For Christina Taylor Green -- click to watch
2011, color/sound, 7min
made for the group show, Hang In There, curated by Jason Lazarus.
This video loosely takes the form of a PSA, interviewing children on their notions of government and public policy. For Christina Taylor Green takes its cue from a line in President Obama's speech at the memorial service held for victims of the shooting in Tuscon in January of 2011.
I Give You Life -- click to watch
2010, color/sound, 12min
Mutated voices and deleted words try to find their way back home while a father tries to find solace and justice in the wake of his son's brutal, highly publicized murder in this penetrating sensorial journey through cinematic mediation, collective memory and mourning.
Travelogue For 22 Uighurs -- click to watch
2010, color/silent, 4min
a short silent video mapping the various 'travels' of the 22 Uighurs who have been detained at, and some released from, Guantanamo Bay since 2002.
Self Control -- click to watch
2008, color/sound, 14min
a short experimental work, shot on video and 16mm film, which examines trust, community, subjectivity and identity through cakes, blood, and 80s pop songstress Laura Branigan.
Myth of My Ancestors (A Re/Creation Fable) -- click to watch
2008, color/sound, 4min
a short experimental video combining live action, animation, and an a cappella cover of The Cocteau Twins song, Carolyn's Fingers, to revision the garden of Eden as a queer utopia.
To Make, To Catch Up -- click to watch
2007, color/sound, 17min
an experimental documentary examining the social implications and cultural inspirations of ketchup.
A Four-Way Family Portrait -- click to watch
2006, color/sound, 7min
a short experimental narrative video about four separate realities in one nuclear family.
A Call and An Offering -- click to watch
co-directed with Dylan Mira
2006, color/sound, 23min
a documentary project chronicling Pilot TV Chicago - a four-day d.i.y. television studio built in October of 2004.