Clark Saturn, also known as Clark ov Saturn, is an American musician,
DJ, actor, filmmaker, comedian, 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.Clark ov Saturn was
born in Cedar Falls, Iowa 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-1990s, 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 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.
DJ, actor, filmmaker, comedian, 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.Clark ov Saturn was
born in Cedar Falls, Iowa 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-1990s, 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 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.
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