Ten Creative Videos (They Get Progressively More Weird)

I’m approaching my 100th video on YouTube I wanted to make a video highlighting my top 10 videos that hardly anyone has seen. I’ve ranked them in no particular order other than the fact that they seem to get progressively weirder as I go.

#10: Broken Philip Glass
   • Broken (Philip) Glass  
If you liked my recent Copland-Isqatsi video, you might be a Philip Glass fan and you might appreciate my experimental tribute to Glass’s music. In this video I take a cassette tape of his “Glassworks” album, play it on a modified tape player and push the audio through a guitar pedal to create new sounds. On top of that, I have a tool that I call my “glitch organ” which allows me to do real-time video manipulation on top of a live video. If you like this one be sure to check out my “Glitch Organ” playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list..., too.

#9: Infestation
   • Infestation, by Ade Hanft  
This video accompanied my Kickstarter campaign. It shows me behind the scenes using a printmaking technique I invented that uses shipping labels, alcohol, and actual insects to create art. It starts with me creating prints directly from the bodies of a cicada, dragonfly, and butterfly and then shows me venturing outside my studio to “infest” the world with my art. If this one sparks curiosity, be sure to check out my “Printing with Insects” (   • Ep3. Printing with Insects  ) video which gives a deeper look into the actual process.

8: Graffiti Animation: The Runner
   • Graffiti Animation #7: The Runner  
I’ve actually made about ten of these, but the one I like the best features the animation of a runner. It begins with me riding my bike putting stickers on walls, signs, and dumpsters around town. The payoff comes at the end when I stitch the photos of all the graffiti together to reveal the hidden animation that they contain. If you like this one, be sure to dig deeper into my “Graffiti Animation” playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list....

#7: Drawings That Don't Exist
   • The Drawings That Don't Exist - The A...  
This one is maybe more personal than many of my other videos, it’s about the art of my sister, Heather. I’m biased, but I think she’s a great artist who you should know about.

#6: Printing on Old Receipts to Create Looping Animation
   • Ep13. Printing on Old Receipts to Cre...  
I love taking something common or worthless and using it in ways that it wasn’t intended for to create something new. Here I reprint images on top of old receipts to create an animation. I think the result is beautiful on its own, but it’s also fun to see all the work that goes into an animation that only lasts a few seconds.

#5: Shipping Label Art
   • Shipping Label Art: How I make art wi...  
Before I refined the insect printing technique I mentioned earlier, I was using flowers and hand sanitizer to create art on shipping labels. As a side note, I still have some of these prints that I haven’t sold, so reach out if you are interested in owning something like this in your art collection.

#4: How to Save Images to Cassette Tape
   • EP14. How to Save Images to Cassette ...  
I don’t know what else to say other than I’ve fallen in love with the experimental possibilities of magnetic tape. I’ve got a whole playlist called “Ade Breaks Tapes” (   • Ade's Tape Breaks  ) where I document my evolving experiments with sound and the possibilities of this nearly obsolete medium.

#3: Solargraph Secrets
   • Ep 11. Solargraph Secrets  
Number three is called “Solargraph Secrets.” A solargraph is a photographic process that allows you take extremely long exposures. Think days, weeks, or even year long photos. The downside is that you can’t preserve the film, so you have to store the pictures in light proof containers. For this video I open my box of solargraphs and show you my collection of long exposures.

#2: Toothbrush-Powered Lego Carousel Flipbook Animation
   • Ep12. Toothbrush-Powered Lego Carouse...  
This video shows a contraption I made out of Legos to create a spinning flip book. Powering the carousel is a repurposed electric toothbrush. As odd as that sounds, it’s a good representation of the kind of thing you can expect from me and why you should subscribe to my channel.

#1: A Camera Made of Coffee Stirrers
   • Ep5. A Camera Made of Coffee Stirrers  
My #1 video recommendation is a look inside the camera I made out of 23,248 coffee stirrers. This huge camera one of the projects I am most proud of because the images it produces are unlike anything you’ve seen before.

One final recommendation is a playlist called “Made by Ade” (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...\_mXoVydx14pkw) where you can discover things like:

Money Printing Camera:    • Ep6. The Money Printing Camera  
Camera Toss Photography:    • Ep 4.5: Camera Toss Photography (Chri...  
Digital Polaroid Camera:    • Making a Digital Polaroid Camera  
Stereo Glitch Camera:    • Ep9: Stereo Glitch Camera Build  
Odd 90's Mechanical Pencil & Pen Set:    • EP17. Odd 90's Mechanical Pencil & Pe...