COMUNE's BLKHLZINVZFS video installationOn October 23rd COMUNE unveiled their first snowboard video project "Black Holes and Invisible Forces Bending Time Through Particle Deformations Creating Infinite Freedom in the Garden on The Moon", (or BLKHLZINVZFS for short) at their headquarters in Costa Mesa, CA. Under a full moon, the packed house witnessed seven edits of the experimental film while live music from Gypsy Death Star, C-TOWN and The Perfect Gentleman filled the night air.

Photo: Sean Rosenthal
Live music from Gypsy Death Star, C-TOWN and The
Perfect Gentleman filled the air

The idea behind the film was to focus on showcasing snowboarding and snowboard filmmaking as a raw, creative art form giving all involved the creative freedom to translate a collection of footage through their own interpretation. Multiple viewing stations were set up for the guests to throw on a pair of headphones and watch each individual edit of the movie featuring COMUNE snow team, aggregates and associates. Contributing artists towards the project included: Corey Smith, Liz Davis, Ryan Scardigli, Hunter Longe, Matt Porter, Kevin Castanheria, Mark Wiitanen and Shelby Menzel.

Photo: Sean Rosenthal
Party people in the place to be - Kelley Ash, Andrew
Kuykendall, Liz Davis, COMUИE’s Corey Smith,
Jason Lee Parry & Wyatt HullAll edits of the film as well as shorts and trailers ranging in style from traditional snowboarding to abstract obscurity can be viewed at thecomune.com/blackholes.

The film project is part of COMUNE's DROP CITY creative platform. Inspired by the early 1960's artist commune in Colorado and the brainchild of COMUNE's Art Director, Corey Smith, DROP CITY was introduced to attract like-minded contributors to the COMUNE artist community.

BLKHLZINVZFS video premiere photo gallery HERE

Check out one of our favorite BLKHLZINVZFS trailers, "No Fun," edited by Ryan Scardigli below.