Today we’d like to introduce you to Andrew Vaughan.
Andrew, we’d love to hear your story and how you got to where you are today both personally and as an artist.
I was born and raised in Sugar Land, and I’ve lived here all my life. I have a fairly unique background; my father full-blooded American, and my mother immigrated to the US from Taiwan when she was six. The eighth of nine kids, I was immediately born into a family that already had a good amount of history within it. The fact that I was born into a captive audience and a family filled with memories had me raised into an environment where I enjoyed performing and I enjoyed capturing memories before they were forgotten. This came together when I was 17 when I realized that our family was starting to drift apart as we all grew older. I started making short vlogs to capture what was happening at the time for posterity’s sake, and that gradually grew into a job and a passion for creating narrative work in film two years later!
We’d love to hear more about your art. What do you do you do and why and what do you hope others will take away from your work?
My main passion is film, which I started in. Currently, I make music videos, short films, and fashion films from time to time. The goal for each music video is to create a vehicle to enjoy the songs in a completely different light than if they were to be heard on the radio, and for my short films I attempt to create a new experience that leaves the person feeling better, happier, or in the case of my action films, like the hero. Many of my short films are inspired by the concept of “paracinema”, which consists of movies that are “so bad, they’re good”, which I immensely enjoy for comedic effect. This takes heavy inspiration from works like “Kung Fury” and “Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace.”
I also frequently experiment in photography, particularly long exposure photography. My goal is to create photographs that are truly unique and unlike anything else that one might encounter on their, Instagram feeds. Often, the idea is to create two separate points and connect them through an unorthodox method, with the goal that the person who sees it can take from it that they can to find new ways to connect differing concepts and solve problems. It’s heavily inspired by Pablo Picasso’s light painting as well as faked ghost and faerie photography of the late 19th century.
How can artists connect with other artists?
Leave your ego at the door. There are always those people who think that they’re better than everyone else and they don’t need help or they should focus only on themselves. This is one of the dumbest things you can do. The arts are collaborative as a whole; either when looking for a crew or an audience, you need someone else. Don’t be too proud to help other people for free, do arduous gigs that don’t seem anywhere close to where you want to be, and put in the work.
Another piece of advice I would have is to consider the friends you have, and whether they help or hinder your artistic efforts. One thing I noticed was that I wanted to be in a video for years prior to when I actually started, but my friends kept me from trying. Once I was on my own for a long time, the interest came back, and six months later, I started meeting more people with similar interests as me. It’s incredibly strange, but as I developed my skill, more people took notice, and as I left my ego at the door, I met more and more people who all support and encourage my artistic endeavors, rather than stifle it.
Do you have any events or exhibitions coming up? Where would one go to see more of your work? How can people support you and your artwork?
I post my short films and personal projects on my YouTube channel, which you can see here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBoredomLtd
Due to the method of attempting to create a bigger and better short film compared to the last, it often takes several months for them to release. Uploads are intermittent, with filler or update videos in between whenever I’m not busy with other commissioned projects.
I post all my photography to my Instagram, which you can find here:
https://www.instagram.com/avproshots/
In my story, I often post jokes and try to make people laugh. It’s a lot of fun!
Contact Info:
- Address: 2111 Highland Hills Dr, Sugar Land, TX 77478
- Phone: 281-216-4983
- Email: Boredomltd3@gmail.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/avproshots/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/A.H.Videography/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoredomLTD
- Other: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBoredomLtd
Image Credit:
Adam Elara, Tarek Allam, Jon Mellenthin, Jacob Burns
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