The Synesthetic World of Terri Timely

October 22nd, 2009 • Film & Video
Tags: video, video art

Synesthesia directed by Ian Kibbey and Corey Creasey, the two members of Terri Timely

Jumping Through Glass In Your Underwear

April 7th, 2009 • Film & Video
Tags: video

The video “We Have Decided Not To Die”, by Australian director Daniel Askill, is visually stunning. The film projects a feeling of distance with its eerie soundtrack but compels you to watch for its bizarreness of motion and beautiful cinematography. The film is told in three parts or rituals and reminds me of works from Doug Aitken and Mathew Barney, but not as obsessed with it’s own mytholgy as Barney’s work.

Read the Interview with the Director

Naughty, Naughty, Naughty! You Filthy Old Soomka!

March 24th, 2009 • Film & Video
Tags: dystopia, film, scifi

Now showing at SFMOMA, a total dystopian love fest. With the current crop of awful science fiction movies over the past few years. It’s time to revisit the good old days of tomorrow. And not that I’m suggesting taking mind altering substances for viewing of these films, but one has to wander what was in the water back then and where can I get some now, and does it come bottled? There are some fantastic worlds of despair that have a viscerally visual pleasure that seduces you into watching a grim forecast of the future today. Read more »

It’s the End of the World

January 9th, 2009 • Film & Video
Tags: cult classic, film, indie film

Koyaanisqatsi (1982) is a visually arresting and culturally relevant film today. It’s scored with a pretentious soundtrack from Phillip Glass and is probably the ending is probably a little too obvious, but it’s way more entertaining than an Al Gore Power Point presentation and  not as thrilling as LA being ripped apart by tornadoes in The Day After Tomorrow. Read more »