| The Films Within Single Channel: Self Projected 2003 | |||
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I My Bike
directed by Ken Paul Rosenthal USA, Experimental, 2001, 16mm, Color, other, 00:05:30 I My Bike is a cinepoem that traces the conflict between urban space and the body from a child’s compulsion to stare into the sun to an adult’s obsession with dying and moving towards the light. Guided into a trance state by an unseen therapist, a disembodied voice reveals his loss of innocence upon moving to the city, his increasingly fragmented state of being and longing for death. The past and present collide within a round portal containing fleeting images of vintage Market Street, San Francisco over a dense sea of modern day bicyclists. REVIEW by filmmaker, Matt Bowler A boyhood gift of a bicycle transcends from the sunny and smiling overexposed youth of innocence to the hustle and... more info | ||
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Sitting Still John (...file II)
directed by Abre Chen USA, Experimental, 2002, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:05:00 Three experimental shorts, part of the series sitting still john film portraits: The title of this series begs the question, "can anyone sit still?," and reflects on the concept of universal flux; everything constantly changing, moving, altering,f rom either the seer's or viewer's perspective. ... more info | ||
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Absorption
directed by Larilyn Sanchez USA, Documentary, 2002, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:00 To be and not to see is not the question.... more info | ||
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Man!
directed by John Palmer USA, Experimental, 2001, 16mm, B&W, Optical Stereo, 00:05:00 Part-animation, part-performance, part-meditation, this collaged self-portrait takes on masculinity, movies, and male body image.... more info | ||
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Scapegoat
directed by Lev Yilmaz USA, Animation, 2002, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:11:00 SCAPEGOAT is the first long-form episode of Lev Yilmaz's Black Comedy series 'Tales Of Mere Existence'. It is a first hand account of being bullied in Grade School, fitting in socially in High School, and figuring out how to deal with it for ever after. ... more info | ||
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Bluer (These Are a Few of My Favorite Things)
directed by J.D. Beltran USA, Experimental, 2003, DV, Color, Silent, 00:07:11 A video self-portrait.... more info | ||
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Self Portrait
directed by Matthew Gebhardt USA, Experimental, 2002, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:45 An abstract self-portrait in which elements of the artists physiognomy divide and converge.... more info | ||
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Vortex
directed by Jorge Calvo and Michele Beck USA, Experimental, 2002, Mini DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:00 Uses two performers with their heads wrapped in packing tape (sticky-side out) to explore in-between spaces.... more info | ||
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Self Portrait 01/03
directed by Mark O'Connell USA, Experimental, 2003, Digital, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:00 Somewhat foggy, pointless and simultaneous coming and going- self portrait 01/03.... more info | ||
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Self Portrait Post Mortem
directed by Louise Bourque Canada, Experimental, 2002, 35mm, Color, Optical Stereo, 00:02:30 An unearthed time capsule, consisting of long-buried footage of the maker's youthful self, reveals an exquisite corpse with nature as collaborator. "Rossetti's Beatrice uses Stan Brakhage as interior decorator in this through-the-glass-darkly two-way mirror moving picture of death after death." —Steve Ausbury, Cinematexas International Short Film Festival catalogue, 2002 ... more info | ||
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Abba Mao
directed by Pascal Lievre France, Music, 2000, Color, 00:03:00 Pascal lievre will lip sing the abba mao's song in front of a red backgroud while he is putting on his make up which will be the same red as the background.... more info | ||