Portland Documentary & eXperimental Film Festival

The early 20th century Russian composer Alexander Scriabin believed he had composed a musical chord so compelling and powerful that listening to it would aid one in spiritual awakening. I have always felt that the tone accompanying NTSC color bars possessed unlocked potential in much the same way.

A quiet symphony of circulating air.

Fake Hollywood and real space travel meet in the strange land of Florida where you can find movie theme parks and NASA.

Proving that any space can become a temporary disco.

A satirical meditation on finding, keeping and coping with one of the world’s necessary but thankless jobs.

A boy and girl enjoying the art of Olafur Eliasson better than any adult.

In this look at one of America’s newest architectural icons, take a ride on the Portland Aerial Tram and rise to a greater appreciation of a unique transportation system that is also a functional work of art.

Using slow-motion footage and video loops, this six-minute video reassembles 30 seconds of CNN’s Nancy Grace to convey the visual intricacy of television motion graphics, the arbitrary nature of b-roll footage, and the spectacle of split-screen talking heads.

While time is arranged and categorized in recognizable formats, such as the seasons, the ways in which those moments are often remembered isn’t as straightforward.

The peeling paint, the old cellar. The garden in the back, the porch out front. The still air of the livingroom. Words taken from the "Tallahassee liner notes" by John Darnielle, with original music by Aeries Palisade.

Inspired by a poem written after a student’s mother died of breast cancer, this film explores the connections between mothers and between mothers and sons.

Shot in May 2007 while staying at the Gil-Society Residency in Akureyri, Iceland. Moments recorded like notes in a notebook.

The emotional exploration of regret.

The life of a garden after dark.

Exploring the stress and difficulty associated with color identification.

A kinetic abstracted dance with color and line animations to song by deelay ceelay of the same name.

Crystal Lake explores the possibilities of "idea-recycling." Can we re-use the creativity of others to the world’s greater benefit?