Peripheral Produce started as an iddy-biddy screening series in Portland Oregon in 1996, and soon after added a videotape distribution wing into the mix. 7 years and a whole lot of videotape later we have finally reached double digits with OUR 10TH VIDEO RELEASE! and to crown the achievement it only seemed fitting to couple it with a GIANT LEAP TO DVD! with so much drama their seemed to be no choice but to put on our best dancing shoes and present a collection of the best and brightest short films and videos from Peripheral Produce’s history.

The compilation includes:
Miranda July: Getting Stronger Every Day
Naomi Uman: Removed
Matt McCormick: The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal
Bill Brown: Buffalo Common
Animal Charm: Stuffing
Bryan Boyce: Election Collectibles
Jim Finn: Wustenspringmaus
Vanessa Renwick: Crowdog
Sam Green: N. Judah 5:30
Brian Frye: Oona’s Veil

All films in a printable format

	Getting Stronger Everyday directed by Miranda July USA, 2001, Video, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:07:00 Getting Stronger Every Day captures the experience of becoming lost and found, from moment to moment, and over the course of a lifetime. This is played out in mundanely poignant tableaus in which the spirit r... more info
	Removed directed by Naomi Uman USA, Experimental, 1999, 16mm, Color, 00:07:00 In this film, the artist takes an old 16mm clip of pornography and manipulates it by hand, using nail polish and bleach on the emulsion to systematically remove the female character from each frame of the fil... more info
	Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal, The directed by Matt McCormick USA, Experimental, 2001, 16mm, Color, 00:16:00 A keen observation about how the destruction of one art form unwittingly creates another. ... more info
	Buffalo Common directed by Bill Brown USA, Experimental, 2001, 16mm, 00:23:00 With the end of the Cold War, North Dakota’s last reliable cash crop- the Minutemen 3 intercontinental ballistic missile- went bust. This short documentary observes the reaction of farmers, peace activists, ... more info
	Stuffing directed by Animal Charm USA, Experimental, 1998, Video, 00:05:00 Like an awkward dream that you are embarrassed to recall, the media collective Animal Charm makes absurd, found footage videos that confuse, humor, and enlighten, all with no explainable reason.... more info
	Election Collectibles directed by Bryan Boyce USA, Experimental, 2000, Video, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:00 In this faux-recreation of a home-shopping network, Al Gore and George W. Bush offer you a 'super-premium' collectible lamp commemorating the 2000 presidential election.... more info
	Wustenspringmous directed by Jim Finn USA, Experimental, 2001, Video, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:00 A charming experimental documentary that presents a chronicle and caricature of the wily rodent known as the Wustenspringmous, often referred to as the gerbil.... more info
	Crowdog directed by Vanessa Renwick USA, Experimental, 1998, Super-8mm, 00:08:00 In this personal documentary, the filmmaker recalls a time in her life when she didn’t wear shoes and was inspired from reading about the American Indian Movement to hitchhike to South Dakota and visit Pine R... more info
	N Judah 5:30 directed by Sam Green USA, Experimental, 2003, 16mm, 00:04:00 A melancholy ride that captures those great, small moments.... more info
	Oona’s Veil directed by Bryan Frye USA, Experimental, 2000, 16mm, 00:08:00 Perhaps the only film-record of Oona Chaplin (nee O'Neill), this screen-test was made for a film in which she was cast but never appeared. Hers was quite possibly the briefest ever film career, and some say ... more info

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Works from this collection have screened from the Sundance Film Festival to the Whitney Biennial, and is a representation of the some of the best experimental work that has been made in the last decade.

And to prove that we had some fun along the way, the DVD comes with special ‘behind the scenes’ bonus footage from the 2001 Peripheral Produce Invitational: The 2001 Experimental Cinema World Championship....this highlight reel features interviews, movie clips, and performances from The Peripheral Produce 2001 Invitational; an annual ‘competitive’ film event in Portland. The 2001 bout included The Distance Formula, Vanessa Renwick, Miranda July, Bryan Boyce, Melinda Stone, Kate Haug, Craig Baldwin, Bill Daniel, Animal Charm, and many other artists.

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