Music | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper: During the weekends at AK Valley Research Park in New Kensington, music can be heard floating up through the rafters at one of the massive campus’ three under-construction buildings. But it’s not a concert or a warehouse party, there is no audience or ticketed entry. These are sessions for the Empty Space Project, which pairs local bands with unfinished, airy construction sites to shoot live music videos.
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The idea that Empty Space Project has of “making something out of nothing” is really interesting, and a concept that we learn here at Carnegie Mellon through some of the work we do in Basic Design. I remember this being a concept we talked about a lot throughout the process of Arcade because we had such a small budget to work with but were expected to make whatever we could out of it. We were really able to embrace the idea of something out of nothing, and each group embodied that fully. I like the idea of this in a bigger scale, and the idea that art can be produced and cultivated in so many different places- especially when making the connection between these bare bones spaces and music. The collaborative idea of being able to work together and make something in a space that people don’t view as an environment for art is something that is truly incredible.
The concept of the Empty Space Project is both new and interesting. Their minimalistic approach to getting new music to the masses is inventive and almost symbiotic in nature. It encourages not only the growth of the businesses that provide the spaces, the popularity of these early artists, and the popularity and notoriety of the filmers for the Empty Space Project. Creating something from nothing is something DPs are very familiar with. From our underfunded highschool theatres to Basic Design to Playground. We are always trying to create the most we can with the least amount of money. That always takes a bit of scrappy scavenging and the willingness to ask those who have what we want or need for help. The best thing that working with so little teaches you is how to ask for help. It teaches you to see unused and wasted potential and gives you the confidence or necessity of asking for what you want to create what your mind believes you can.
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