All 2007-2012

Roesing on laptop 2007 Ambient Multimedia at the Library - Part of a Cincinnati Public Library Series. I’m still not sure of the value of photographing people playing noise music on a laptop. Photos by Nebula Girl bless her heart. 2007 Ambient Multimedia at the Library
Lite Bright Festival Stage 2007 Cincinnati Lite Brite Film Festival - Video projections for live performance in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky during the 2007 Lite Brite Indie Pop Film Festival. Shot on Minolta 35mm film. 2007 Cincinnati Lite Brite Festival
Condescending Projects 2007 Condescending Projects - Available on: iTunes Spotify Amazon Deezer   Soundtracks for video installations for parties and shows and fundraisers mainly geared towards annoying the artistic elite of a sad Midwestern city.. Enjoy?    Flash player not working? Try the Spotify…  
Relaxing on the Main 2007 Germany Tour Snaps - Shot on Minolta 35mm film. 2007 Germany Tour Snaps
Dirty Fire Hydrant 2007 Germany Tour Snaps pt. 2 - Shot on Minolta 35mm film. 2007 Germany Tour Snaps pt. 2
Strange Pink Noise 2007 ibi - Available on: iTunes Spotify Amazon   Part of the Infinity Blip Infinity series, around a dozen albums where I tried to mash together songwriting and experimental noise. It varies from touching, to garbage. Flash player not working? Try the Spotify…
Holly's Foot 2007 ibi 2 - Available on: iTunes Spotify Amazon   Part of the Infinity Blip Infinity series, around a dozen albums where I tried to mash together songwriting and experimental noise. It varies from touching, to garbage. That’s Holly Price’s foot. Flash player not … Continue reading →
Jameson Neat Coffee Back 2007 Kaldi’s Drunks - Drunk people and me at Kaldi’s Coffee in Cincinnati Ohio. Shot on a cheap Samsung flip phone. 2007 Kaldi's Drunks
Leftovers 2007 Leftovers - Available on: iTunes Spotify Amazon Napster Deezer   Leftover versions of multitracked banjo songs that were just sitting around so I reheated them. Enjoy. Flash player not working? Try the Spotify…
Pink weird Mush 2007 love - wherein I trick you into listening to my song and seeing glimpses of blurred out bukkake by the cute as hell puppet method.   From the album: Amazon iTunes Spotify
Roesing selfie with hat 2007 Mash V - Available on: iTunes Spotify   The half noise, half song-ish type thing album that launched the Infinity Blip Infinity series of albums. It’s like watching a pile of metallic trash roll down a hill and somehow randomly turn into a … Continue reading →
TV Static with Title 2007 Modem Speak Ensemble (feat. John Rich) - Available on: iTunes Spotify   Ear piercing pipe, recorder, oboe, flute and feedback among other things. What the robots in the future listen to. We were millennia ahead of our time. Enjoy? Flash player not working? Try the Spotify…
N Roesing 2007 N Roesing - Available on: iTunes Spotify Amazon Napster Deezer   The recordings that made the basis for the short lived but legendary, Guns N Roesing. Those recordings are still held by an evil wizard in the Ohio river valley. Enjoy.   Flash … Continue reading →
Guitar Players Blurry 2007 Rhys Chatham @ Skull Lab - Evidence of my participation in a Rhys Chatham performance at Skull Lab, Cincinnati Ohio. Photos by Nebula Girl. 2007 Rhys Chatham @ Skull Lab
The Wild Gunmen 2007 Roesing Ape Meets The Wild Gunmen - Available on: iTunes Spotify Amazon Deezer   The premier Cincinnati Appalachian Noise Band records an album with Roesing Ape at a hipster pad in the ghetto. This is back when ghettos could afford hipster pads. The Wild Gunmen was/is a … Continue reading →
Weird Cartoon Instrument 2007 Sappy - Available on: iTunes Spotify   Noise artist turned song writer, the official transition. Some great tracks. Some absolutely horrid tracks that should not be listened to. Cover by Nina Wright. Flash player not working? Try the Spotify…
CGI woman floats in sea with tree 2007 smallKno - Short noise video song.
