Saturday, July 16, 2011

New film online- Shiny Things



I decided to put one of my music films online. The song is of course Neil Young's Heart of Gold. The arrangement and original score is by the excellent Jason Staczek, and vocals by the ethereal Alicia Dara.
One of the reasons I uploaded this is because I would like to take a stab at music videos.... so all you musicians out there who'd like something out of the ordinary in music videos, let me know.

Friday, July 15, 2011

About myself



I am a visual artist who in 2005 started  experimenting with film. I mostly work with found footage, either old educational films, vintage Hollywood, or film that has been donated to me. I then tear apart the structure of the original film and convert it into something different. These films have traveled to film festivals, nonprofit cinemas and art museums around the globe…. International Film Festival Rotterdam, L’Alternativa- Barcelona, Seattle International Film Festival, Walker Art Center- Minneapolis, Other Cinema- San Francisco. And I have won some awards…. Technical Innovation at the 2006 Ann Arbor Film Festival, and Grand Prix of the Press at the 2010 Paris Festival of Different and Experimental Film. I am currently finishing up a program of my short films- Recycled Visions. Smaller versions of my program have screened at Northwest Film Forum in Seattle, Grand Detour in Portland and a month long continuous run at Walker Art Center. If you’re interested in booking a screening or have any other projects I might be interested in you can contact me - salise.hughes@gmail.com.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Inter-Action: Shorts by SEAT



My film Somewhere will be included the touring program Inter-Action: Shorts by SEAT. The tour had it's premiere in Seattle at Northwest Film Forum on June 16th and now travels to New York for two screenings this month. The first is at 92YTribeca, July 18th at 8:00pm, then Anthology Film Archives, July 20th at 6:00pm.  SEAT - Seattle Experimental Animation Team, is a collection of animators living in the Seattle area who live at the cross roads of film, animation and visual art.

Festival Images Contre Nature


My film Nothing to Fear but Nothing Itself will screen at Festival Images Contre Nature in Marseille, France on July 13th & 16. This will be the fourth year in a roll my films have been included in this very interesting festival. If you click on the following link, then scroll to my film and click "more" you will see a small clip from the film.
http://icn11.p-silo.org/prtemps11A.php