16mm Film


Working with both found footage (16mm film scavenged from leftover film vaults or dumpsters) or captured (celluloid processed via photo-chemicals), these films are meant to relay a thought, moment or memory in a way where words might fall short.


Metaphysical Education

5 minutes, 16mm, March 2001

Music by Ramona the Pest

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Be Like Them

4 minutes, 16mm double projection, September 2000

Music by Ramona the Pest

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The Adventures of AARGH-X (episode one)

Five minutes, 16mm with optical sound, December 1999

(video version coming, check back)

 

 

Strange Thing

Seven minutes, 16mm with optical sound, May 1998

Music by Soul Coughing

(video version coming, check back)

 

Learning To Slump

Five minutes, 16mm with optical sound, December 1997

watch on YouTube

 

 

The Story of AARGH-X (preview)

Four minutes, 16mm with optical sound, August 1997

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On Any Given Thursday

Seven minutes, 16mm with optical sound, June 1997

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Under a Broad Gray Sky

Five minutes, 16mm with optical sound, June 1996

watch on YouTube

(watch introduction by Joan Jett!)

 

The Sweetest Sandwich

Five minutes, 16mm with optical sound, September 1995

Music by Soul Coughing

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Duermete Niñita

Six minutes, 16mm with optical sound, February 1994

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Thine Inward-Looking Eyes

Two minutes, 16mm with optical sound, December 1993

watch on Vimeo

 

Media Darling

Eight minutes, 16mm with optical sound, May 1991

Music by Mark Degli Antoni

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Somber Accommodations

In collaboration with Joe Bini, music by Mark Degli Antoni

Fifteen minutes, 16mm with optical sound, August 1990

(video version coming, check back)

 

A Different Kind of Green

Six minutes, 16mm with optical sound, November 1989

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