New Orleans after Katrina 2007 Thematic Maneuver Live @ Skull Lab - Modern call and response prayer. Second speaker: Lacey Montgomery Casanova. Drummer: Julie Roessler. 2007 at the Skull Lab in the West End of Over the Rhine in Cincinnati Ohio. Footage provided by Wounded Slug. Mastered by Roesing Ape.
Thematic Maneuver Face 2007 Thematic Maneuver Live at Skull lab - Available on: iTunes Spotify Amazon Napster Deezer   Call and response performance poetry accomplished with Lacey Montgomery and Julie Roessler at the infamous ghetto punk venue Skull Lab in the slums of Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine. Enjoy. Try the Spotify…  
Roesing Ape Fell to His Death 2007 Tsunami Original - Live noise set over a live video of the top of my aquarium dedicated to the Tsunami victims way back when.
Sad old man drunk 2007 Ungrateful Heart Porn - Available on: iTunes Spotify   A song about porn. Flash player not working? Try the Spotify…
Unknown 2007 Unknown EP - Available on: Apple Music Spotify Tidal Amazon Napster Deezer iHeart Radio   Unknown. Enjoy. Try the Spotify…  
Projectors in tin foil room 2007/2005 Ungrateful Heart Porn - Experimental 2007 song about porn put to a video collage of scraps from various installations made in 2005. Available on: iTunes Spotify   Lyrics: What an ungrateful heart, tears up these paper towels porn pouring precipitously out, hard cock in … Continue reading →
alonzo shaolin 24 2008 Alonzo King Lines Ballet w/ Shaolin Monks - Live performance presented by White Bird, Portland Oregon, 2008, shot on Nikon D3 w/ 400mm lens. 2008 Alonzo King Lines Ballet w/ Shaolin Monks
Three Red Squares and an Orange 2008 I.B.I. C.R.A.P. - Available on: iTunes Spotify Amazon   Part of the Infinity Blip Infinity series, around a dozen albums where I tried to mash together songwriting and experimental noise. It varies from touching, to garbage. Try the Spotify…
Roesing Ape Fell to His Death 2008 I.B.I. Live - Available on: iTunes Spotify Amazon   Part of the Infinity Blip Infinity series, around a dozen albums where I tried to mash together songwriting and experimental noise. It varies from touching, to garbage. Try the Spotify…
Silver computer face 2008 ibi finals - Available on: iTunes Spotify Amazon   Part of the Infinity Blip Infinity series, around a dozen albums where I tried to mash together songwriting and experimental noise. It varies from touching, to garbage. Try the Spotify…
inbal pinto 04 2008 Inbal Pinto - Live in Portland Oregon. Shot on Nikon D3, 400mm lens.   2008 Inball Pinto
Words on a toilet in the void 2008 Infinity (blip) Infinity - Available on: iTunes Spotify Amazon   Part of the Infinity Blip Infinity series, around a dozen albums where I tried to mash together songwriting and experimental noise. It varies from touching, to garbage. Try the Spotify…
Kidd Pivot Long Exposure 2008 Kidd Pivot - Portland Oregon, Nikon D3 2008 Kidd Pivot
KJ Wed 2008 KJ Wed - K and J’s marriage in Portland Oregon. Shot on a Minolta 35mm and age-stressed with a Nikon D5100. 2008 KJ Wed
PDX 1 2008 PDX 1 - Scenes from my first two years in Portland – plus a couple bits of packing up in Cincinnati. Shot with a 35mm Minolta film camera and stressed with a Nikon D5100. 2008 PDX 1
CGI woman floats in sea with tree 2008 Profile Theatre Posters - Mock ups of posters made for Profile Theatre in Portland Oregon. 2008 Profile Theatre Posters
Portland Dance Mafia 2008 Skinner/Kirk/Bielemeier - Live performance presented by White Bird, Portland Oregon, 2008, shot on Nikon D3 w/ 400mm lens. 2008 Skinner/Kirk/Bielemeier
