February 4, 2024

Joan Pope

2024, month in review

Month in Review: January 2024

February 4, 2024

Joan Pope

2024, month in review

An overview of my creative works made in the past month.

Collage

The Harrowing of Hell by Joan Pope, 2024

Patron Saint of the Blind by Joan Pope, 2024

The Alchemy of Creation by Joan Pope, 2024

MUSIC

Temple ov Saturn - Meditation of the Pluto Transit into Aquarius [single]

I have a new drone/ambient single Meditation on the Pluto Transit into Aquarius available now on Bandcamp.

<a href="https://templeovsaturn.bandcamp.com/track/meditation-on-the-pluto-transit-into-aquarius">Meditation on the Pluto Transit into Aquarius by Temple Ov Saturn</a>

VIDEO

ETC…

Poster art I made for Falling Sideways Off The Edge Of The Earth

I provided art and video projects for a play called Falling Sideways off the Edge of the Earth by Pamela Enz. It ran from January 13-28th at the Theater for the New City in NYC.

Check out this write up in The Villager. Below are some photos from the show that show some of my video work:

November 1, 2023

Joan Pope

month in review

Month in Review: October 2023

November 1, 2023

Joan Pope

month in review

COLLAGE

June 3, 2023

Joan Pope

month in review

Month in Review: May 2023

June 3, 2023

Joan Pope

month in review

COLLAGE

Genesis: A New Beginning by Joan Pope, 2023

VIDEO

This is a video I edited for Rites of Sin. I really love this track, check out their Bandcamp!

February 28, 2023

Joan Pope

month in review

Month in Review: February 2023

February 28, 2023

Joan Pope

month in review

COLLAGE

The World by Joan Pope (Temple ov Saturn)

Personal Growth by Joan Pope (Temple ov Saturn)

VIDEO

Music video I edited for Snowbeasts + Solypsis. I love the track and it was an honor to work with Snowbeasts. I had the pleasure of performing with them a couple years ago at Monomer. Check out their latest album!

ETC…

Baby was born 2 weeks early at the beginning of this month. He and I are healthy and doing well!

December 30, 2022

Joan Pope

month in review

Month in Review: December 2022

December 30, 2022

Joan Pope

month in review

COLLAGE

PHOTOS

September 1, 2022

Joan Pope

month in review

Month in Review: August 2022

September 1, 2022

Joan Pope

month in review

COLLAGE

Spirit of the Mountains by Joan Pope, 2022

VIDEO

Music video for Primitive Knot - Abysmal Seduction

ETC…

July 10, 2022

Joan Pope

week in review

Weeks in Review: June 26-July 9

July 10, 2022

Joan Pope

week in review

An overview of my creative works made in the past week.

COLLAGE

*Artemis and the Hamadryad* by Joan Pope, 2022

*Window the the Soul* by Joan Pope, 2022

VIDEO

June 27, 2022

Joan Pope

week in review

Week in Review: June 19-25

June 27, 2022

Joan Pope

week in review

COLLAGE

*The Space in Between* by Joan Pope, 2022

*Dream Within A Dream* by Joan Pope, 2022

PHOTO

June 20, 2022

Joan Pope

week in review

Week in Review: June 12-18

June 20, 2022

Joan Pope

week in review

COLLAGE

VIDEO

June 12, 2022

Joan Pope

week in review

Week in Review: June 5-11

June 12, 2022

Joan Pope

week in review

COLLAGE

VIDEO

March 6, 2022

Joan Pope

week in review

Week in Review: February 28-March 5

March 6, 2022

Joan Pope

week in review

COLLAGE

*The Sacred and The Profane* by Joan Pope, 2022

*Let The One Who Is Thirsty Come* by Joan Pope, 2022

VIDEO

This week was the premiere of a video I edited for Gwenno’s new single, An Stevel Nowydh.

PHOTO

ETC…

February 21, 2022

Joan Pope

week in review

Week in Review: February 13-19

February 21, 2022

Joan Pope

week in review

COLLAGE

*Dark Night of the Soul* by Joan Pope, 2022

VIDEO

December 20, 2021

Joan Pope

year in review, 2021

Year in Review: 2021 (Part 1: Collage)

December 20, 2021

Joan Pope

year in review, 2021

An overview of my creative works made in the past year.

It’s hard to believe 2021 is coming to a close. As I mentioned last week, I have a lot going on in my personal life (buying a house, packing/moving, commercial work, and of course, I will be spending time with my family for the holidays). These last couple weeks of the year are best suited for reflection rather than trying to start something new. With that said, I will break up my Year in Review reflection into ~3 parts. This is Part 1.

