Friday, April 22, 2005 @ 9:30 PM
Shorts Program #2: Experimental Shorts
He’s Got the Power
Hilda Rasula
2:34, video, Toronto
A neo-femme found footage collage.
Cats and Pants
Jennifer Matotek
1:00, video, Hamilton
Simply cats and pants, one still image after the other, a literal interpretation.
Cremassticparkinator III
John Allen Gibal
6:00, video, Pittsburgh
Examining the synchronicities shared between the film Cremaster III, Jurassic Park III, and Terminator III, one must wonder what Matthew Barney’s influences are.
La Ardilla
Jim Finn
3:00, video, Chicago
About love and rodents, from the La Lotería series of soundtrack videos
What I’m Looking For
Shelly Silver
15:00, video, New York City
An adventure at the intersection between public space and the Internet, still and moving images, desire and the act of looking.
Amore
Julie Soragose
1:00, 16mm, Vancouver, BC
A hand-processed regular 8mm film reveals identity, anxiety, and the importance of learning to love oneself.
Altitude Zero
Lauren Cook
5:00, 16mm, Iowa City
By dissecting and reconstructing the filmic corpus (Amelia Earhart, a hot-leg contest, and gorgeous screen babes), Altitude Zero is a palimpsest of cinematic representation.
Spinart and Monoprint
Eric Ostrowski
2:34, 16mm, Seattle
Paint and ink squirted on strips of film as it ran through a Spinart, creating an array of vibrant patterns.
Buffalo Lifts
Christina Battle
3:00, 16mm, San Francisco
A herd of buffalo desperately tries to hold on as they cross the film frame.
For The Record
Carolyn Faber
7:30, 16mm, Chicago
For the Record is made from a discarded roll of security camera film from a grocery store. The camera photographed the customer and their check simultaneously.
Umm
Hilda Rasula
2:01, video, Toronto
A found footage a cappella arietta for female choir.
Twenty-Six
Randall Wakerlin
1:00, video, Portland
One year of my life in 36.6 seconds.
Good Morning Children
Jess McLean
2:00, video Pittsburgh
An eye-popping bombardment into the frenetic world of breakfast cereal packaging.
Magic Hostess
Rob Tyler
3:51, video, Portland
An insightful look into one of the most powerful and commanding kitchen appliances ever designed: the electric can opener.
Spam Letter + Google Search = Video Entertainment
Andre Silva City
3:00, video, Iowa City
Each word of a spam letter is matched with one of hundreds of available online images that pertain, however obscurely to that word.
Large Gourd
Justin Cooper
6:00, video, Chicago
Large Gourd explores issues of control through the behavior of a depersonalized “subject” in direct opposition with broader cultural mores and the consequences that result form this conflict.
Mother-In-Law Descending a Staircase
Kent Lambert
1:00, video, Chicago
Something weird is coming towards you on the stairs.
Eventide
Cassandra C. Jones
5:08, video, Ojai, CA
A compilation of 1,391 individual found photographs of the sunset from around the world.