Tero Dancing 2008 Tero Saarinen Dance - Live performance presented by White Bird, Portland Oregon, 2008, shot on Nikon D3 w/ 400mm lens. 2008 Tero Saarinen Dance
Some Fire 2008 The Plan - The Plan.  This is how I came up with my plan to kill every man, woman and child on this planet. This is how I found a way to destroy all life on earth. And this is how my plan … Continue reading →
Weird possibly vagina face 2009 .5% ibi - Available on: iTunes Spotify Amazon   Part of the Infinity Blip Infinity series, around a dozen albums where I tried to mash together songwriting and experimental noise. It varies from touching, to garbage. The album cover might be a close … Continue reading →
Birgit Anoukvandijk 2009 Anoukvandijk dc “Stau” - Live rehearsals and performance of Anoukvandijk dc’s piece “Stau”. Performed at Oaks Park in Portland Oregon, presented by White Bird. Shot on a Nikon D3 with a 35mm lens. 2009 Anoukvandijk dc "Stau"
Aspen dancing 2009 Aspen Santa Fe Ballet - Live in Portland Oregon. Presented by White Bird. Shot on A Nikon D3 with a 400mm lens, no flash. 2009 Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
Dancers with blow up dolls 2009 Bad Boys of Dance - Live in Portland Oregon, shot on Nikon D3 with a 400mm lens. 2009 Bad Boys of Dance
barney 09 2009 Barney the White Bird - Close-up photo-shoot of Barney the White Bird, CEO of White Bird Dance in Portland Oregon. Shot on a Nikon D3 with a 35mm lens. See best contemporary dance in the world at whitebird.org.
Dance Brazil 2009 Dance Brazil - Presented by White Bird Dance in Portland Oregon. Shot on a Nikon D3 with a 400mm lens. 2009 Dance Brazil
Weird Bow Dancer 2009 Daniel Léveillé Danse - Live in Portland Oregon, presented by White Bird. Shot on a Nikon D3 with a 400mm lens. 2009 Daniel Léveillé Danse
Hofesh standing 2009 Hofesh Shechter Company - Live in Portland Oregon. Presented By White Bird. Shot on a Nikon D3 with a 400mm Lens. 2009 Hofesh Shechter Company
Fairly Standard Dance Photo 2009 Lars Lubovitch - Live in Portland Oregon, 2009. Shot on a Nikon D3 with a 400mm lens. 2009 Lars Lubovitch
Meeting San Francisco 2009 Meeting San Francisco - First time in San Francisco et environs. One shot is of the first solo woman solar and human powered boat trip attempt from SF to Hawaii or something I stumbled upon. Shot on a 35mm film Minolta and stressed with … Continue reading →
Minh and Tere 2009 Minh Tran/Tere Mathern Promo - Promotional shots for a White Bird commission in Portland Oregon. Shot on a Nikon D3 with a 35mm lens. 2009 Minh Tran/Tere Mathern Promo
Tomato Plants in an Orange Fiberglass Shower Tub 2009 Rando PDX - Random observations of Portland Oregon and environs. Kinda bleh? Shot on some random digital camera from the aughts. 2009 Rando PDX
Shen Wei Snow 2009 Shen Wei Dance Arts - Live in Portland Oregon. Presented by White Bird. Shot on a Nikon D3 with a 400mm lens with no flash. 2009 Shen Wei Dance Arts
Trey McIntyre 2009 Trey McIntyre Project - Shot live on a Nikon D3 with a 400mm lens. Presented by White Bird in Portland Oregon. 2009 Trey McIntyre Project
Hipster Married Couple 2010 A Portland Wedding - Your standard hipster wedding. Shot on a Nikon D3 with a 35mm lens. 2010 A Portland Wedding
Cat on Bookshelf 2010 baby - dumb video.   From the album: Amazon iTunes Spotify
Bruno Blurry 2010 Bruno Beltrão Grupo de Rua - Live in Portland Oregon. Presented by White Bird. Shot on a Nikon D3 with a 400mm Lens. 2010 Bruno Beltrão Grupo de Rua
Chunk Move 2010 Chunky Move - Presented by White Bird Dance in Portland Oregon at the YWCA gym. Shot on a Nikon D3 with a 200mm lens. The tree was just outside and I liked it.
