New York filmmaker Aran Tharp was born in 1977, and raised in
Edwardsville, IL. He is best known as a "fourth member" of the avant-garde music group
The Psychic Paramount. Tharp tours with the band, doing filming,
photography
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, and lighting effects.
Tharp finished a short
film
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for the band (''Live in Rome'') that was included on their 2005 album ''Gamelan Into the Mink Supernatural''.
Another short film, ''As If By Remote'', was produced for
Laddio Bolocko and included in the double CD retrospective ''The Life and Times of Laddio Bolocko''. ''As If By Remote'' was featured at 2002's
Coney Island Short Film Festival, as well as the Rejections Film Festival in
Bellingham, WA
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.
Most recently Tharp completed the film ''This Old Thing?'', shot on location at a fashion photo shoot, with a score by
Joe McCanta.
Tharp's film-making style is known for its quick edits, using very short (less than one second) clips, changed very quickly, and all shot on
Super 8 film, in black and white.
In addition to filmmaking, Aran Tharp has appeared in a photograph taken by renowned fashion photographer
David LaChapelle
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for an advertisement for Iceberg Clothing.
Filmography
*''As If By Remote'' (filmed in 1999, released in 2002 with
Laddio Bolocko's ''The Life and Times of Laddio Bolocko'')
*''Live In Rome'' (filmed in 2002, released in 2005 with
The Psychic Paramount's ''Gamelan Into The Mink Supernatural'')
*''This Old Thing?'' (2006)
External links
''This Old Thing?'' at Grouper.Com''Live in Rome'' can be found here
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Film directors from Illinois
1977 births
Living people
American music video directors