Music by Doll Parts. Sound by Rick Corrigan. Just as the word “Idyll” of Faust’s Part 2 is rooted in the Greek “idein” / “to see,” so is “Candida” in “candidatus,” as used in “the white robed army of martyrs” of the “Te Deum,” as well as “Albicare” / “to be white” or “Albicore” out of the Portuguese (of Arabic origin) designating a kind of tunny (or white tuna): thus, Faust’s 3 is white / white as well as (from sugar’s “white”) candy, and fish: it is the modern Walpurgisnacht to Faust, but the daydream of “his” Emily: it exists that a woman have, finally, something of her ritual included in the myth of Faust … and that “muthos” / “mouth” become a vision. (Stan Brakhage)
Filter Films
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She constructs a symbolic tale of tenderness and violent tendencies to describe her uneasy relationship with the man, the land, the French and those who were there before her. “A disturbing allegory of invasion and conquest where the traps of simple binaries begin to loosen through an investigation of the invader.” – Susan Lord and Marian McMahon
Discovery of Canada, The
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A bridge, to hold firm, demands a human sacrifice: the architect’s wife. Guided by an original soundtrack of Appalachian dirges and drones, this is the first of eight connected works which contemplate the history of, and possible responses to, technophilia. Through augury a city is founded: the bridge, the temple, the tower, the burial ground. Using handheld and macro video, family super 8 and archival footage, Augury explores the fissures in constructed space for signs of personhood, care, and the possibility of a shared pre-linguistic ground. At each site, various strategies of ethical engagement are suggested: wait out the techno-enthrallment, unconceal the ancient myths, map alternative narratives, breathe through the machine, or seed wilderness in the cracks. Beneath strange skies, Augury seeks a sign. The full version of Augury is available through CFMDC.
Levitation Road (Part 01 of Augury)
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Through augury a city is founded: the bridge, the temple, the tower, the burial ground. Guided by an original soundtrack of Appalachian dirges and drones, eight connected works contemplate the history of, and possible responses to, technophilia. Using handheld and macro video, family super 8 and archival footage, Augury explores the fissures in constructed space for signs of personhood, care, and the possibility of a shared pre-linguistic ground. At each site, various strategies of ethical engagement are suggested: wait out the techno-enthrallment, unconceal the ancient myths, map alternative narratives, breathe through the machine, or seed wilderness in the cracks. Beneath strange skies, Augury seeks a sign.
Augury (Full Version)
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An elemental study of refracted light within the multiple states of water (solid, liquid, gas). Also known as a ‘sun dog’, a parhelion is a halo formed in the sky by the interaction of sunlight with atmospheric ice crystals.
Parhelion
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This film was shot on the north shore of Cuba looking towards the Gulf of Mexico, just months before 4.9 million barrels of oil was spilled by Deepwater Horizon between April 20-July 15, 2010. Wave patterns fill the frame, tearing apart the filmstrip itself. Selected Screenings: Berwick FIlm & Media Arts Festival, 2017 (Berwick-on-Tweed, UK)
Gulf