Compañía Nacional de Danza 2 2010 Compañía Nacional de Danza 2 - Presented by White Bird Dance in Portland Oregon. Shot on a Nikon D3 with a 400mm lens.
Complexions Pose 2010 Complexions Dance - Live in Portland Oregon. Presented by White Bird. Shot on a Nikon D3 with a 400mm lens and no flash. 2010 Complexions Dance
Hubbard Street 2010 Hubbard Street Dance - Presented by White Bird in Portland Oregon. Shot on a Nikon D3 with a 400mm lens. 2010 Hubbard Street Dance
Upside down chair 2010 ibi 0 - Available on: iTunes Spotify Amazon   Part of the Infinity Blip Infinity series, around a dozen albums where I tried to mash together songwriting and experimental noise. It varies from touching, to garbage. Try the Spotify…
3D sludge man 2010 ibi With Balls - Available on: iTunes Spotify Amazon   Part of the Infinity Blip Infinity series, around a dozen albums where I tried to mash together songwriting and experimental noise. It varies from touching, to garbage. Try the Spotify…
Small Dinosaur on USB Charger 2010 le bel homme excerpt: The Infinite File Tree - C: No Yes Maybe C: Maybe: I You They We C: Maybe: We: Can Cannot Will Will not C: Maybe: We: Can: Better Worsen Live Die C: Maybe: We: Can: Live: And Or But A An C: Maybe: We: Can: … Continue reading →
Attack Sky 2010 le bel homme excerpt: The Northwest v. Mid-West v. KY v. HI - THE green of the Pacific Northwest is like a dagger. Yet it has no point, and no edge. It is gigantic, and you can walk right up to it. So you do. You walk right up to the deadly sharp … Continue reading →
Ping Pong Paddle, cigarette, sunglasses 2010 Pewbacle - The pew, the proud.   From the album: Amazon iTunes Spotify
Random Dance Shot 2010 Random Dance Co. - Live performance in Portland Oregon, 2010, shot on Nikon D3 w/ 400mm lens. 2010 Random Dance Co.
Rob Johnson on White Drugs 2010 rob johnson’s white drug river medley - banjo and arrangement by rob johnson. video and audio recording and production by roesing ape. songs by various.
U-theatre Jump 2010 U-Theatre - Live performance in Portland Oregon presented by White Bird. Shot on a Nikon D3 with a 400mm lens. 2010 U-Theatre
Portland Craftsman Bungalow 2011 13 Post-Medium Appalachian Folk Noise Songs - Available on: Amazon iTunes Spotify   Post-Medium Appalachian Folk Noise Songs. All recorded in one take with minimal effects and overdubbing. Flash player not working? Try the Spotify…
buck of rain 2011 Buckets of Rain - Available on: Spotify Deezer   Cover of a Bob Dylan Classic. Guitar, vocals, and harmonica by Catherine Rehm. Production and all the other weird noises by Roesing Ape. Enjoy.   Thanks to technocratic overlord mechanical licensing, try the Spotify…  
Fraulein Maria Dance Troupe 2011 Doug Elkins’ Fraulein Maria - Live performance in Portland Oregon, 2011, shot on Nikon D3 w/ 400mm lens. 2011 Doug Elkins' Fraulein Maria
Doug Elkins Glam Shot 2011 Doug Elkins’ photoshoot - Shot on a Nikon D3 with a 400mm lens. 2011 Doug Elkins’ photoshoot
Fiesta Wedding 2011 Fiesta Wedding - I was once hired as a wedding photographer on the cheap in the Portland Latino community. Working class family, statistics and the suspicious stares at my lily white face, among other things, gave me the impression there were a number … Continue reading →
Dinner Pigs 2011 Gratuitous Food - From that year everyone was compulsively posting food pics on Facebook. Shot  on a cell phone. 2011 Gratuitous Food
Guitar in Beach on Hawaii 2011 Hawaii Wedding Hitchhike - I went to a wedding on the big island and hitchhiked around the perimeter. Shot on a Minolta 35mm film camera. 2010 Hawaii Wedding Hitchhike
Jo Kreiter Tree Dance 2011 Jo Kreiter Tree Dance - Aerial dancer Jo Kreiter of San Francisco/Flyaway Productions did some fancy swinging from a tree for a former employer’s birthday. The rich get what they want. Shot on a Nikon D3 with a 75mm lens.
