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We are "The Unwanted Children of Art."
You might say, what does that mean exactly. Well, in short we ARE outsider art. We have very little concern for public approval. We just wish to continue doing what we do. It is art for the sake of art and ourselves. An uncompromised vision that leads many people to throwing us, our ideals, and our actions away. And yet we carry forward because DOING SOMETHING is important; NOT what people think about what you are doing.
Abortion Bin Productions was conceived as a muti-media venture in a dingy 1 bedroom apartment in the ghetto of Valpo by Brian Hirschbine and Josh Fox (Whom has gone on to great success with THE PARSLEY FLAKES...Check them out in Chicago) in 2001.... Between 2001 and 2004... all attempts at progress were defeated and while numerous recordings were amassed and a number of scripts completed no coherent project emerged.
This Did not stop Us
Currently, as of 2008 we are involved in:
NOISE ART in the forms of: (the now defunct) Infamous Killer Bees; God's Mistake & The Cosby Kids
Independent/No Budget/ film making: The God memoirs; Synchronicity; Black Ice; and the forth coming TapeWorm
Independent/Limited Run Press of Fiction: TORTURE; CATASTROPHE; ORGANIC STAINED GLASS DRESS; THE CONSORTIUM 1-4; Untiled by J.C. Howe
Screenwriting: I.M. Monster; Amorous; Jesus and Me; God: The Movie; The Visionary; Morbidly Amusing Adventures of the acid Crazed Farmer King; Tabula Rosa; Stockholm Syndrome.
Promotions: T-Shirts; Buttons; Art work and Design; Press Packs
VIDEO MIXTapes: The Abotion Bin Vol.1 (Now Finished); Video Massacre (Coming soon)
How did we get here?
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The Infamous Killer Bees: In 2005, Brian Hirschbine along with Bob Baldwin (now of SIR Productions) & Brandon Husell ( Author; Poet and Actor) formed the experiment The Infamous Killer Bees. Known at the time As Bee1; Bee2; & Bee 3, The Infamous Killer Bees recorded 5 albums over 3 years. In the vein of Throbbing Gristle; Frank Zappa; The Legendary Pink Dots ; Cock ESP; and Home appliances, traffic, and static...it was an experience; seen only once during 1 live performance..and 10 minutes of another. The Bees disbanded after recording My Secret Romance with Eva Braun in 2007...and I can promise much like Talking Heads...there will be no reunion.
Your low Self Esteem May Just be Good Common Sense (2005)
Sexy (2005)
When All Your Friends Are Dead (2006)
Bee, U & Eye: The end of the beggining (2006-2007)
MY SECRET ROMANCE W/ EVA BRAUN (2007)
The God Memoirs: Completed during 2005/2006.
The movie was written, directed, produced, financed, and edited by Brian Hirschbine, who also did set design, creature construction, and special effects.
Brandon Hursell: was cast as the lead character; associate producer; and assisted in production.
Bob Baldwin: came on for a week of shooting; and was in charge of sound track.
Megan Dwyer and Bridgette Dolliver came on board shortly as Production Managers and in essence helped more than thier share in carrying the film through to completion assisting with special effect; make-up; cleaning; and goffer work.
The God memoirs was originally wriiten as a project for Jason toth and Brian Hirschbine to complete in 2004; however; lack of equipment and conflicting schedules prevented pre-production and shooting. The production Itself was 6 months of grueling hell; as everyone was learning what they were doing as we went along. Personal Problems, financing, living condtions; everything was shit...however, Ron Bonk at SRS saw something in the finished product and optioned the distribution in 2006. Looking back, The God Memoirs is a disappointment to me, in that it could have been much better; particularly in the edit and flow...something I plan to fix when the rights are returned in 2012.
Synchronicity: Completed Summer 2006
Brian Hirschbine: Writer; Director; Editor; Producer; Set Design; Casting; Special Effects; Lighting
Brandon Hursell: Actor; Associate Producer; Production Assistant.
Bob Baldwin: Soundtrack; Actor; Casting; Special Effects assistant; Brain Designer; Production Assistant.
Abortion Bin Productions embarked quickly into another film venture. Synchronicity. The film also included local actors: John Evan; Sadie Attkins; Janice Windicity; Lorenzo; Andrew; Bob; and a few others. Synchronicity was concieved as a black comedy, presented in a surreal horror fashion...well at least parts of it were funny. Do to the quickness of shooting and minimal locations, morale remainded high. A few set backs occurred but all in all Synchronicity was a very team driven project. In the end of 2006; synchronicty was optioned by Ron Bonk and was released March 2008.
Black Ice: Completed 2006/2007
Brian Hirschbine: Writer Director; Editor; Set; Special effects; Monster Concept; Casting; Sound track; Set Construction.
Bob Baldwin: Constume design; Forest Design; Casting; Production Assistance.
Jason Toth: Creature; special effects; production assistant; actor.
J.C. Howe: Mural paintings; Room Furnishing; Sound Track; Actor; Production assistant.
George Girgoniz: Special Effects assistant; Production Assistant; Set Construction.
