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The corporate control of the state and its ideological hegemony during the late twentieth century continues to produce phenomena like reification, fetishization and alienation. This period is punctuated by the increase of media monopolies and corporate mind control. Thus the role of the politically- and/or environmentally-inclined media artist becomes more important as well as threatened.
CONDEMNATION is an attempt to explore personal and social alienation. Almost a personal documentary, the film uses motion graphics and stream-of-consciousness editing to express the filmmaker's unique vision. Inspired by governmental and corporate injustices, CONDEMNATION comments on current media by using high speed imagery and transition as image. Finally it confronts the viewer demanding action, emphasizing that the decisions which are made today are not always reversible.
Awards: CCAC ACH Award; Special Jury Prize, SF Art Institute Film Festival 1991.
1989, 16mm, color/so, 6m, $20
MEDITATION IV is a journey through inner landscapes and different levels of consciousness. By utilizing 3-D computer animation, video-to-film transfer, and traveling mattes, the film investigates the media artist caught between nature and technology as well as the birth of spirituality during the filmic process.
1989, 16mm, color/so, 5m, $20
SYMPHONIA DE EROSUS is a meditation on nature and our relationships with it. Organized like a visual symphony, it attempts to explore the ecstasy that results in total submersion in the lines of nature and the utter tragedy that occurs with the removal of these lines.
The first movement, Prima Materia, is a study on the relationships between the elements. The second movement, Mercurius Duplex, is an exploration into the double-sided aspects of human nature - at once positive and negative - and the terrible effects our society's rejection of nature has had. The third movement, Quadrantura Circuli, is a declaration of a dynamic spiritual life, free of confining dogma and guilt. At the same time, Circuli is a "suggestion" for a positive role for technology - safe in the hands of the artist.
1991, 16mm, color/so, 15m, $45
DREAM CANTATA is a journey through the landscapes of my dreaming life. The film explores the collective unconscious as a societal and environmental form of checks and balances. By including imagery from dreams that deal with environmental misuse and apocalyptic situations, DREAM CANTATA is a direct expression of the collective unconscious as an environmental "whistle blower." The film also contains historical places that are often visited in my dreams as my unconscious tries to give validity to my life by placing it in time and space.
1993, 16mm, color/so, 13m, $40