Genres: experimental

  • You Are Not From Here

    “You Are Not From Here” is a record of a rapidly disappearing vernacular landscape. With an oblique narration about the process of gentrification, the film explores the notions of discovery, belonging and the meanings we project on our environment. Shot in Super 8 and narrated by Philip Horowitz. Selected screenings: Mix New York, 2005; Athens International Film Festival, Ohio, USA, 2005; Antimatter Film and Video Festival, Victoria, BC, 2005

  • Material Incidents: A Collection of Digital Videos

    MATERIAL INCIDENTS is a DVD compilation of work featuring the following titles: TABULA RASA (1993-2004) 7:30 min. Filmed in a South Bronx high-school, “Tabula Rasa” explores the ambiguousness of appearances cultivated by institutions, the clues that tell the history of objects, colours, textures, architecture and, ultimately, psychological states. Second Prize, Media City 11; Jury’s Citation, Black Maria Festival HERE (2002) 7:00 min. “Here” plays as some form of synthetic/organic haiku or renga (Japanese linked poetry), linking semblance to semblance working with the primal power and suggestiveness of transient colours. Gold for Best Experimental Film, New York Film Expo COLOR STUDY…

  • Bombardement le port des perles, le

    A reworking of the trailer for the movie “Pearl Harbor,” using both handmade and digital techniques. Formally, “Le bombardement le port des perles” explores collage and found sound as voice-over.

  • Distemper

    “Distemper” is a visually stunning dance film that deals with the emotional complexities of nightmares and suffocation. Directed by John Albanis and choreographed by Kimberley Cooper, it features music by Amon Tobin (the track “Rhino Jockey,” from his critically acclaimed album SUPERMODIFIED). Selected screenings: Moving Pictures Festival of Dance on Film, Toronto, ON, 2004; Constellation Change Screen Dance Festival, London, UK, 2005; Dance Camera West Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, 2005

  • INDUSTRY: Recent Works by Richard Kerr – Limited Edition

    INDUSTRIE / INDUSTRY Oeuvres récentes / Recent Works by Richard Kerr Edited by Brett Kashmere Part high-tech, part handmade, this unique DVD-format exhibition catalog contains two hours of audio-visual material, including three new collage films and a spellbinding slide show by the Montreal filmmaker and visual artist Richard Kerr, as well as a bonus 60-minute audio collage/radio drama by Gerstyn Hayward. Packaged in original handcrafted and painted covers, the disc is accompanied by 70 pages of critical writing, notebook drawings, production notes, photographs, exhibition documentation and related artworks, plus a pullout gallery floor plan. With essays, conversations, program notes and…

  • INDUSTRY: Recent Works by Richard Kerr – Educational Edition

    INDUSTRIE / INDUSTRY Oeuvres récentes / Recent Works by Richard Kerr Edited by Brett Kashmere This unique DVD-format exhibition catalog contains two hours of audio-visual material, including three new collage films and a spellbinding slide show by the Montreal filmmaker and visual artist Richard Kerr, as well as a bonus 60-minute audio collage/radio drama by Gerstyn Hayward. The disc is accompanied by 70 pages of critical writing, notebook drawings, production notes, photographs, exhibition documentation and related artworks, in printable PDF format. With essays, conversations, program notes and other texts by Gerda Johanna Cammaer, Randolph Jordan, Brett Kashmere, Michael Rollo, Astria…

  • Multiple Selves of Hannah Maynard, The

    A glimpse into the unique, eccentric mind of a pioneering Canadian photographer, Hannah Maynard (1834-1918). Born in England, Maynard immigrated with her family to Vancouver Island in 1862, where she set up her own portrait studio. After the sudden death of her youngest daughter, she produced a troubling series of experimental images that reflected her haunted state – an attempt to contact her beloved daughter’s spirit. Considered overly bold and unconventional, Maynard experimented with such techniques as collage, multiple exposure and photo-sculpture. She developed a surreal vision, a world obsessed with children and death, but also the spiritual possibilities of…

  • Amour, l’Amour Shut the Door Por Favor

    “A surrealist delight, a playful series of human melodramas occurring in a single day. Beautifully shot in black and white, ‘L’Amour l’Amour’ features an eccentric cast of characters, archetypes that hint at larger narrative structures… This is the type of film that is both pure visual spectacle and profound philosophical statement, a wonderfully absurd mix of laughter and tears.” – Barbara Goslawski, Take One Magazine

  • One Day I Stood Still

    As a woman stands at a subway stop, she dreams of arresting time and moving through it more gracefully. In this moment of pause, we dive into the whirlwind of her thoughts about both the beauties and horrors of life. “An arrestingly beautiful, stunningly assured journey into the psychic depths of one moment in a woman’s life. By turns ominous, humorous and romantic, it reveals the magic hidden behind the veil of time.” – Toronto International Film Festival, 1996 “Within its allusive narrative strands of feminine fantasy and power, ‘One Day I Stood Still’ is a poetic, romantic and engaging…

  • Move Click Move

    Deanna Morse has produced over thirty films and videos since the early 1970s. This DVD is an interactive journey through her work, featuring 36 short animated and experimental works and hundreds of production stills. “MOVE CLICK MOVE is not only a terrific teaching/learning tool, it is also a tribute to the visual arts” – Mike Allore, Michigan VUE). For Sale Only. INTRODUCTION: HOW ANIMATION WORKS, 2001 move click move (2:13) SAMPLE THE FILMS About this DVD (6:59) 27 “making of” stills FUN SHORTS! MONKEY’S T-SHIRT, 1990 Embedded figures puzzle (1:31) 8 “making of” stills NIGHT SOUNDS, 1991 Scared of the…