Super Dark Home Video: Season One
was based out of Saratoga Springs, NY and originally aired March 2015 on Look TV and Channel Albany, and reran for years. The shows content is a compilation of years of video work (music videos, experimental shorts, live footage, skits and commentaries) by artists Shane Sanchez, Christopher Brown, & Jason Cosco, with contributions from other Super Dark friends & affiliates.
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was based out of Saratoga Springs, NY and originally aired March 2015 on Look TV and Channel Albany, and reran for years. The shows content is a compilation of years of video work (music videos, experimental shorts, live footage, skits and commentaries) by artists Shane Sanchez, Christopher Brown, & Jason Cosco, with contributions from other Super Dark friends & affiliates.
(This section is left dated for historical context)
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Shane Sanchez
Creator/Director/Editor/Music From 2007 to 2012 Shane Sanchez was the sole creator of the audio/visual project Ghoul Poon. In 2010 Sanchez released a DVD of the project's music videos titled '100 Psychic Dreams'. In 2011 he self-released a VHS mixtape called 'I Dare You Vol. 1'. As a music video director, Sanchez has worked with the bands Birthdays, Black Andy and Creeks. In addition to visual arts Sanchez is a multi-instrumentalist in the bands Sun Burdens, and Eternal Crimes. |
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Christopher Brown
Creator/Producer/Editor/Camera/Actor/Director/Music Since 2002, Christopher Brown has been working on video projects consisting of various music videos, skateboarding videos, short films, and live music/performance. Brown has consistently worked with fellow filmmaker/musician Shane Sanchez, and their collaborative work is showcased in Sanchez's releases ’100 Psychic Dreams’ DVD in 2010 and ‘I Dare You Vol. 1’ VHS mixtape in 2011. In 2013, Brown displayed a culmination of his work at ‘Art Beyond the Gallery,’ an anthropology capstone by Marielle Briant, giving a fresh perspective on art and community in Saratoga Springs. Brown displayed over an hour's worth of various videos on four different televisions, and also included collages, photos, and broken skateboards to personalize the art experience. Brown has received multiple awards from the Lake George Arts Project's annual 'Peoples' Pixel Project,' and as a music video director, has worked with the bands Bourbon Scum, Contact Kiss, The Black Ships, and Swanfeeder. In addition to visual arts, Brown is an avid skateboarder and multi-instrumentalist in the bands The Black Ships and Asa Morris and The Mess. |
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Jason Cosco
Director/Editor/Music/Actor Jason Cosco is an experimental musician and VJ who creates and performs under the alias '1983.' Embracing the term "noise musician," Cosco plays percussion, electronics, and strings; or really whats left of them. He often constructs his own instruments out of broken equipment, contact microphones, and guitar pedals. As a visual artist, Cosco makes video loops, short films, and documents live music/performance. As a member of the Upstate Artists Guild (UAG) and Albany Sonic Arts Collective, Cosco has booked multiple bands from around the U.S. and overseas, providing the Capital Region with years of unique music and culture. Cosco currently performs solo as 1983 and also in the bands The Grab Ass Cowboys and Moon Worship. |
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Gary Ziroli
Failed Musician, Wannabe Photographer, Bad Actor |
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Samuel "We" Yager
Actor/Musician Samuel Yager, known for performing his experimental electronic music as "birthdays" is now a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) survivor and young adult TBI mentor. Samuel is currently working on a new music project and new format for touring which will combine performing his style of music at DIY safe space concerts with speaking at Traumatic Brain Injury events, neuroscience lectures and anywhere he can be of help. |
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Michael Brown
Actor, Entertainer Michael Blaine Brown is an Actor, Writer, Director and Entertainer located in and around Los Angeles, California. Michael has been acting since grade school and has always shown a creative eye for entertainment. He graduated with an Associates degree in Liberal Arts with a major focus on The Theater Arts and a minor study in Psychology. At age 25, Michael quit his long-term job, packed up his life, and traveled the United States in a conversion van planning to eventually land in California to pursue his dream of an Acting career. He is featured in numerous short films as well as being a "background" actor in various TV series from HBO to MTV. When he is not at auditions, writing scripts, directing, or working on sets, Michael can be found touring and playing backup guitar with Lucid Lion or on the streets of Hollywood in a non funded organization he created to help feed the homeless in his area called "F-double-H" - Feeding Hollywood's Homeless. |
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Gina De Nardo
Graphic Designer /Actor Gina has worked as a professional graphic designer for over 10 years with clients ranging from local non-profits to international corporations. She started her own business in 2008 named Declare Creative Services. She is also the drummer in the band Asa Morris and The Mess. |
Illustration by Ryan Sheldon
