The Film of Her

(1996, 12 min, B/W, 35mm)

Unseen films, and unsung lives: An unrequited celluloid romance is consumated in the vaults of the Library of Congress. And primitive cinema is saved from oblivion. Music by Henryk Gorecki and Bill Frisell

The Mesmerist

(2003, 16 min, color, 35mm)

A melting revision of James Young’s “The Bells” (1926) starring Lionel Barrymore and Boris Karloff. Music by Bill Frisell

Light Is Calling

(2004, 8 min, color, 35mm)

A meditation on the nature of random collisions, as seen through the roiling emulsion of an ancient film. Music by Michael Gordon.

How To Pray

(10 min, 35mm, b/w, 2006)

Decaying early footage of an iceberg-laden sea provokes awe and anxiety as we contemplate the shifting forms of our rapidly changing planet. Music by David Lang

Who By Water

(18 min, DVD / HD Cam, b/w, 2007)

The title references that which has been pre-ordained – a future history that will in time unfold before us. Archival footage showing ship passengers staring wordlessly into the camera’s lens, through a veil of deteriorating emulsion. We examine these anonymous faces: rich, poor, young, old, celebrated or incidental. In staring back at them, we contemplate our own fate.