Event

Natural High (shorts program)

Light Work 1
DIR JENNIFER REEVES
EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO 8:00 MIN
"Symbols of 20th century science, industry, medicine and madness are mixed in rhythmic molecular forms, morphing frequencies and colorful visual textures." - J. Reeves

Evergreen
DIR ROBERT TODD
EXPERIMENTAL 16MM 15:00 MIN
"A short film reflecting on the act of landscape as portraiture. This is the second in a series of representations of urban nature under siege." - R. Todd

Fading Star
DIR JOHN STANDIFORD
ANIMATION 16MM 18:00 MIN
This meditative film enchants the myths of westward expansion into a single rail car, a dreamer passenger, a clear sky, and a soundtrack that tracks the sounds that go with our history.

Qualities of Stone
DIR ROBERT TODD
EXPERIMENTAL 16MM 11:00 MIN
"Qualities of Stone presents life under glass. This is the third in a series on urban naturalism (following Thunder & Evergreen)" - R. Todd

July Fix
DIR JASON LIVINGSTON
EXPERIMENTAL 16MM 2:00 MIN
Like a bee's-eye view of a field of flowers on a bright clear day. Makes pollination look fun.

The General Returns from One Place to Another
DIR MICHAEL ROBINSON
EXPERIMENTAL 16MM ON VIDEO 11:00 MIN
"Learning to love again, with fear at its side, the film draws balance between the romantic and the horrid, shaping a concurrently skeptical and indulgent experience of the beautiful. A Frank O'Hara monologue (from a play of the same title) attempts to undercut the sincerity of the landscape, but there are stronger forces surfacing." Ã¢ÂÂ M. Robinson

Origin
DIR HIROMI YOSHIDA
EXPERIMENTAL 16MM ON VIDEO 2:20 MIN
"This film signifies fertility, conception of nature. It was influenced by Japanese indigenous belief Shintoism." - H. Yoshida