COLLAGE

The following are selected collage works that I created in 2021. This selection demonstrates what I think are my strongest pieces, either, but also some of my personal favorites.

*Vision and Perceptual Limits* by Joan Pope, 2021

*Still Just A Rat In A Cage* by Joan Pope, 2021

*The Great God Pan is Dead* by Joan Pope, 2021

*Allegory of the Cave* by Joan Pope, 2021

*Make Love Not War Between the Sexes* by Joan Pope, 2021

*Allegory of the Future* by Joan Pope, 2021

*The God of New Beginnings* by Joan Pope, 2021

*Journey of the Soul* by Joan Pope, 2021

*The Interior Castle* by Joan Pope, 2021

November 15, 2021

Joan Pope

week in review

Week in Review: November 7-13

November 15, 2021

Joan Pope

week in review

COLLAGE

Temple ov Saturn - Seeing What Remains EP

Temple ov Saturn - Seeing What Remains, a new EP available now on Bandcamp.

Its been a couple months since I released something. This was kinda spur of the moment, but my albums usually are. Planning on releasing an album in early 2022.

VIDEO

NFTs

An updated trailer for some of my art that is on Algorand via Dartroom.

ETC…

There’s a lot going on, things are moving quickly.. but I’ll tell you more when the dust settles a bit.

I’m booking video work for January - February -March. If you are interested in a music video, event trailer, book trailer, any kind of product/promotional video, etc.. shoot me an email. My email address is in my link below.

⛓️ links ⛓️

March 7, 2021

Joan Pope

week in review

Week in Review: February 28 - March 6

March 7, 2021

Joan Pope

week in review

COLLAGE

Embodiment of the Soul by Joan Pope, 2021 — *Embodiment of the Soul* by Joan Pope, 2021

Crush by Joan Pope, 2021 — *Crush* by Joan Pope, 2021

Diana by Joan Pope, 2021 — *Diana* by Joan Pope, 2021

Vanity by Joan Pope, 2021 — *Vanity* by Joan Pope, 2021

Hide and Seek by Joan Pope, 2021 — *Hide and Seek* by Joan Pope, 2021

MUSIC

The first is for my main project, Temple ov Saturn. Its called Hide // Seek.

<a href="https://templeovsaturn.bandcamp.com/album/hide-seek">Hide // Seek by Temple Ov Saturn</a>

The second release is the premiere release from a new side project called Revelations of the Chronovisor.

<a href="https://revelationsofthechronovisor.bandcamp.com/album/revelations-of-the-chronovisor-1">Revelations of the Chronovisor #1 by Revelations of The Chronovisor</a>

I also made a remix for my friend / frequent collaborator, Primitive Knot. Check out the full track on his Bandcamp.

VIDEO

@templeovsaturn
Crush by Joan Pope #templeovsaturn #collageart #crush #brokenphone #collageartist
♬ original sound - Joan Pope

See more video work on TikTok, OF, and Vimeo.

ETC…

This week I celebrated my 35th birthday. Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes!

December 30, 2020

Joan Pope

year in review

Year in Review: 2020

December 30, 2020

Joan Pope

year in review

Reflections on the past year and thoughts on the future…

This year didn’t turn out the way I anticipated, but I continued with my work and tried to make the best of it. In this post I will highlight some of work I did this year. As social media gets more stifling, I will use this platform more to distribute my work, and in future posts I will also include some of the artwork that I find (i.e. kind of stuff I share on the sexdeathrebirth Twitter) on weekly basis.

Let’s get into 2020…

PUBLICATIONS

The Flowers of Evil

Early in the year, my art book The Flowers of Evil was published by Input Error. This was a collection of collages I made the previous year that illustrated Charles Baudelaire’s infamous poetry collection Les Fleurs du Mal. An accompanying Temple ov Saturn album was also released on tape.

<a href="https://templeovsaturn.bandcamp.com/album/the-flowers-of-evil">The Flowers of Evil by Temple Ov Saturn</a>

Burning House Press: Sex and Death in The Age of Aquarius

I was a guest editor for the March issue of Burning House Press. The theme was Sex and Death in the Age of Aquarius. I got so many great submissions, check them out here. If the submission didn’t come with art or was art itself, I created the art to accompany the piece. This is a virtual exhibit of the art I made for the issue:

Half Mystic Journal Issue VIII: Sforzando

I had the honor of illustrating the Sforzando issue of the literary magazine Half Mystic Journal. Copies are still available on their website.

