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4 KIDS, A DOG, & THEIR VAN TRIP THRU BEACHTON, USA TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY, “Where are you, Duane Regan?”

“Where Are You?” (xxi4) is the first feature-length series from the Almost Holden Collective. The series is the culmination of seven years of AHC content, tying in storylines previously established in films like “Good Grief, The Show” (mmxii), “Rabbit Holes. Rabbit Follows.” (mmx), “The Audiophile” (mmxi), “Santa Cruz Trip” (mmxi) and other short film collaborations between the regular team of artists who made up the Almost Holden Collective between its inception in mmvii.

The origin of the idea is simple: Summer mmxi, Behr and Sayer embarked on a psychedelic experience in their tiny Lower East Side apartment in NY. They were discussing the evolution of the Almost Holden multimedia portfolio and the upcoming project “Good Grief” which was to shoot the following Spring. While discussing the projects the conversation led to their long-term goal (the reason they began the Almost Holden body of work in the first place) of creating a feature length project as a collaboration between all the multimedia artists they had worked with over the years to develop the unique and surreal package that is Almost Holden. They wanted to tie all the projects together with one final project which would show the total growth of these real life artists who had all been working together since their teen years. Very naturally, the conversation went, “if Good Grief is AHC as the Peanuts, what if they were the Mystery Inc gang too?” From there, the nu-fi experience began, snowballing into an incredible project and unforgettable creation process.

Within a year, they would return to their homes in Southern California to create the mythical town of Beachton, USA where they built and developed the Collective’s studio/gallery, AHCollection at 2821 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA — a multimedia workspace for the filming, audio recording/mixing, and editing of the project. The idea was simple: create an all-in-one space to bring all the artists together to be able to produce every element of the film (including print, audio, video and plastics) while funding the movie through independent and freelance workshops, classes, and art shows. AHC in its own right became a very popular DIY spot for young artists to collaborate , learn and produce together. It was the venue where most of the film was filmed, all the music was made and where the lines between cinema and reality blurred.

DIY since mmvii

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Where Are You? (xxi4)

CHAPTERS

I - Beachton mmx3

II - The Lodge

III - J.E. Smith

IV - The Lendermans

V - Archie & his Love Force

VI - The Italians

VII - Then Again

VIII - G.B. & Eastsiders

IX - J.S.F.

OTHER CURATIONS

Hailey Gates NYU Trilogy (MMX-MMX3)

AHC Legacy Tapes v.II (mmx3-2KXV)

AHC Legacy Tapes v.III (mmx3-xxi4)