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film still from “Time Scraps: Film Threads and Sprocket Holes”, 2023

Festival of (In) appropriation

September 18, 2023 in new work, screenings

My new film “Time Scraps: Film Threads and Sprocket Holes” will be featured in the 2023 Festival of (In) appropriation, at The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Oct 11, 7pm.
For more info: https://bampfa.org/event/festival-inappropriation-2023

Curated by Jaimie Baron, Jennifer Proctor, and Adam Sekuler. Sponsored by Filmforum.


Wild Media: Wired Wilderness Exhibition

August 19, 2023 in exhibitions, news, special projects

Honored to be included in this special international online exhibition hosted by iDMAa (International Digital Media and Arts Association). Show is live through Dec. Check out my video "Lifeline", a collaboration with Sherman Finch, along with other work revolving around art, technology, and the environment. https://lnkd.in/en9jqjRk


Admit One: Analog Film Showcase, sponsored by Houston Cinema Arts Society and Flats Presents
DeLUXE Theater, Houston, TX, 7pm July 21, 2023

Admit One: Anlalog Film Showcase

July 18, 2023 in events, screenings

Join us at the historic DeLUXE Theater as we pay tribute to celluloid, featuring the exceptional works of talented Texas filmmakers, all masterfully captured through the captivating lens of Super8mm, 35mm, 16mm, and VHS.
https://cinemahtx2023.eventive.org/schedule/649f7d22fafd150040d04619

Noted in Glasstire Top Five Art Events in Texas
https://glasstire.com/2023/07/20/top-five-july-20-2023/


FMFF ‘23

My film “Lifeline” is an Official Selection of this year’s festival.
Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL
May 18-20, 2023
Organized by Julie Dickover, Patrick Moser and Kevin Mahoney

Finger Mullet Film Festival

May 08, 2023

Paperbark Magazine: Issue 04

February 12, 2023 in publications

Paperbark Magazine: Issue 04
School of Earth and Sustainability, College of Humanities and Fine Arts, and UMass Library
University of Massachusetts Amherst
artist feature in interdisciplinary print & digital magazine


Featured New Media Artist

January 21, 2023 in special projects, screenings, exhibitions

Three-week featured New Media artist for <terminal> a media screen space at Austin Peay State University, Art and Design Department. Curated by by Professor Barry Jones and Professor McLean Fahnestock.
https://www.apsu.edu/art-design/galleries/terminal/terminal.php


Source: https://www.apsu.edu/art-design/exhibitions-speakers/terminal/terminal.php

2 Post Cinema Presents Tethered


Outdoor Public Film Screening, Houston, TX
curated by Britt Thomas and Prince Varughese Thomas
featuring my film “Sun Notations”

2Post Cinema

January 20, 2023

Superpresent Art and Literary Magazine

January 05, 2023 in publications

Selections from my series “Letting the Days Go By” featured in Superpresent Vol 3 No 1, Winter 2024
https://superpresentmag.com/current-issue/


South Texas Underground Film Festival

“Midnight Houston” plays Dec. 3, 6pm

Alamo Drafthouse, Corpus Cristi, TX

STUFF Film Festival 2022

November 26, 2022 in screenings

CALM, CENTERED, AWAKE:
An Exhibition of Works on Video For the Inner Landscape,

curated by: Peter Christenson

Friday, Nov 11, 4-9pm
(part of Belltown Art walk - a public art event)

CALM CENTERED AWAKE: Public Screening

November 05, 2022 in screenings, special projects, events

Lately, themes related to mental health and our relationship to the natural world have been surfacing in my work. My video "Life Line" (with sound by Sherman Finch) will be included in the "CALM" projection room for this event. Check out the stellar lineup of moving-image artists included this show: https://meetsanctuary.com/belltown-art-walk


“Midnight Houston” selected for the
Engauge Experimental Film Festival,
Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA
Nov. 2-5, 2022

Engauge Experimental Film Festival

September 20, 2022 in screenings, events

https://nwfilmforum.org/festivals/engauge-experimental-film-festival-2022-in-person-only/


ISEA 2022

June 01, 2022 in events, screenings

My experimental film "Life Line" was chosen to be featured during the 27th International Symposium on Electronic Art in Barcelona, Spain, ISEA2022. The theme of this year's conference is "Possibilities" and my work was part of the "Natures and Worlds" sub-theme and featured in the online proceedings.

https://isea2022.isea-international.org/event/screening-life-line-single-channel-video/


Official Selection Extremely Shorts Film Festival
Aurora Picture Show, Houston, TX
May 20 & 21, 2022, 8pm

Extremely Short Film Festival

May 18, 2022 in screenings, events

Official Selection
International Poetry Film Festival 2022
Beyond Baroque, Hollywood, CA
2-9pm, April 30, 2022

International Poetry Film Festival

April 28, 2022 in screenings, events

https://poetryfilmfestival.org/


undercurrents, group exhibition on water and clmate change at the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum

Undercurrents

April 28, 2022 in exhibitions, events

Undercurrents: a group exhibition exploring water and climate change
Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, May 20-June 17, St. Augustine, FL

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Moving-Image-Arts International Short Film Festival

March 24, 2022 in screenings, news

My short short experimental animation: 01.timescrap: 10.13.2020 will be featured in this year’s Moving-Image-Arts International Shorts Film Festival. Hosted by Ryerson University, School of Image Arts, April 7, 2022, Toronto, ON.


Poetry + Film Collaboration

New video poem collaboration
with poet Nick Rattner
and audio by Sherman Finch

LOCATION: HOUSTON
Poetry+Film Collaboration
REELpoetry Festival 2022
screening Feb 25th 9-10pm

Aurora Picture Show & Public Poetry


Poetry+Film Collaboration

February 12, 2022 in events, screenings, new work, special projects

http://aurorapictureshow.org/calendar.asp?pageid=83&calid=1175


Two of my videos were featured at the 2021 Sustainable Stories Film Festival and Exhibition, and one project received Best Video Art Award.
UHCL, Houston, TX
Nov. 18-Dec 10, 2021

https://www.sustainable-stories.org/

Sustainable Stories Film Festival Official Selection

November 29, 2021 in awards, screenings

On the Breath of a Forest (detail from installation) featured in the exhibition  “Embodied Forest”, 2021

On the Breath of a Forest (detail from installation) featured in the exhibition “Embodied Forest”, 2021

Embodied Forest

September 26, 2021 in exhibitions, events, news, publications

Embodied Forest
Fall 2021 online group exhibition and publication
TREE TALK: Zoom Artist Talk, Sept 30, 12 pm CT
Ecoartspace.com


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My short film “Time Scraps” will be featured at the 2021 Flatland Film Festival, a program of LHUCA that aims to cultivate an appreciation for film, video, and the digital moving-image expression and to support artists working in this mode of expression.

2021 Flatland Film Festival Official Selection

August 16, 2021 in events, screenings

Flatland Film Festival
LHUCA, Lubbock, TX
Sept. 23-25, 2021
http://lhuca.org/flatlandfilmfestival


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