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.