Featured: Manhatta II

A day in the life of pandemic New York; an early 21st-century city symphony in stone, light, word, and film. Created in part as an homage to Manhatta (1921) by Charles Sheeler and Paul Strand; intertitles drawn from Walt Whitman.
7 min.

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Filmstrip (film)

An educational filmstrip for young adults about the perils and absurdities of modern relationships. Using the imagery and format of 1960s elementary school filmstrips, Filmstrip tackles infidelity, open relationships, California, Burning Man: all those things you wish you had been taught in school.
5 min.

SXSW, 2006
19th Annual Dallas Video Festival, 2006
Santa Cruz Film Festival V, 2006
Boston Cinema Census 5, 2006

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Jump! (music video)

Music video. An acoustic version of the Van Halen classic, suitable for children.
3 min.

Guitar and vocals: Jeff Stern

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Scorpio (film)

Did you ever feel like people are stealing all your great ideas? Paranoia, lists, and tinfoil hats. Guest starring the Scorpion Bagel.
7 min.

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Anamnesis (film)

A comedy about the gnosis of memory, featuring a girls' night in with Quartermass and the Pit.
6 min.

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Audience (interactive projection and performance)

An interactive video and sound piece that asks: what if the movie is watching you? An infrared camera was pointed at the audience and live footage projected onscreen, while a soundtrack of squeaky movie seats, coughing and rustling was played. Audience response was to do "the wave."
5 min.

Projected / Performed at Coolidge Corner Theater, Brookline, MA, 2005.