Arcs of Texture

2006, Digital video, color, sound, 6 minutes

An ecstatic portrait of an urban landscape in motion. Underground trains, streetcars, buses and escalators embody the impressionistic beauty of architectural reflections like moving paintings. The face of the city is rendered as a light-infused intersection of people, glass, and concrete. Part 1 takes place underground, with an audio collage mixed from ambient recordings of subway stations and trains. Part 2 takes place above ground and features an original score with gamelans, guitar loops, sampled car door locks and brake pumps. Original music score by Jon Brenner. Sound design by Jim Batcho.

Awards

• Director's Citation
  Black Maria Film Festival

Screenings

• Images Contre Nature International Festival of Experimental Video, Marseilles, France
• International Film Festival Tous Courts, Aix-en-Provence, France
• Mill Valley International Film Festival, CA
• Athens International Film & Video Festival, GA
• International Diversity in Place Shorts Festival, Honolulu, HI
• Experiments in Cinema Film Festival, Albuquerque, NM
• New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA –Terra Incognita III
• Mendocino Film Festival, CA
• San Francisco Arts Commission, CA – A Trip Down Market 1905: A Centennial Celebration