Ghosts of War (Intercessory Prayer) - with Nathan Wells , 2016
16 mm Film: 2:58, Audio Recording, 6:21
Ed. 3 + 2 AP
16 mm Film: 2:58, Audio Recording, 6:21
Ed. 3 + 2 AP
Nathan Wells is filmed here in his grandfather’s WWII uniform, saying an intercessory prayer for the victims of war and letting out a war cry. The idea came from Wells’ story where he was first engaged in combat in Iraq and started to cry uncontrollably and let out a cry from his inner being that was something he had never heard before. The sound recording was subsequently manipulated by Wells’ to give an analog to the film’s otherworldly visual element, which was shot at 16 fps and played back at 24 fps. The prayer/ war cry will always be asynchronous to the image, just as our words and expressions will often be asynchronous to our inner lives.
My World, 2015-2016
16 mm Film, 2:27, looped
Ed. 3 + 2 AP
16 mm Film, 2:27, looped
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A superimposed sunset facing the Hudson and sunrise facing the East River on from my apartment on 145th St. in Harlem. In between lies a single night.
The Fourth of July (For Nathan Wells and Jack Goldstein), 2014
HD Video 4:05
Ed. 3 + 2 AP
HD Video 4:05
Ed. 3 + 2 AP
MIRROR, 2014
16 mm Film, 2:59 min
Ed. 3 + 2 AP
16 mm Film, 2:59 min
Ed. 3 + 2 AP
Filmed at my family's ancestral cemetery in Southern Illinois. A reflection on returning to the ruins of memory.
Negative Empire, 2013
16mm film, 6:01 min
Ed. 3 + 2AP
16mm film, 6:01 min
Ed. 3 + 2AP
Filmed in the Empire Quarry near Bedford, Indiana and New York City summer 2013. The limestone facade for the Empire State Building and only that building was quarried from this one site.
Flash, Flash, 2010-2011
16mm Film Loop, 2:51, Featuring: Britta Thie, Camera: Armin Mobasseri, Lighting: Christina Stivali, Make-up: Franziska Fischer
Ed. 3 + 2AP
16mm Film Loop, 2:51, Featuring: Britta Thie, Camera: Armin Mobasseri, Lighting: Christina Stivali, Make-up: Franziska Fischer
Ed. 3 + 2AP
Special thanks to Qcine Filmförderung at the Universität der Künste and Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
A Nostalgia for the Present, 2010-2012
Super 8 transferred to HD, 3:24
Ed. 3 + 2AP
Super 8 transferred to HD, 3:24
Ed. 3 + 2AP
The Final Voyage of Arthur Cravan, Pt. 1, 2010-2012
2 channel projection, 0:33
Ed. 3 + 2AP
The Final Voyage of Arthur Cravan, Pt. 2, 2010-2012
2 channel projection, 0:33
Ed. 3 + 2AP
2 channel projection, 0:33
Ed. 3 + 2AP
The Problem of American Painting, 2012
HDV, 3:09
Ed. 3 + 2AP