2011 Le Bel Homme (The Plan) - Scattered autobiographical rants twisted into fictionalized futures and scathing commentary on the baselines of American life in the early twenty-teens. From this, a gentle plan to destroy all humankind is developed and implemented.   Available in digital format and paperback.
A Beautiful Woman 2011 Le Bel Homme (The Plan) Excerpt – In the Library - (in the library) THE world around you reflected, or you around the world: the entirety of culture and custom was an overripe fruit, gnat-flies zipped around like vulture drops. The law increased crime; prosperity impoverished, plenty laid waste, increased populations … Continue reading →
intro 2011 Le Bel Homme (The Plan) Excerpt – In the Library - (in the library) THE world around you reflected, or you around the world: the entirety of culture and custom was an overripe fruit, gnat-flies zipped around like vulture drops. The law increased crime; prosperity impoverished, plenty laid waste, increased populations … Continue reading →
intro 2011 Le Bel Homme (The Plan) Excerpt – Intro - (intro) IT began when your nails started rotting and your hair fell out. Your belly distended, and your lungs collapsed into wooden splinters. This is how you discover the secret to destroying human civilization. This is how you find out … Continue reading →
lazy 2011 Le Bel Homme (The Plan) Excerpt – Laziness - (laziness) HOW many lives has Laziness saved, improved and changed for the better? All of them. You remember the notion that Necessity is the mother of Invention – but you only suspect that Necessity’s mother is Complaint, fathered lackadaisically no … Continue reading →
House Shan Eats 2011 Le Bel Homme (The Plan) Excerpt – Piece of Shit Pizza - (piece of shit pizza) YOU and the world were totally fucked, but it had come on slow and all-of-the-sudden hadn’t happened just yet. One day you went to an Italian restaurant on your way to a friend’s house and had … Continue reading →
Guitar in Beach on Hawaii 2011 le bel homme excerpt: (information parasite) - (information parasite) TALKING to people is stupid. Unless they already know what you’re going to say, and then it’s just frustrating. The only time it works is when they know what they’d like you to say, and you say it. … Continue reading →
Wave Particle Duality Debunked 2011 le bel homme excerpt: (piece of shit pizza) - (piece of shit pizza) YOU and the world were totally fucked, but it had come on slow and all-of-the-sudden hadn’t happened just yet. One day you went to an Italian restaurant on your way to a friend’s house and had … Continue reading →
Giant Cow on Route 66 2011 le bel homme excerpt: The Infinite File Tree part ii - C: Maybe/We/Can/Live/But/What/If/That/Isn’t/Enough/To/Not/   Eat Drink High Five Suck Die Be Hurt   C: Maybe/We/Can/Live/But/What/If/That/Isn’t/Enough/To/Not/Die/   And But If So Now Here   C: Maybe/We/Can/Live/But/What/If/That/Isn’t/Enough/To/Not/Die/And/   They We He It   C: Maybe/We/Can/Live/But/What/If/That/Isn’t/Enough/To/Not/Die/And/We/   Can Will Won’t Know Have   C: … Continue reading →
Yard with grass and trash can 2011 NoPo Homes - Things at homes in North Portland Oregon. Shot on a 35mm Minolta film camera, transcribed and age stressed with a Nikon D5100. 2011 NoPo Homes
Anya Dancer 2011 PDX Bike Warehouse - Custom welded bikes, jumping women. 2011 PDX Bike Warehouse
Pilobolus Bodyvox 2011 Pilobolus Class at BodyVox - Pilobolus masterclass at Bodyvox in Portland. Shot on a Nikon D3 with a 35mm lens. 2011 Pilobolus Class at BodyVox
Portland Taiko Drum Hit 2011 Portland Taiko - Shot on a Nikon D3 with a 400mm lens. 2011 Portland Taiko
Future Fluorescent 2011 POV Dance - Live performance in Portland Oregon. Shot on a Nikon D3 with a 35mm lens. 2011 POV Dance
House Shan Eats 2011 Quick Portraits of House Shan - Shots from a photoshoot for a roommate who was trying to break into comedy. Seemed cool. Shot on a Nikon D3.
