In the early 1900s commercial loggers cut down an old growth spruce tree growing on a small island surrounded by tide pools on the coast of Maine. Out of the trunk of this ancient tree grew two new trees, side by side.
A forgotten history of Northern Ireland is unveiled through a journey into Ulster Television’s archives, and the rediscovery of the first locally-produced network drama, Boatman Do Not Tarry.
Wind blows through the snow covered hills after a winter snow storm.
Sunlight in a winter forest.
As a winter storm approaches the shallow water crystallizes, ice builds up along the edges of a stream, and the first snowflakes of the storm layer over the newly formed ice. The following morning a soft light approaches through the snow covered forest.
A golden sunrise brings light to the foggy hills and meadows of late summer.
A blind man in a dark room melts into celluloid, feeling with his hands the messy layers of processed reality.
A short film featuring a coastal forest and the rocky coastline of downeast Maine.
Jack's life (and kitchen) is turned upside down when his fridge begins to talk to him.
A study of the seashore in mid-coast Maine.
A squatter spends his days with his dog in a decrepit, abandoned house until a discovery entices him out.
DRIFT is a collaboration started in 1991 between visual artist Leah Singer and musician and poet Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth. DRIFT is an immersive sonic/visual environment consisting of music, sounds and texts by Ranaldo in response to two 16mm analytical film projectors performed in real time by Singer. Much as a DJ scratches a vinyl record, Singer manipulates her films in a live improvisation with Ranaldo's guitar, poetry and soundscapes.
Clouds forming and moving through the summer sky.
Shot on 16mm film in New York and composed in Berlin, the work explores polarizing themes of the metropolis. Audibly and visually, the viewer is put in a flicker between serenity and intensity; harrowing ambience cut with sharp beeps, vulnerable steps mashed in high velocity.
As the day comes to an end deer graze on a hillside, wild turkeys pass through a grassy field, and the full moon rises.
Morning dew in summer fields and meadows.
A close look at flowers and pollinators on a sunny summer morning.
A short film shot on 16mm about memory, grieving, and siblinghood.
The director offers a rare glimpse of the actor and fashion muse Chloë Sevigny in the late 90s when she as an emerging ingénue. Shot on 16mm black and white, Sevigny plays air guitar and dress-up in a film that beautifully captures the spirit of the time.