Life is a seed one must sow; It is through one’s thoughts and actions that their reality is carefully molded. Infinitely complex, yet the likelihood of commonplace is not so rare. We are all one being, as we experience strikingly similar circumstances along our individual paths. Each of these films is exemplary of the human experience viewed mainly through the exploration of the female mind and form throughout the various stages of life. A focus on childhood memories, adolescent adventures, the philosophical approaches to existing, and the abstraction of death. Become enveloped in each film as time stands still and you are granted with the ability to freely flow from past, present and future, taking with you a personal slice of who these artists truly are. Please enjoy what is certain to be the journey of a lifetime.
1. The Delirium of Negation (A.E. Dailey, Color, Silent, 1m 8s, 2016, Visual Studies Workshop)16mm - found footage
“Childhood memories, hardly remembered.” 2. Tomato (Caitlin Craggs, Color, Sound, 2m 42s, 2015, CalArts)
Digital “A punny animation about the history of one of our humblest and most ubiquitous foods, the tomato.” 3.Our Turn (Martiros Vartanov, B&W, Sound, 3m, 2015, UCLA)16mm B&W
“Compelled to meaningfully anser his son’s question sabout death, the father responds by making him a film, but will it terrify him – or inspire – for life?” 4. Surface (Cami Dominguez, B&W, 2m 38s, 2016, Amherst College)16mm B&W – Hand Processed
“Exploration of film, photo and digital imagery in framing the female identity.” 5.Chirps – (Çagil Harmandar, Color, Sound, 2m 52s, 2016, School of Museum of Fine Arts)Digital
“A visual attempt for the memory of summer nights’ smell.” 6. Desire (Greg Maziuk, B&W, Silent, 4m 47s, 2016, NYU)Digital
“A man attempts to fill a void in his life.” 7. Pavilion (Adam Sekuler, Color, Sound, 2m 37s, 2015, Colorado-Boulder)16mm
“An imagined spectacle, rodeo iconography, the feminine body, dressage.” 8. Glass (Anna Cassady, Color, Sound, 3m 26s, 2015, Binghamton University) – 3m 26s
Digital “A cinematic expression of sensuality. When the character encounters her memory of the loved one in a familiar space, she wanders between the state of loss and desire.” 9. Thinking Things Over (Natasha Woods, B&W, Sound, 3m 22s, 2016, UW-M)16mm
“One observes their surroundings. Reassurance in life. Feeling, existing and taking it all in.” 10. Witchy Shit (Leanna Kaiser, Color, Sound, 47s, 2016, CalArts)Digital - Found Footage
“Altered screenshots of “Bewitched” call to mind the bizarre darkness that lies just beneath our ‘candy coated’ society.” 11. Water Music Song (Hong Huo, Color, Sound, 2m 47s, 2016, VCU)Digital
“A celebration of one’s passion for their culture, a sense of belonging and loneliness in their journey to the present.” 12. From the Dizziness of Freedom: The Philosophy Vessel (Melissa Ferrari, Color, Sound, 7m 14s, 2016, School of the Museum of Fine Arts)
Digital “A visualization of the strategies that people incorporate to find meaning in their lives inspired by the mythology and functions of mazes and labyrinths throughout history.” 13. Adam (Evelyn Jane Ross, Color, Sound, 2m 27s, 2016, RISD)
Digital “In the beginning of them, She created us.” 14. Mother (A.E. Dailey, B&W, Silent, 1m 58s, 2016, Visual Studies Workshop)
“A mother, a child, a headstone; life and death converge.” 15. sleep until It hurts (Jacob Greenberg, Color, Sound, 5m 47s, 2016, Amherst College)film/digital hybrid
“A helpful guide on how to sleep.” 16. LUNA E SANTUR (Joshua Gen Solondz, Color, Sound, 10m 36s, 2016, CalArts)35mm print
“Hooded figures, violent passion and stroboscopic tenderness brought on by a paranormal encounter.” |