Richard Strychnine: Actor
Brandon Hursell: Actor
In early 2007, Brian envisioned a winter film about a woman exploring her sexuality and becoming entangled in a web of circumstances as she is unable to differentiate between her fantasy and reality. The film was entitled Black Ice...Shot between December 2006 and June 2007....the film proved to be too much for the team. Cramped living conditions, life stresses, school, work, an erratic shooting schedule, production problems, problems with actors, problems with actors health and escalating tensions...Almost stopped the project. However, filming was completed. See the commentary for more info. In 2008 Black Ice was also optioned by SRS Cinema for a 2009 release.
CHECK OUT THE BLACK ICE REVIEW BY ANDY COPP ON HIS NEON MANIACS REVIEW PAGE.....
http://www.coppfilms.com/Neon%20Madness%20Site/BLACK%20ICE.h
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NEW REVIEW COMING FROM MARIO DOMINIC ON FEARZONE.COM THIS MONTH...
TAPEWORM: PreProduction 2008
The completed script TAPEWORM will be the next production scheduled to start in FEB of 2009. the Current crew is : Brian Hirschbine; Jason toth; Brandon Hursell; J.C. Howe; Tony; Jasper and a few others whom have expressed interest or whom we've approached. Open casting will begin by the end of summer.
Tapeworm is best Described as "ChinaTown meets Videodrome, meets Tetsuo the Iron man." it is more a Film Noir about transformation...with alot of body horror.
FAMILY VACTATION: the Short
The Family Vacation has already been filmed and submitted to the Toe Tag Box set. I let Jason deal with this matter as he is a huge ToeTag fan...and he has recieved good feedback from Fred Vogel. The second short we plan is called Christmas Cheer and is cast and will be shot hopefully by the time I die...as it keeps getting delayed.
ABORTION BIN: MixTape Vol 1.
Currently Brian Hirschbine and Jason Toth are assembling the first of two AbortionBin Video Mixtapes....for those not familiar with mixtapes please check out RETARD O TRON, CRAZY DAVE, and TV CARNAGE... The First Is completed and will be up this week 5-13-08 on Tracker 3
For those interested in supporting the future of our crap...
THE ABORTION BIN WEBSITE AND STORE IS ALSO COMPLETE AND IS CURRENTLY SET UP FOR PAYPAL!!!!!
visit it at
WWW.FREEWEBS.COM/ABORTIONBIN
a million thanks go out to Jason Toth whom designed, created, did layout and set up everything to make that possible...without him Myspace would be the only ABP outlet.
ABORTION BIN LIVES ON...thank you to everybody that has helped make these films a success... Many names are not listed as a few people wish to remain anonymous...but your efforts are appreciated and hopefully everyone will be back in 2009 for the new film.
CURRENT LINE UP:
Brian Hirschbine- Director; Screenwriter; Cinematography; Editor; Composer; Producer; Special effects; Make-Up; Lighting; Sound
Jason Toth (ShitFucks)- Head of; Promotions; Marketing; Public Relations Contact; also, Actor,Web and Art Design; Boom; Special Effects Assistant;
J.C. Howe- Actor; Art Design; Production design; Cover Concept and Design; Musician; Musical Score; Writer; Set Design; Make-up; Wardrobe
Lindsay Stump- Promo design; photos; Marketing; Public Relations; Driver
Brandon Hursell- Head of Abortion Bin Press (Acting, Writing, Painting; Poetry; Promotions)
ABORTION BIN PRESS...a small run publication and distribution company.
We will be doing limited runs of product (200 and Under copies) Each will be hand made and numbered. The idea behind this is to allow artists to offer thier fans something personal and collectible, while at the same time raising revenue to do a larger run that will be avalible at retail stores. All of Brandons Current manuscripts are NOW AVIALABLE!!!! visit the webstore
Currently Available From ..ABORTIION BIN PRESS:
INSIDE THE ORANGE GROVE by Brandon Hursell........PRICE$3.......20pgs
TORTURE by Brandon Hursell................................PRICE$10......70pgs
THE CATASTROPHE by Brandon Hursell...................PRICE$13.......137pgs
ORGANIC STAINED GLASS DRESS by Brandon Hursell.......Price$10...70pgs
THE CONSORTIUM by Brandon Hursell....................Price $15..143pgs
NOW AVAILABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Full Abortion Bin Store......with the launch of the ABORTION BIN WEB SITE we have launched the official Abortion Bin store for all your consumer needs....we have available:
Books by Abortion Bin Artists and other authors....
T-Shirts for $10...Yes Abortion Bin Shirts featuring Logos and Images from THE GOD MEMOIRS; SYNCHRONICITY; & BLACK ICE...10 Designs in total...Images coming soon to myspace....
CDs ...YES we are reissuing the Killer Bee Catalouge along with GODs Mistake, RowHouses; and the upcoming J.C. Howe CD
DVDs ... limited edition (50 copies only) Black Ice with cover art by J.C. Howe $10... There is also the possibility that we may venture into collectors DVDs of OUT of Print VHS and non-US distributed material....stuff you'd never have thought existed ...but does...
we also have Buttons....with more shit to come
FOR INFO ON OBTAINING THE BOOKS CURRENTLY OFFERED VISIT THE MYSPACE WEBSTORE @ www.freewebs.com/abortionbin
TO OBTAIN COPIES OF THE GOD MEMOIRS OR SYNCHRONICITY VISIT B-MOVIE.COM, AMAZON.COM, or NETFLIX
