"So the pink one turned out okay. Lately, I've been thinking a lot about orange. It's not that I consider these pieces small. It's more like they're affordable".
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"The question I'm asked most often (by people who haven't seen the work) is, 'What is it about?' -a question I am never able to answer. The series has no central theme and is, I hope, quite heterogeneous. As a whole, though, I can say it is monologue-based, held together by the sound of my voice. Perhaps the prototypical video would have two parts. First, a spoken monologue over a loop of appropriated footage, which promises to reveal something, followed by a 'something' which isn't quite what was promised, but somehow obtusely, perhaps humorously, related. The whole series is five hours long and meant to be approached like a collection of prose poems or very short stories: open it up anywhere and begin reading, skip what doesn't catch your attention, re-read whatever does. So watching it with a remote control is a good idea". (Steve Reinke)
UntitledThe first episodes of a collection of almost autobiographical video fictions. Talking taxidermy, nosebleeds, and insulting grandpa ghosts occupy an awkward and guilt - ridden world in which the hazards of attempting to fulfill one’s desires are all too apparent. A visually inventive and darkly comic tape for those who have tried really hard and failed miserably. OVNI 2000 Community 6 Muestra de Vídeo & Fenómenos Interactivos
Untitled"I was going to be an anthropologist, I was going to be a journalist. I was going to be a writer, an archaeologist, a filmmaker, a biochemist, a pharmacist. I was never going to be a missionary or a forest ranger, but nevertheless my father sent me off to Papua, New Guinea with the missionaries".
UntitledA visually exquisite, meditative immersion into a Uganda ravaged by 20 years of war. Where expressive means serve as a denunciation. The population is the battleground in “one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world,” where war continues between rebels and the Ugandan government. As rebels abduct and force children and adults into their ranks, thousands flood into towns searching for security. In response, the government forces 1.7 million people into camps in an attempt to cut off the rebel's supplies and recruits. Instead of protection, the camps offer disease and death. Politically crisp and salient, the film captures the realities of war in northern Uganda through the intersecting stories of five people, including: a mother turned activist after her daughter's abduction; a young girl traveling miles daily looking for a safe place to sleep; a 7 year old boy who moved onto the streets to survive; and an increasingly outspoken and courageous man whose job takes him to the heart of the war. The film powerfully elucidates what it means for people to live through a war carried out by rebels and played down and drawn out by a complicit government. Shot entirely onsite and told exclusively through the images, voices and perspectives of Ugandans.
A personal digression on telephone books, in which the author reflects, among others things on how women lose their surnames in many countries in the world, through descent and marriage, asking what becomes of these names. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show
UntitledHere is the challenge of media democracy: to change the way information flows, the way we interact with the mass media, the way meaning is produced in our society. This DVD -a collection of television spots and video clips produced over the years by regular culture jammers- is proof that anyone can seize the media reins and begin producing real meaning.
UntitledMade over a six-year period, The Street is the result of the filmmaker's total immersion into the world of the homeless. It is a gutsy, raw, moving and intimate study of three homeless Montrealers. The unique approach is neither voyeuristic nor judgmental. Characters experience cycles of addiction and recovery, hope and despair - but rise above the street with a sense of dignity, humanity and community. Set in a context which sees our civil society disintegrating and the safety-net collapsing, The Street gets deep inside a very complex social issue, beyond mediated stereotypes. By concentrating on three individuals the film makes the 'homeless problem' a personal one, allowing audiences to experience the human side of homelessness.
UntitledThe Universal Clock (UC) is a documentary, which accompanies the boxed dvd set of Peter Watkins' La Commune (Paris, 1871). UC takes us through the production process of La Commune and also shows us the commercial barriers to having Watkins' recreation of the Paris Commune shown after it was created. “The Universal Clock” refers to the standardization of video content on the 47-minute model (with commercial and public service announcements taking up the balance of the time.) Watkins calls this the 'monoform' and is shown describing this concept. UC also includes interviews with the cast members, who are non-professional actors participating in this group project. These Parisians and immigrants talk about how being part of the performance changed the way they view themselves and the media around them.
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