| The Films Within Independent Exposure Autumnal Edition 2005 | |||
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Conform or Die!
directed by Rob Perri USA, Political / Social, 2004, 16mm, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:45 Examination of political and cultural domination in the modern world. Comes with kung fu grip!... more info | ||
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Modern Times
directed by Chris Coleman USA, Animation, 2004, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:00 The original “Modern Times” featured Charlie Chaplin dealing with mans relationship with technology in the industrial age. This new work looks at our relationships in the age of Information and where it is taking us. Using imagery from brochures provided by the Department of Homeland Security, the animation looks at the fears we deal with in our everyday lives as opposed to the terror the government would prefer we concentrate on. It is not only a discussion of fear, but the effects these emotions have on us and how these ideas are transmitted. This type of iconography is used in very polar situations. Often we see warnings with simplified bodies being harmed as a consequence of not ... more info | ||
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Finnish Dreamer, The
directed by Altsi Toiviainen Finland, Mixed Genre, 2005, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:09:00 A surreal dramedy about a man who wears a black mask and dishwashing gloves. Surrounded by the cold Finnish landscapes, he faces a life altering crisis which involves his plastic sled and old memories in the form of photographs.... more info | ||
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Fur Kiss
directed by Angela Bartram United Kingdom, Experimental, 2005, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:01:00 "Fur Kiss" is a video work that addresses how the social dynamics between co-habiting animals and humans, can be mutated to effect violations of culturally specific codes. ... more info | ||
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Une Oubliette
directed by Claudia Leger USA, Narrative, 1996, 16mm, B&W, Optical, 00:05:00 Abandoned by a man in NYC, a woman experiences love in a capsule.... more info | ||
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Lovers Supplant
directed by Norma V Toraya USA, Animation, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:08 Lovers Supplant is an animated short about a femme fatale who creeps along in the night with an objective (abduction of a blissful female) and a motive (to be with the man she loves and role she deserves).... more info | ||
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Boy with a Ball
directed by Victor Barbieri USA, Art / Artist, 2005, DV, Color, Dolby Digital, 00:00:59 Boy with a ball explores adolescent sexuality, its compelling ambiguities, its tensions and its undeniable appeal to all genders and experiences, gay, bisexual, and straight.... more info | ||
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Sui Generis
directed by Alex Nothis USA, Experimental, 2003, 16mm, B&W, Optical, 00:08:00 Alone in a pit, a man alchemizes a partner. The rich close-ups, soft focus, shadows, grain and hiss combine to forge a hypnotic, illusory world. ... more info | ||
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Signs
directed by Geoffrey Thomas USA, Animation, 2004, B&W, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:21 Juxtaposing the scientific method with divination, Signs explores meaning making within the context of tenuous relationship.... more info | ||
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White Space
directed by Jym Davis USA, Experimental, 2004, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:14 White Space was created as a variation on the theme of creation, both synthetic and organic. White Space uses the creation story of Adam as a guide ("formed man from the dust of the ground"). A human head appears as animated 'dust' as it emerges from and descends into a chalky white pool. ... more info | ||
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In Flux
directed by Jym Davis USA, Experimental, 2004, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:40 If White Space is about the materials of creation, then In Flux is about the spiritual. We are again presented with a figure's head, this time the white mud is replaced by a blurred light and eminating colors. The figure has an instability about it, in flux between the ethereal and the corporeal. ... more info | ||
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Gesichtsmusik
directed by Benjamin B. Kinsley USA, Experimental, 2004, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:20 GESICHTSMUSIK is a musical self-portrait. The work examines my personal sounds and musical expressiveness. Through this process driven work, a musical composition is revealed which is distinct to my person. The work is titled GESICHTSMUSIK which is German for FACE MUSIC because it was created during my 5 month stay at the Fachhochshule Schwäbisch Hall, in Germany.... more info | ||
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Again and Again
directed by Lee Welch Ireland, Experimental, 2004, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:01:00 My work attempts to capture the seemingly uncontrollable transient of time. Through my efforts to regain some control and understanding of the perception of time, I have created an evolving portrait though a means of self-preservation. The consistency of the pose and detached almost unemotional expression emanate feelings of a sombre nature, which reflect on our preoccupation with the escalating pressures of our daily existence. The work also poses as a document of the mundanity of modern life in our attempts to fulfilling all our material goals.... more info | ||
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Confusion
directed by Laurent Pernot France, Experimental, 2005, DV/Computer Animation, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:15 A naked man is balanced slowly. Little by little, several faces replace those of the body until scrambling its identity. ... more info | ||
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Getting Off
directed by Annmarie Lanesey USA, Art / Artist, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:12 Getting Off is a variation on comic burlesque, as a supine woman, visible from the crotch down, pulls off one pair of stockings after another in tight close-up, accentuating the viewer's voyeuristic complicity.... more info | ||
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Electrocute your Stars
directed by Marie Losier USA, Documentary, 2004, 16mm, Color, Optical, 00:08:00 “You always have to be careful, you always have to have the shower backward in order to see the water, which means you better watch out, or you might electrify or electrocute your stars. You know what I mean, by having the light falling into the tub. Luckily, I was young enough - or foolish enough - to not worry about that. So I used to put on the thing on - I forget what – well, on the shower rack. I would clip on the clamp light, you know, and everything worked out OK by the end. If the fates are with you, you know, they have to direct the picture. If they are against you, the actors will be electrocuted! It’s horrible, horrible.” This is a dream-portrait of George Kuchar, traveli... more info | ||
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Artificial Night
directed by Michelle Silva USA, Experimental, 2004, 16mm, B&W, Magnetic Monaural, 00:02:11 Re-photographed from color negative daytime trees to 16mm black and white reversal film, with multiple layers of fluttering night scenes accompanied by a modular synthesizer’s response.... more info | ||
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Libero
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Matteo Rosa Sweden, Art / Artist, 2005, Color, Silent, 00:01:00 Libero is a short silent video, one minute long. The camera is still, showing a river flowing in a mountain valley. Suddenly a balloon appears in the scene and flies up to the sky, till it briefly disappears. Like an egg or a sperm being released in the world. A life, making its appearance and disappearance in the world, momentarily marking existence. And the foreigner, the exiled, the other, leaving his homeland in search of another. Not like Ulysses, involved in a round journey, but a wandering with no return. Perhaps the pull of another gravity, levitation, ascendance. ... more info | ||