Movies

  • 2017
    Odysseus and the Oceanic Feeling

    Odysseus and the Oceanic Feeling

    Odysseus and the Oceanic Feeling

    02017HD

    A queer contemporary re-imagining of the Odyssey. Odysseus wracked with guilt for the loss of his crew returns home in search of a lost love. An...

    Odysseus and the Oceanic Feeling
  • 2024
    Gavia stellata (Sea Mew Set with Stars)

    Gavia stellata (Sea Mew Set with Stars)

    Gavia stellata (Sea Mew Set with Stars)

    02024HD

    Attempting to fix, replicate, reanimate, or gather data can estrange us further from what we seek to know.

    Gavia stellata (Sea Mew Set with Stars)
  • 2008
    Every Third Bite

    Every Third Bite

    Every Third Bite

    02008HD

    Three years ago, honeybees started to disappear. Today there are at least 33% fewer bees in the U.S., and with bees helping to pollinate one in every...

    Every Third Bite
  • 2022
    The Dunes

    The Dunes

    The Dunes

    02022HD

    made for the Frontier Drive-In, Earth Day 2022

    The Dunes
  • 2017
    Automorphic

    Automorphic

    Automorphic

    02017HD

    (made for video exhibition loop, MediaMatic Gallery)

    Automorphic
  • 2013
    True Life Adventures I, II, & III

    True Life Adventures I, II, & III

    True Life Adventures I, II, & III

    02013HD

    Using found sound from Disney's 1940-50s nature documentaries, this trilogy creates a mismatch between the digital image and historic/histrionic...

    True Life Adventures I, II, & III
  • 2020
    Tenebrio molitor

    Tenebrio molitor

    Tenebrio molitor

    02020HD

    A film for A.R. Ammons, author of Garbage: A Poem (1993), and baculovirologist Lois Miller. 10 quintillion insects live on the planet—that is,...

    Tenebrio molitor
  • 2018
    B-Roll of the Sun

    B-Roll of the Sun

    B-Roll of the Sun

    02018HD

    This installation, like so many others, is outdoors. It cannot really be seen, for its primary object, will, if looked at directly, burn, damage,...

    B-Roll of the Sun
  • 2020
    心 Heart (Radical 61)

    心 Heart (Radical 61)

    心 Heart (Radical 61)

    02020HD

    Radicals organize the chaotic swarm of characters into a logical system. Traditional Chinese groups all characters according to 214 radicals...

    心 Heart (Radical 61)
  • 2016
    A Net To Catch The Light

    A Net To Catch The Light

    A Net To Catch The Light

    02016HD

    An orb-weaver spins its web, captures prey, and filters light. How does other light get filtered or created? Digitally and energetically, light and...

    A Net To Catch The Light
  • 2021
    A Free Inquiry Into Air: 110721

    A Free Inquiry Into Air: 110721

    A Free Inquiry Into Air: 110721

    02021HD

    what am I to do with my imagination—& the person in me trembles—& there is still innocence, it is starting up somewhere even now, and...

    A Free Inquiry Into Air: 110721
  • 2019
    The Millers

    The Millers

    The Millers

    02019HD

    10 quintillion insects live on the planet—that is, 300 pounds of insects for every pound of human flesh. They drive decomposition, dissolution,...

    The Millers
  • 2018
    Gathering Moss

    Gathering Moss

    Gathering Moss

    02018HD

    Humans have used moss for at 1,000 years to help heal their injuries. --Smithsonian Magazine, 2017. Mosses and other small beings issue an invitation...

    Gathering Moss
  • 2017
    内共生 (Inside the Shared Life)

    内共生 (Inside the Shared Life)

    内共生 (Inside the Shared Life)

    02017HD

    Underwater creatures—snapping shrimp, bearded seals, sperm whales—populate the soundscape here, alongside the ghost voice of biologist...

    内共生 (Inside the Shared Life)
  • 2012
    Beyond Expression Bright

    Beyond Expression Bright

    Beyond Expression Bright

    02012HD

    Our imagination is equally confounded, said the 18th-century Swiss naturalist Charles Bonnet, by the infinitely great and by the infinitely small....

    Beyond Expression Bright
  • 2019
    Monte Verita

    Monte Verita

    Monte Verita

    02019HD

    Here, a group of women tell of how they came to arrive at an isolated ashram atop a mountain and what life there has been like both before and after...

    Monte Verita
  • 2014
    The Lanthanide Series

    The Lanthanide Series

    The Lanthanide Series

    02014HD

    The myth of the black mirror as a source of knowledge provides the platform for a deeply original film, which bridges scientific diligence with...

    The Lanthanide Series
  • 2013
    The Sea Seeks Its Own Level

    The Sea Seeks Its Own Level

    The Sea Seeks Its Own Level

    02013HD

    A distillation of references to the sea in James Joyce's Ulysses, and a tangible look at the material effects of an aging Super8-mm camera.

    The Sea Seeks Its Own Level
  • 2011
    Silent Springs

    Silent Springs

    Silent Springs

    02011HD

    Try as we might, we cannot autopsy (from Greek, to see for oneself) the whole natural world. As diversity of life reduces, we further lose the...

    Silent Springs
  • 2010
    Valleys Of Fear

    Valleys Of Fear

    Valleys Of Fear

    02010HD

    Valleys of Fear weaves together disparate histories, stories, pathologies, in order to find commonalities with current realities and to explore the...

    Valleys Of Fear