| The Films Within Independent Exposure: Festival Nemo 2005 | |||
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Current
directed by Brian Doyle USA, Experimental, 2001, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:00 In the vacated downtown of a metropolis a storm approaches and envelops – except this is no ordinary meteorological phenomenon. A digital wind blows the debris from an overflow of information – the city is now occupied by a rushing whirlwind carrying a tangled mass of communication. currentdocuments the path of this storm blowing through an abandoned city like tumbleweed through a ghost town. As devices of technology hovering in enclaves between the skyscrapers seem to monitor or perhaps even cause the storm, the city is consumed, erased by a blanket of information.... more info | ||
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Bush for Peace
directed by Jen Simmons USA, Political / Social, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:00 It’s Bush as you’ve never heard him before in a re-mix of U.S. foreign policy, created from the Commander-in-Chief’s “Moment of Truth” speech delivered in March 2003. ... more info | ||
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Mad Villian - All Caps!
directed by James Reitano USA, Music, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:00 The victims of insider sabotage, two scientists find themselves on the run from the 'company men." This music video was drawn and animated in the style of 60's comic books and uses hand-drawn animation along with video compositing and editing.... more info | ||
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Armor of God
directed by Jim Haverkamp and Brett Ingram USA, Documentary, 2001, 16mm, other, Optical Stereo, 00:12:45 Can ear-splitting improvisational noise be considered "Christian music"? North Carolina musician Scotty Irving certainly thinks so. He builds instruments out of hockey masks and crutches, bangs the ground with hammers, and in his one-man act Clang Quartet generally cranks it up for the Lord. Armor of God is a short documentary film that uses Irving's arresting performance to peer into his motivations for venturing so far out on musical and theological limbs.... more info | ||
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Girl in Garage
directed by USA, Children / Family, 2002, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:30 | ||
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Dive, The
directed by Kia Simon USA, Music, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:45 An impressionistic music video exploring love, loss, and transcendence into the afterlife. Hand painted frame by frame from live action video, “The Dive” brings to life the haunting sounds of San Francisco breaks duo Momu. Released on Loöq Records and on Nick Warren’s new Global Underground mix.... more info | ||
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Screenwindow
directed by Amy Youngs USA, Documentary, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:24 Constructed entirely from computer screenshots, SCREENWINDOW chronicles a personal, three-year obsession with a web cam of the Empire State Building.... more info | ||
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Lightning Field
directed by Rudy Lemcke USA, Experimental, 2003, DV, B&W, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:00 Rudy Lemcke’s “Lightning Field” (2003) with its faux lightning storm, simulated landscape and potential for endless replay, offers a critique of Walter DeMaria’s aesthetic of place (landscape/earth) and the aura of the natural world as guardian of meaning, human experience, and memory.... more info | ||
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Free Speech Zone
directed by Kasumi USA, Experimental, 2004, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:18:02 A fusion of multi-layered polyphonic sampling, heavy, relentless beats, and scorching satire, The Free Speech Zone*, a psychedelic Dada/techno opera, is a scathing condemnation of the American government’s quest for world domination. *Street protesters wishing to demonstrate against the maniacal zealotry of the Church of Bush Rove Cheney, Inc, are confined – literally - to caged areas, euphemistically named "free speech zones" safely out of sight and earshot. Also see "Patriot Act". ... more info | ||
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Snow Seen from Warm Window
directed by Mark O'Connell USA, Experimental, 2000, Digital, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:00 Last winter's snow seen from Mark's window.... more info | ||