"What happens to the artist's idea?" 01 September 2020 Music 7 mins
The first part of director Seth Tyler Black’s Portraits triptych, A Portrait: A Philosophy paints the cyclical nature of the lifespan of an idea. The avant-garde short visually describes the artist’s process from struggled idea, to creation, to defining & producing an output.
Watch the official A Portrait: A Philosophy 2020 trailer in HD below.
Seth Tyler Black as Artist
Seth Tyler Black Director
Slovakia 01 November 2020
United States 01 September 2020
Venezuela 01 November 2020
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