Cy Kuckenbaker is an American filmmaker, video artist and professor known for Tiger Oak + Echo (2018), Bush League (2010), The Potato Eater (2003) and his viral "time collapse" edits of planes and traffic in San Diego.
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| Years active | 2000–present |
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| Awards | 2004 Fulbright Fellowship recipient |
Life and career
editKuckenbaker is from Alaska and briefly attended college in South Dakota.[1] He moved to Hillcrest in 1993,[2] and graduated from San Diego State University in 1998.[3] Kuckenbaker made the film Tiger Oak + Echo[4] after serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kupiškis, Lithuania from 2000-2002.[2] He was the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship in 2004 and received a Master of Fine Arts at California Institute of the Arts in 2006.[5] Kuckenbaker has been a professor at San Diego City College since 2010.[3][4]
In 2013, Kuckenbaker partnered with the Museum of Photographic Arts through the Creative Catalyst Grant from the San Diego Foundation to produce a series of videos[6] stemming off his viral content and creative edits of traffic, planes and everyday life in San Diego.[7] After relocating near San Diego International Airport,[8] he said the planes were recorded on Black Friday, November 23, 2012, between 10:30am and 3pm, following inspiration from a composite photo at Hannover Airport by Ho-Yeol Ryu.[9][10] Kuckenbaker said it took approximately 2 hours of editing for every 1 second of finished video rendering[11] and that he had to composite additional time lapse footage over the render to give the illusion that time was passing.[12] He recorded 462 cars over 4 minutes from the Washington Street bridge overlooking SR-163 on October 1, 2013.[13]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 2003 | The Potato Eater | [3] |
| 2010 | Bush League | [3] |
| 2018 | Tiger Oak + Echo | [4] |
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| Event | Year | Award | Title | Result | Ref. |
| GI Film Festival San Diego | 2021 | Local Film Showcase – Best Short | Tiger Oak + Echo | Nominated | [4] |
References
edit- ^ "My First Day Episode 10". KPBS Public Media. 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ a b Sitton, Drew (2021-05-07). "Hillcrest filmmaker brings little-known Cold War history to the silver screen". San Diego News. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ a b c d Akhgarnia, Golda (2011-02-19). "NewsCenter | SDSU | Out of Africa". San Diego State University. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ a b c d "City College professor showcases film during local festival". San Diego Community College District. 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "Time Collapse: A Filmmaker's Mesmerizing Twist on Time-Lapse". TwistedSifter. 2019-08-15. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "Art Lab: Cy Kuckenbaker". Museum of Photographic Arts. 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ Wagner, David (2014-05-20). "Video Artist Cy Kuckenbaker Cuts Up Everyday Scenes Of San Diego". KPBS Public Media. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ Mutzabaugh, Ben (2012-12-03). "Video gem: Five hours of planes landing in 25 seconds". USA Today. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "This is what we call extreme air traffic control". Cheapflights. 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ Zhang, Michael (2012-12-01). "Five Hours of Airplane Landings Captured in Thirty Seconds". PetaPixel. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ Halliday, Ayun (2019-08-19). "Cy Kuckenbaker's Time Collapse Videos Let You See Daily Life As You've Never Seen It Before | Open Culture". Open Culture. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ Hall, Matthew T. (2012-12-04). "Watch this: 70 planes, 4 hours in 25 seconds". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ Hall, Matthew T. (2013-12-17). "Watch: 462 color-coded cars cruise SR-163 in 90 seconds". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2023-05-09.