ZINES

Death is Coming

This year I re-published my poetry collection Death is Coming as a zine and included new art work. There are a few copies left on Bandcamp.

The Saturn Chronicle

The Saturn Chronicle is an art zine that is enhanced by augmented reality. At a first glance, it looks like a normal art zine, but by using an AR image scanner, each page is a trigger for more artwork, videos, music, and poetry.

Both zines were reviewed at FLUX web zine. Please check out the review!

(There is also a 360 VR video that goes along with the zine. The best way to view it is by searching for it on YouTube with your VR headset. It just doesn’t have the same effect on a desktop. Search for The Saturn Chronicle VR Meditation on YouTube, or for my channel, Temple of Saturn) (I hate YouTube, but its better for the VR stuff… I use Vimeo for all of my video work)

MUSIC

Temple ov Saturn Releases in 2020:

<a href="https://templeovsaturn.bandcamp.com/album/soundtrack-to-the-great-conjunction">Soundtrack To The Great Conjunction by Temple Ov Saturn</a>

<a href="https://templeovsaturn.bandcamp.com/album/archaic-techniques-of-ecstasy">Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy by Temple Ov Saturn</a>

<a href="https://templeovsaturn.bandcamp.com/album/the-sacred-and-the-profane">The Sacred and The Profane by Temple Ov Saturn</a>

The Sacred and The Profane was included on Bandcamp’s The Best Electronic Music on Bandcamp: August 2020

<a href="https://templeovsaturn.bandcamp.com/album/boundaries-of-the-soul">Boundaries of the Soul by Temple Ov Saturn</a>

<a href="https://templeovsaturn.bandcamp.com/album/suppressed-mythology">Suppressed Mythology by Temple Ov Saturn</a>

<a href="https://templeovsaturn.bandcamp.com/album/the-need-for-roots">The Need For Roots by Temple Ov Saturn</a>

<a href="https://templeovsaturn.bandcamp.com/album/the-flowers-of-evil">The Flowers of Evil by Temple Ov Saturn</a>

ART

I created approximately 180 collages this year. These are a few of my favorites:

The Tower, or The Need for Roots by Joan Pope

VIDEO

Some of my favorite videos that I made for my own projects:

CLOSING THOUGHTS + LOOKING AHEAD:

This is getting really long and while I could keep adding content, I’ll wrap it up. I always have this feeling that I don’t do enough, but then I sit back and try to make these sorts of posts and I realize that the amount of work is overwhelming. I can’t even keep track of it and I created it.

That’s why I’ve been creating an Airtable to catalog ALL of my work. If you are not familiar with Airtable, its a tool to create a searchable database. I still have a long way to go before its complete, but if you have a look, you’ll get the idea. Once I’m done with all the Temple ov Saturn stuff, I will add all the SexDeathRebirth stuff, all of the recordings I ever published as Whip Angels, Temple ov Saturn, Pope Joan II, blacktantra, all my collaborations, publications, performances, commissions, photos, etc… Check it out here.

(I also want to have ALL of my work thus far printed in a catalog/reference style book merely to preserve my work in print. Then add new volumes to it each year.)

I have some cool commissions already on the table for early 2021 that I’m excited about. I went into 2020 thinking it was going to be a really big year for me, and at the start, it seemed like it would have been. The pandemic, the lockdowns, the economic turmoil put a damper on that. I think the hardest part was feeling like I spent years building up to this point in my career and then it came to a screeching halt. But hey, I’m still breathing. I have no expectations for 2021. I’m simply going to continue my work and hope for the best.

Thanks to everyone who has generously supported my work and to all of those who paid attention. There is much more to come. Be well in 2021.

This week between Christmas and New Year’s I’m taking off to relax, spend time with my family, organize, and prepare for 2021. So no creative works have been made this week. I’ll be back to work in January.

Blessings to all,

Joan

November 16, 2020

Joan Pope

week in review

Week in Review: November 8-14

November 16, 2020

Joan Pope

week in review

COLLAGE

Bound by Time by Joan Pope (Temple ov Saturn)

Psalm 23:4 by Joan Pope (Temple ov Saturn)

Movement by Joan Pope (Temple ov Saturn)

Creator of the Universe by Joan Pope (Temple ov Sasturn)

ETC…

I’ve been working on creating a searchable database of pretty much every collage, video, track, commission, publication, etc I ever created. Its a big undertaking but its something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. I will make it accessible when its nearer to completion.