ANTARCTICA

Little Jean-Pierre Leaud from 400 Blows is still running.  Only the frames of film that contained him have been hollowed and scratched. He is still running to escape a damaged past, but the damage has multiplied and exploded into a post apocalyptic dystopia. He is no longer running to an ocean he has never seen, but to the only hospitable location left. The melting continent of Antarctica.

Antarctica is the first chapter in what will become a feature length experimental film. Each chapter will be self contained, but together they will create an epic journey across erased and scratched frames of cinematic history.

ELECTION YEAR

A meditation on politics and the political beast formed by footage of the first nationally televised debate. The debate is known for displaying their differences through the power of appearances, but news accounts also claim they presented remarkably similar agendas. They both emphasized national security, the threat of communism, the need to strengthen the U.S. military, and the importance of building a brighter future for America.

TALL TREES IN MARSEILLE

Tall Trees, a film about a 1914 bank robbery in Sedro-Wooley, Washington will have its European/ French premiere at Festival Images Contre Nature in Marseille. Nine photos from a scrapbook my father kept about his father Emrys Hughes, pictured with the gun tell the story of the fate of the robbers.

LUCKY AT EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA

Experiments in Cinema turns 10 this year, and it seems that Bryan Konefsky has had his hands tattooed for the event with pause and play buttons. This gives you an idea of his dedication to the festival, and filmmaking in general. My film LUCKY will be in the opening day line up, and I couldn't be happier. There's a great list of films and filmmakers spread out for the whole week of festivities.

EXquisite Corpse Cinema Travels

EXquisite Corpse Cinema, a program of experimental films I commissioned for EXcinema is traveling this month. Today on January 14th it screened in Newcastle, UK. On the 25th it will go to Ruma, Serbia, then Belgrade on the 28th. On January 30th I will travel to San Francisco to present it at Artists' Television Access. Here is a trailer for for it. My contribution is Tall Trees.

Tall Trees at EXquisite Corpse Cinema

On Tuesday December 9th my latest film will premiere in an exquisite corpse program at Grand Illusion Cinema in Seattle. Tall Trees is based on photos from a family scrapbook recording the search for bandits after a bank robbery that took place in 1914 in Sedro-Wolley, Washington State. My grandfather (second from the left) was a member of a posse sent to capture the bandits who attempted to escape into Canada. Until recently all I knew about the robbery was the text written on nine photos documenting the event.

How to Draw Clouds in Maastricht

Out There is a two part exhibit in The Netherlands. The first part was from Oct. 10th- Nov. 9th in Maastricht. This is a photo of How to Draw Clouds shown on the streets of Maastricht. The second part of the exibit will be in Rotterdam in February. The Rotterdam info isn't on their website yet, but it will be soon.