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Trial of Socrates
Trial of Socrates presents a contemporary, gender-bending incarnation of Socrates delivering his final public words in the face of an impending death sentence.
Although convicted by the jury, Socrates declines to abandon his pursuit of the truth in all matters. Refusing to accept exile from Athens or a commitment to
silence as his penalty, he maintains that public discussion of the great issues of life and virtue is a necessary part of any valuable human existence.
Trial of Socrates is a tribute to all the martyrs of free speech whose actions echo Socrates' wise and eternal words: "The unexamined life is not worth living."
Two thousand five hundred years later we still look to his words for inspiration. 2011.
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Fight or Flight
Hold your breath for this tempestuous ride through bondage, suspension and the power of the mind. Electrical impulses produce reactionary states in this adrenaline-packed spectacle, as charged sonic frequencies express various states of embodied dissonance and willful determination. Fight or Flight features a bound figure in flight, held in position by an unrevealed source. This unknown source points to whether or not the figure is in a consensual position with the goal of addressing what one may feel bound or liberated by, and what choices may be involved in those conditions. The universality of experiencing internal and external limitations, discomfort and anxiety in one's own skin and the trappings of mind contrasted by determination and liberation of spirit is explored.
2009.
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Infinite Delay
"A restrained subject surrenders to a sublime state of waiting in a mysterious underwater world." -Sundance Film Festival
Infinite Delay explores the subtleties of tension that exist between surrender and resistance through an unconventional, experiential narrative. The captivating underwater images of an overtly constrained subject explore a dialectic - possibly depicting someone being forced to wait, or alternatively representing a subject actively constructing an erotics of waiting, an active desire brought on by an infinite delay of gratification. The sensing body surrenders itself, floating endlessly in electric blue water while enclosed in coiled tubes and webbing. Through the mediating function of consciousness and embodiment, all questions of identity and placement are dissolved into a blurring of lines between the inner and outer world, self and other, and past and present. Original score by Kadet and Mem1. 2007.
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SCAN: A Couple
SCAN: A Couple is part of an audiovisual series in which human communication is translated into audible frequencies. The movements of the visual subjects serve as controls for audio playback and become a tool for instrumentation. As the progressing patterns of the visual information trigger sounds into a composition, a reconstructed map of the gestures becomes the language itself. With the absence of words and the presence of a translated score, various levels of interpreting and projecting onto the images are explored. 2006.
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SCAN: The Lady's Glove
SCAN: The Lady's Glove is part of an audiovisual series in which human communication is translated into audible frequencies. As the progressing patterns of the visual information trigger and manipulate sounds into a composition, a reconstructed map of the gestures becomes the language itself. Various levels of interpreting and projecting onto the images are explored. 2006.
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SCAN: Suskin Sisters
SCAN: Suskin Sisters is part of an audiovisual series in which human communication is translated into audible frequencies. As the progressing patterns of the visual information trigger and manipulate sounds into a composition, a reconstructed map of the gestures becomes the language itself. Various levels of interpreting and projecting onto the images are explored. 2005.
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SCAN: Chris Mann
SCAN: Chris Mann is part of an audiovisual series in which human communication is translated into audible frequencies. As the progressing patterns of the visual information trigger and manipulate sounds into a composition, a reconstructed map of the gestures becomes the language itself. Various levels of interpreting and projecting onto the images are explored. 2005.
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Pussy Buffet
This film short features a smorgasbord of tasty delights. Co-directed with Ursula Rodriguez, 2001.
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Blow-up
Super8 docu-drama short based on a controversial Tribe 8 stage act from 1992, starring Marya. Co-directed with Jenni Olson, 1997.
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Impact Zone
Girls and cars. . .racy to the finish line! Impact Zone shows that girls can be chock full o drive & risk-taking thrill at every turn. Super8, action-packed film & video short co-directed with Sophie Constantinou, 1996.
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Shot Through My Head
Super8 film short about family loss and the excavation of memory to resurrect the past.
Parallels the loss of a lover to that of a family member as it explores the role of memory in carrying the pieces of one's life so as to hold it eternal. 1995.
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Fu@k Film
Video short about the accessibility and power of video vs. film. Take media into your own hands! 1995.
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You Little Devil, You
Super8 film & video short in which domestic chores turn hedonistic. 1994.
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Ego Beach
Super8 film short about the Californian lesbian psyche. 1994.
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Count Dykula
Super8 film short about safe sex, distributed by Frameline as part of She's Safe, a collection of safe sex films by women. 1993.
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