to Soul Cannon’s website / facebook for a CD release show announcement, because of course we’ll have T-Shirts & lots of other fun stuff too. Oh! and keep your eyes peeled here too cause I’ll be posting some iPhone wallpapers featuring the artwork from the album. Hope you enjoy!
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by Nick on June 27, 2010
I came across this great review on Accelerated Decrepitude of the BMA’s Cinematic Celebration of Poe screening (this past December ’09). For those of you lucky enough to attend (& those who couldn’t make it), writer Tom Warner gives a fantastic overview of the whole program & said some really nice things about my film too. Its great to read about all the awesome films that played in the show, so thanks Tom & keep on blogging – the Baltimore film/art scene depends on you!!!
Check out the entire review here…
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by Nick on June 10, 2010
Great news this morning: my most recent short Rabbit Hole was selected to be shown at this year’s San Antonio Film Festival! The festival runs from June 23-27 in downtown San Antonio’s Instituto Cultural de Mexico. I’d have to say this is probably the farthest south I’ve screened a film, which is just awesome. I hear that San Antonio is a really cool town and that the people are super nice, I’d love to get down to see it but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to make the trip on such short notice – who knows, keep your fingers crossed for me. As always, big huge thanks & congrats go out to my amazing cast & crew & family, who made this film possible!
For more on the San Antonio Film Fest, check out safilm.com, and if you’re in the Texas region later this month, stop by and check it out!
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by Nick on June 1, 2010
I just came across this mini-review of my short film Rabbit Hole on Doreen Bolger’s blog on Charm City Current. I shot the film last fall for the BMA’s Cinematic Celebration of Edgar Allan Poe, which was a lot of fun. Doreen writes a really amazing & detailed recap of all the incredible films that played at the BMA, which only reminds me of how lucky I was to be a part of that amazing event, so thanks again to Doreen & the BMA, Rob Hatch of the 48 Hour Film Project, and everyone who helped me make my little movie.
Here’s a link to the article, and a blurb:
In Rabbit Hole by Nick Prevas, the male character sought his lost Lenore of The Raven fame. Here, however, the lovely but weird lady suffers from narcolepsy. Like Alice in Wonderland reborn, she appears and disappears from a closed coffin, sucked into a dark space where a huge dancing rabbit presides over mysterious events. Parts of this film were shot in a warehouse in Pigtown. Clearly, Baltimore offers no end of evocative sets!
~{ from Art-Full Life by Doreen Bolger on Charm City Current, 12/11/09 }~
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