Ping Pong Paddle, cigarette, sunglasses 2011 Shots at the Nest pt. 1 - Randos at the original Nest Bar & Lounge on Alberta St. in Portland Oregon. Shot on a 35mm Minolta film camera, transcribed and age stressed with a Nikon D5100. 2011 Shots at the Nest pt. 1
Silvia's Hand 2011 St. Johns Pirate Cove - A summer walk through St. Johns in Portland Oregon, through Cathedral Park and Pirate Cove. Shot on a Nikon D3 with a 75mm lens. 2011 St. Johns Pirate Cove
teeth shoving microphones in mouths 2011 tEEth Dance - Live performance in Portland Oregon, 2011, shot on Nikon D3 w/ 400mm lens. 2011 tEEth Dance
Roesing Silhouette with Mic 2011 White Bird Birthday Speech - Wherein I did something weird behind a curtain. Featuring a bird and a booty. Shot on a Nikon D3 with a 35mm lens. 2011 White Bird Birthday Speech
Yard with grass and trash can 2012 Burn Baby Burn (Residents Cover) - god digs my daddy.
Standard Burning Man Photo 2012 Burning Man - Yadda yadda. Shot on a Nikon D5100 with a 35mm lens. 2012 Burning Man
Ultraviolet Invisible Ink Butterfly 2012 Go On (Goon) - I complain and moan and bitch but I go on because the sun tastes yummy.   From the album: Amazon iTunes Spotify
Lady with flowing mauve shaw 2012 Jitterbug Junebug - Alleyway dance in San Francisco. Shot on a Nikon D5100 with a 35mm lens. 2012 Jitterbug Junebug
Cat on Kitsch Couch 2012 Kitty - an ode to my kitty, sappy.   From the album: Amazon iTunes Spotify
Roesing Toe 2012 Motion Theatre Errata - Improvisational autobiographical dance in a San Francisco studio and the legendary (weirdly authoritarian) spiritual retreat of the Esalen Institute. Shot on a Nikon D5100 with a 35mm lens. 2012 Motion Theatre Errata
Dancer in Bed 2012 San Francisco Dance Class - Photos of an end-of-course dance class performance somewhere in San Francisco. Shot on a Nikon D5100 with a 35mm lens. 2012 San Francisco Dance Class
Oddly Dressed Dancers 2012 SF Flamenco - Shot in the Mission on a Nikon D5100 with a 35mm lens. 2012 SF Flamenco
Red Dragonfly 2012 SF.Week.01.debrief - View post on imgur.com You Move to San Francisco: SAN FRANCISCO fucks you. It fucks you hard and you don’t know if you’re being raped or about to come. Actually San Francisco lands you like a sunny soft pillow of … Continue reading →
Shitty beginnings 2012 Shit - Artful shit of dog. The dog’s name was Sky. So, this shit fell from the sky. Shot on a Nikon D5100 with a 35mm lens. 2012 Shit
Blurry Coffee Shop 2012 Shoved (video by notthisbody) - I know baby she is the one, drives me crazy pushing and shoving. But she saved me I was down in the dumps. She walked by and then I could run. I know baby she was the one. She was … Continue reading →
Ping Pong Paddle, cigarette, sunglasses 2012 The tv - girls I know flicking me off in places I go.   From the album: Amazon iTunes Spotify
Portland Craftsman Bungalow 2012 with - drunk S. kills gingerbread house and family.   From the album: Amazon iTunes Spotify
Jameson Neat Coffee Back 2012 wouldn’t mind dying but.. .(traditional) - This video was uploaded from an Android phone.
Ping Pong Paddle, cigarette, sunglasses 2012/2006 Lose - The Bull Loses. Video originally from projections for a piece by Michelle Bump-Morano in 2006.   From the album: Amazon iTunes Spotify
Portland Craftsman Bungalow 2012/2007 Get On - get on get off. Video recycled from a stage lighting projection made for a live show by Jeremy Milsaps.   From the album: Amazon iTunes Spotify