Clark Saturn
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Clark Saturn also known as "Clark ov Saturn" is a musician, DJ, actor, filmmaker, and executive of the New Kingston Film Festival in New Kingston, New York. As an actor, Saturn was principal in many national and international commercials between 1999 and 2006. He also acted in several student films and self-produced films with friends Heidi Sjursen (A Potato Chip Tale) and Andrew Hubschmann (American Walker).
As a music producer and performer, Saturn is best known for his work with electronic duos Socks and Sandals (with Nicolas Sauser) and pH10 (with Recone F. Helmut), and LD-50. Saturn was a resident DJ in Brooklyn, NY at Halcyon's Sunday evening "Undercity" party, along with DJs Spinoza, Sheldon Drake, Mercy_Killah, HazMaat and others. In the realm of new media, Saturn was at the forefront of the videoblog revolution of the mid-2000s, and created the popular videoblogs ZipZapZop.com and MyGermanClass.com, which won a Best of 2006 People's Choice award for video podcasts from Apple's iTunes. Saturn's video interview of Todd Polenburg called "Bush Bush Revolution" was featured on Rocketboom.
as "Baby Boy Wood" on June 26, 1969, and was soon thereafter adopted and named Clark Jason Nelson. He graduated from Aurelia High School a year early and attended school at Bryne Videregaaende Skule in Bryne, Norway. He received a B.A. in German with a minor in Scandinavian Studies from Luther College
in Decorah, Iowa in 1991. During the mid-90's, he became well-known in Denver, Colorado as "Herr Nelson" who taught high school German for the Denver Public Schools on their Public-access television
cable TV channel in a show called "Tele Deutsch". The stage name "Clark ov Saturn" began being used in 1994 for various musical projects. After joining the industrial band LD-50, Saturn and Recone Helmut split off and formed pH10 and moved to New York City in 1999 after touring Europe with Dr. Israel and the Trumystic Sound System. While in New York, Saturn pursued acting, music production, DJing, filmmaking, standup comedy, improvisation, and online education. In 2005, Saturn started a videoblog, ZipZapZop.com as well as MyGermanClass.com.
Clark had a son, Rishi, born on April 3, 2007. A Socks and Sandals EP on Microcosm Music was named for him, Rishi Saturn.
As a music producer and performer, Saturn is best known for his work with electronic duos Socks and Sandals (with Nicolas Sauser) and pH10 (with Recone F. Helmut), and LD-50. Saturn was a resident DJ in Brooklyn, NY at Halcyon's Sunday evening "Undercity" party, along with DJs Spinoza, Sheldon Drake, Mercy_Killah, HazMaat and others. In the realm of new media, Saturn was at the forefront of the videoblog revolution of the mid-2000s, and created the popular videoblogs ZipZapZop.com and MyGermanClass.com, which won a Best of 2006 People's Choice award for video podcasts from Apple's iTunes. Saturn's video interview of Todd Polenburg called "Bush Bush Revolution" was featured on Rocketboom.
Biography
Clark ov Saturn was born in Cedar Falls, IowaIowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
as "Baby Boy Wood" on June 26, 1969, and was soon thereafter adopted and named Clark Jason Nelson. He graduated from Aurelia High School a year early and attended school at Bryne Videregaaende Skule in Bryne, Norway. He received a B.A. in German with a minor in Scandinavian Studies from Luther College
Luther College (Iowa)
Luther College is a four-year, residential liberal arts institution of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, located in Decorah, Iowa, USA...
in Decorah, Iowa in 1991. During the mid-90's, he became well-known in Denver, Colorado as "Herr Nelson" who taught high school German for the Denver Public Schools on their Public-access television
Public-access television
Public-access television is a form of non-commercial mass media where ordinary people can create content television programming which is cablecast through cable TV specialty channels...
cable TV channel in a show called "Tele Deutsch". The stage name "Clark ov Saturn" began being used in 1994 for various musical projects. After joining the industrial band LD-50, Saturn and Recone Helmut split off and formed pH10 and moved to New York City in 1999 after touring Europe with Dr. Israel and the Trumystic Sound System. While in New York, Saturn pursued acting, music production, DJing, filmmaking, standup comedy, improvisation, and online education. In 2005, Saturn started a videoblog, ZipZapZop.com as well as MyGermanClass.com.
Trivia
Clark ov Saturn is left-handed.Clark had a son, Rishi, born on April 3, 2007. A Socks and Sandals EP on Microcosm Music was named for him, Rishi Saturn.
External links
- http://www.clarksaturn.com - Clark ov Saturn's homepage.
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1886637/ Clark ov Saturn on IMDB.com
- http://spacetruckingmogul.com/socksandsandals/ Socks and Sandals homepage
- http://microcosm-music.com/socksandsandals.html Socks and Sandals on Microcosm-Music
- http://mygermanclass.com MyGermanClass.com
- http://zipzapzop.com ZipZapZop.com
Articles
- http://spacetruckingmogul.com/articles/aurelia.html Aurelia Star newspaper article
- http://www.westword.com/1996-12-19/news/sprechen-sie-interactive Denver Westword Article
- New York Times: "Weatherperson Wanted. Bring Own Map. And Jokes. "
- Denver Westword: http://www.westword.com/2001-03-29/calendar/best-career-upgrade-by-a-former-local "Best Career Upgrade by a Former Local"