New York filmmaker Aran Tharp was born in 1977, and raised in

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. He is best known as a "fourth member" of the avant-garde music group

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. Tharp tours with the band, doing filming,

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, and lighting effects. Tharp finished a short

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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

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and included in the double CD retrospective ''The Life and Times of Laddio Bolocko''. ''As If By Remote'' was featured at 2002's

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, as well as the Rejections Film Festival in

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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

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. 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

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film, in black and white. In addition to filmmaking, Aran Tharp has appeared in a photograph taken by renowned fashion photographer

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for an advertisement for Iceberg Clothing.

Filmography

*''As If By Remote'' (filmed in 1999, released in 2002 with

's ''The Life and Times of Laddio Bolocko'') *''Live In Rome'' (filmed in 2002, released in 2005 with

'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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