Movies

  • 2002
    the quarry

    the quarry

    the quarry

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    the quarry is a silent document of five minutes in the presence of the sublime. This small, quiet 16mm film serves as a testament both to...

    the quarry
  • 2013
    Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead

    Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead

    Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead

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    It’s been a prevalent notion. Fallen sparks. Fragments of vessels broken at the Creation. And someday, somehow, before the end, a gathering...

    Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead
  • 2007
    Black and White Trypps Number Three

    Black and White Trypps Number Three

    Black and White Trypps Number Three

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    The third part in a series of films dealing with naturally-derived psychedelia. Shot during a performance by Rhode Island noise band Lightning Bolt,...

    Black and White Trypps Number Three
  • 2006
    Black and White Trypps Number Two

    Black and White Trypps Number Two

    Black and White Trypps Number Two

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    "A fine fine example of spaces between existing as objects themselves. A patternistic and memorializing offering to natural totems. Two kinds of...

    Black and White Trypps Number Two
  • 2020
    What Distinguishes the Past

    What Distinguishes the Past

    What Distinguishes the Past

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    Featuring a soundtrack melted out of a Cyndi Lauper CD, here is an(other) attempt to find a way through the everywhere fog of 2020. Filmed between...

    What Distinguishes the Past
  • 2017
    Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder

    Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder

    Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder

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    Through softly textured 16mm photography and regional iconography, Silva offers a modernist reflection on two of upstate New York’s most...

    Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder
  • 2009
    Trypps #6 (Malobi)

    Trypps #6 (Malobi)

    Trypps #6 (Malobi)

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    From the Maroon village of Malobi in Suriname, South America, this single-take film offers a strikingly contemporary take on a Jean Rouch classic....

    Trypps #6 (Malobi)
  • 2015
    Renée’s Room

    Renée’s Room

    Renée’s Room

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    for the installation: Renée’s Room

    Renée’s Room