Julia Vinograd: Between Spirit and Stone

Iconic Berkeley street poet Julia Vinograd emerges from the 1960’s Free Speech Movement fighting state oppression with bubbles instead of bricks. More...

 

Courting Gesture

From the hands-on engagement of Balinese artisans to the fragmented entanglement of cell phone culture, this lyrical essay explores the experience of being simultaneously in and out of touch in the digital age. More...

 

Whisper Rapture

An intimate portrait of cellist-vocalist Bonfire Madigan Shive, who transforms her experiences with hearing voices and suicidal despair into punk-influenced chamber music. More...

 

Crooked Beauty

A poignant chronicle of artist-writer Jacks McNamara’s courageous journey from psych ward inpatient to co-founder of the pioneering, peer-support mental health network, The Icarus Project. More...

 

In Light, In!

A haunting, visual essay about the awkward and angry junctures where society struggles to manage its emotional distress. More...

 

For Shadows

A contemplative, multi-layered memoir that explores the process of coming to terms with one’s shadow while unraveling the tangled roots of self-harm. More...

 

Arcs of Texture

A lyrical, energized portrait of an urban landscape in motion. More...

 

Flow

A woman chases the elusive, fleeting spectre of her unborn child before a molten and turbulent sea. More...

 

I My Bike

A cinepoem that traces the conflict between urban space and the body from a child’s compulsion to stare into the sun to an adult’s obsession with dying and moving towards the light. More...

 

Blackbirds

Televised footage of the Rodney King/Reginald Denny beatings is re-presented as an extended series of hand-processed images that slowly dissolve from recognizable beings into anonymous figures. More...

 

Near Windows

Nearby windows frame and illuminate four years of voyeuristic observations lyrically woven into a time-lapsed tapestry of light, unsuspecting neighbors, and street drama. More...

 

Spring Flavor

The alchemical spirit of film is embodied by images of sun-splintered reeds that have been re-photographed, hand-processed, buried beside a pond, and soaked in cooked wild berries. More...