https://www.johnmjenkins.art/projects/ Films, music and brand work by John M. Jenkins, 2016 onward. en Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/in-the-liners/ https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/in-the-liners/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Music A music-sharing experiment. Hand one song to one person with one sentence about why, or build a playlist out of twelve people with the names hidden until the end. Ran among friends through the summer of 2026, then shut down on purpose. https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/gate-14-man-and-machine/ https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/gate-14-man-and-machine/ Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Art A live, AI-authored workout that ran all night at Gate 14 for the El Segundo Artwalk. One task on the wall. One person claims it, does it, photographs it. The machine reads the photograph, decides whether it counts, and writes the next one. It never repeats itself and it does not stop until someone stops it. https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/whitney-a-short-film/ https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/whitney-a-short-film/ Mon, 07 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT Films Whitney: A Short Film was one of those projects that came from a deep, almost quiet place within me. It wasn't about grandeur or high-stakes drama; it was about the subtle, complex emotions that people often carry in silence. The film explores the nuances of personal struggle, connection, and isolat... https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/berthold-city-where-did-we-go/ https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/berthold-city-where-did-we-go/ Fri, 27 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT Music Photo at Hello Village taken by Fusillo https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/process-019-crafting-sacred-artwork-in-a-digital-medium/ https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/process-019-crafting-sacred-artwork-in-a-digital-medium/ Thu, 09 Feb 2023 12:00:00 GMT Films Without losing sight of the fact that I only produced one Process film in all of 2022. I’d like to mention that two months ago (December 2022) I finished a film about the fleeting nature of my medium. The difference between analog and digital. The perceived permanence of a tactile element and my ... https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/4x4x48/ https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/4x4x48/ Tue, 04 Jan 2022 12:00:00 GMT Films Starting off the new year with a bang. My film "4x4x48" has won Best Cinematography at the Sports Feedback Film Festival. There was a short interview done on the project and how it came to fruition at the link here:InterviewAll that... AND we've released the film. If you have a bit of time and want ... https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/process/ https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/process/ Tue, 27 Jul 2021 12:00:00 GMT Films For a few years I’ve had this idea to make a series of video’s about the Process. What does that mean? Well, as Frank Costanza would say: “That means whatever the hell you want it to mean.” For me, that means any sort of situation, idea, project, trip or anything otherwise in which I learn somethi... https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/i-need-to-get-out/ https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/i-need-to-get-out/ Wed, 06 Jan 2021 12:00:00 GMT Writing For whatever reason this project took a few months to come together. I knew I wanted this piece to be a bit of a larger culmination of my abilities, but I wasn’t really sure how to go about taking on the task. I needed my wife’s help to art direct, I needed to write a script. I needed to pull tog... https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/berthold-city-what-time-takes/ https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/berthold-city-what-time-takes/ Fri, 18 Sep 2020 12:00:00 GMT Music If you are at all awake during the years twenty twenty you’ve noticed a lot of insanity and crazy changes to life on earth. Berthold City recognized this early on and attempted to create some video content that poked fun at the absurdity that we all found ourselves immersed in. https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/1-a-los-angeles-drive/ https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/1-a-los-angeles-drive/ Tue, 22 Jan 2019 12:00:00 GMT Music Recently the band I play bass in had a show deep in Orange County. Luckily I had a buddy coming from much further North and I was able to get him to drive me to the show. In doing so, it allowed me the opportunity to get closer with my camera. Work on some framing and exposure techniques, and ove... https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/terror-in-spite-of-these-times-one-more-enemy/ https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/terror-in-spite-of-these-times-one-more-enemy/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 12:00:00 GMT Music I had the opportunity to work on a music video for one of my favorite hardcore bands. Terror asked me to help them conceptualize and realize an idea. It was a ton of work and there were a lot of creative parameters to work around. We didn’t have much time with the band and spent a bulk of that ti... https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/berthold-city-walls-of-hate/ https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/berthold-city-walls-of-hate/ Mon, 07 May 2018 12:00:00 GMT Music Finished up a quick music video for Berthold City.  We shot it over the course of about 6 hours in a studio space in the valley.  Why do traditionally trained Editors make for great Directors?  They can move quickly from shot to shot editing the piece in their brain.  They can see what they'll need.... https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/out-on-the-east-coast/ https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/out-on-the-east-coast/ Fri, 20 Apr 2018 12:00:00 GMT Music I had the opportunity to travel to the East Coast with Berthold City a few weeks ago.  We spent four days out East.  Played in Boston, New York, Richmond VA, and Philadelphia.  I'd gotten myself a new tool a few weeks prior.  I'm super stoked on the new camera.  I'm hoping it forces me to take a loo... https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/berthold-city/ https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/berthold-city/ Fri, 09 Mar 2018 12:00:00 GMT Music Photo: Dan Patrick https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/this-is-not-a-nice-sport/ https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/this-is-not-a-nice-sport/ Fri, 09 Mar 2018 12:00:00 GMT Films Wow.  Well, it's been about 2 years since we initially shot and edited this short documentary about an amateur boxer named Cesar Rocha.  Unfortunately I ran into a bit of a problem releasing this for public consumption over the last year or so.  It's too bad, because I thought this was a pretty nice... https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/legacy-boxing-gym/ https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/legacy-boxing-gym/ Thu, 17 Aug 2017 12:00:00 GMT Films AJ Perez on the mitts, and Sam Hsieh with the power.   Check out this small film piece I directed and edited to promote the Legacy Boxing Gym. https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/poetic-resolve/ https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/poetic-resolve/ Tue, 17 Jan 2017 12:00:00 GMT Writing At the end of 2015 we got a message from our friend Jessica that she had made a resolution for two thousand and sixteen to learn more poetry.  Each month of two thousand and sixteen she would send us a postcard and on the back would be a poem that she had picked to learn that month. https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/simple-story/ https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/simple-story/ Fri, 13 Jan 2017 12:00:00 GMT Films This is a Simple Story about a friend of mine named Lorenzo Diggins.  Lorenzo is a creative individual with a unique style and an even better way of making you feel like you're important.  Like what you do is important.  Over the past couple of years I've spent some time getting to know Lorenzo, and... https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/the-tools-of-my-craft/ https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/the-tools-of-my-craft/ Tue, 19 Jan 2016 12:00:00 GMT Films A short film on the equipment I consider the tools of my trade. My relationship with them, and why I feel that they're important to me. They're disposable, but important. https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/my-friends-are-talented/ https://www.johnmjenkins.art/work/my-friends-are-talented/ Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:00:00 GMT Films A documentary series about people I knew who were good at something. Eight episodes between 2011 and 2016, one subject each, a few minutes each.