The Films Within April Showers 2004
still photo of film Water Seeking its Level directed by Leighton Pierce
USA, Experimental, 2002, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:05:30

Dad and daughter at the water race of an abandoned monastery. The scene pivots on her words:“Look dad,” she says. He IS looking while he waits for the resolution of the moment-- water through her fingers.... more info
still photo of film Esther Levine's Chicken Washing Technique directed by Potter-Belmar Labs
USA, Experimental, 2003, 16mm, Color, 00:03:00

Grandma Levine demonstrates the cleaning of the bird prior to cooking. From optically-printed film source of the artist's Grandmother.... more info
still photo of film River by David Moroski directed by David Moroski
USA, Animation, 2003, 16mm, 00:03:30

A contemplative and ethereal look at life, time and our place in history. "We are a river flowing".... more info
still photo of film Salt by Debra Grossman directed by Debra Bellon
USA, Experimental, 2003, 16mm, other, Optical Monaural, 00:10:00

The secret life of Lot's Wife... more info
still photo of film a.z directed by Tim Szetela
USA, Experimental, 2002, 16mm, B&W, Optical Monaural, 00:01:00

A typewriter's thoughts... more info
still photo of film March of the Chicken-Man directed by Hyemee Choi
USA, Animation, 2003, 2D Animation, Color, 00:02:30

“Tak-Dae-Ga-Ri?is Korean for “Chicken-man? He is a simple-minded person who has no common sense and a silly person who doesn't have personality. He can’t adopt to change and just follows the flock. Tons of eggs are cloned in production line of the factory and then chicken men are born in the world. In the world of war, pollution, drug, violence, sexualism, and different ideologies, the story shows how people lose sight of the fact and follow the stream of majority for survival. People at current society are satirized as ‘Chicken men?... more info
still photo of film Would for Trees directed by Liane Lang
, Animation, 2002, Color, 00:02:29

Using Super8 time-lapse photography to record and accentuate the subtle progression in the light and sound of landscape, Would for Trees is a rhythmic and beautiful meditation on the passing of time. Liane Lang has shown her work extensively internationally including, Saatchi Gallery, London, PS1, New York and Kunst-Werke, Berlin.... more info
still photo of film Peeling directed by Heidi Bollock
USA, Narrative, 2003, 16mm, Color, Optical Stereo, 00:12:30

Beautifully fusing animation with live-action, this film peels away the layers of a complicated mother-daughter relationship revealing conflicting wants and desires.... more info
still photo of film Ming & Ping's A.I. directed by Brian H Williams
USA, Music, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:06:05

The first music video from Hong Kong new wave sensation Ming & Ping. Based loosely on the legend of North Beach, San Francisco local 'NTQP', the video takes us on a strange musical journey through the dark side of fame. Shot over the course of several weeks in San Francisco, the video visually brings to life the equally stunning music of these talented brothers.... more info
still photo of film Dreamlife of Androids, The directed by David Witzling
USA, Experimental, 2002, Computer/DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:05:35

Using a variety of imagery derived from Pixelvision, DV, scanned pictures, and wholly computer-generated sources, The Dreamlife of Androids suggests a signifying system based on the discourse between the sensory apparatus of a cognizant entity and the engendered modalities of a phenomenologically generative regress, representing computation and cognition alike as siblings of a single nonreductive process that governs the combinations of perceptual fragments processed variously and recombined to create the appearance of continuity; it is impressionism for intelligent machinery: as Monet sought to recreate the raw impressions of light upon the rods and cones in the human retina, this video see... more info
still photo of film Pavlov's Bell directed by Evan Mather
USA, Music, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:27

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a pop-up book? This turbulent little music video about faith, paranoia and fear of air travel is guaranteed to induce motion sickness. "Pavlov's Bell" is on Aimee Mann's 2002 album, Lost In Space. ... more info

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