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Appropriated
Web Videos |
| Boys' Life (2008, Prelinger Archives remix, 3.5 min) Sometimes not even the Tattoo of the Saber-Toothed Tiger can keep a boy safe. |
| Upload Test (2007, appropriated internet video, 3min) Test. Test. This is a test. Video collage of YouTube upload tests. |
| Dueling Banjos (2007, appropriated internet video, 3min) Let’s get together and play awhile. |
| Call and Response (2007, appropriated internet video, 3min) Defining the fine line between catchy commercial jingles and mental paralysis. |
| Technology (2007, appropriated internet video, 3min) Scavenging real and make believe fembots, virtual groping, and computer-generated anatomy to explore the representation of women in hip hop and geekdom. |
| The Hunt is On (2006, appropriated internet video & vhs, 3min) Collaborative video with European basketball superstar Erik Nelson. The visions of a Russian woman named Michele. |
| What About That Bacon (2007, Prelinger Archives remix, 3min) Get down to some mashed up food film funk just like mom used to make. |
| Toyota Time (2007, appropriated internet video, 3min) Since the early 1980s small, independent groups of ordinary citizens have attempted to crack the mystery of the space-time continuum using nothing more than the Toyota Camry. |
| V-V-V-V-V-VCR (2007, appropriated internet video, 3min) A tribute to one of man’s greatest creations and its ultimate demise. |
| Stardude (2007, appropriated video, 3min) An alien lifeform assumes the identity of the Dude. Movie Trailer Remix. |
| Back of the Mike (2006, Prelinger Archives remix, 3min) A Jam Handy educational film about sound effects for radio programs becomes the basis for a musical number. |
| Anarchy Slight Delay (2006, appropriated internet video, 3min) A more impressionistic version of a Sex Pistols performance. |
| Grand Canyon (2007, internet video appropriation, 3 min) The Grand Canyon is the premiere “Now what?” destination in the United States. Experience how a handful of visitors answer that question. |
| Mount Rushmore (2007, internet video appropriation, 3 min) “I think I’m going to take a video because this is always what you see in the postcard and I’ve always wondered what was over here. Cooool, so that’s what’s up.” |
| Golden Gates (2007, internet video appropriation, 3 min) If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to videotape yourself crossing the Golden Gate Bridge. |
| The Beautiful (2007, internet video appropriation, 3 min) A medley of America, The Beautiful from known and unknown sources. |
Appropriated Video |
| Saturday Morning (2008, appropriated cable television, 3min) Pour yourself a bowl of Fruity Poopies, it’s Saturday morning cartoon time! |
| Passing Through (2008, appropriated cable television, 3min) One revolution of the television world. |
| Man’s World (2006, appropriated cable television, 3min) A look at the role of women through the eyes of commercial television advertising. |
| Subterranean Homesick 42-Frame Delay Blues (2006, appropriated video, 3min) Offsetting two tracks of Subterranean Homesick Blues to accentuate Dylan’s delivery. Originally imagined this as a multi-track audio installation. |
| States of the Union (2003, 6min, appropriated cable television) Two short videos that seek out the essential character of our Presidents from isolation of words and gestures during their respective State of the Union addresses. |
| Big Screen Version (2004, appropriated cable television, 3min) Split-screen talking heads and flying graphics collide in a musical homage to the self-righteous rhetoric of Fox News. |
| Anthem (2006, appropriated cable television, 3min) A bizarre combination of trailer racing and Kenny G. A message of hope. |
| Egg Meat Cheese (2006, appropriated cable television, 3min) Late night television turns into a voodoo skeleton dance for McGriddles. |
| Rhapsody for Daytime Television (2006, appropriated cable television, 3min) Take a break from cleaning and shopping for cleaning and shopping. Meanwhile Fox News uncovers a plot by the Merry Maids to overthrow the US Government. |
| This Week in Mind Control (2006, appropriated cable television, 3min) A celebration of television. Glory! Glory! Behold! I can’t even remember what I was thinking when this came together, but there it is. |
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Appropriated Film |
| Life & Times of Robert Kennedy Starring Gary Cooper (2006, 8min, DV) Overlayed newsreel footage of Robert Kennedy and images from the classic Hollywood western High Noon blur the line between truth and fiction. Music Composed by Travis Weller. |
| Serendipity 1967 (2005, 6min, 8mm) A magic camper ride through Colorado in route to Yellowstone National Park circa 1967. An accidental double exposure on a single roll of 8mm film by an unknown filmmaker. Music by Jamal River. |
| Displacement (2005, 5min, 8mm) A meditation on lost memories through the tail end discards of old 8mm home movies. Sound design by Jennifer Proctor. |
| Dissolve (2003, 15min, 16mm) Found footage film constructed of hundreds of dissolves taken from old educational films and reassembled to create a meditation on our own impermanence. |
| Two (2002, 10min, 16mm split-screen) An abandoned and incomplete film performance piece for two film projectors that spiraled out of control and beyond means of execution. |
| Windowfilm (2001, 12min, 16mm) The final product of a film performance piece where a single 10-second film loop was edited and added to as it ran through the projector. |
| Lumberman (2001, 3min, 16mm) An early cut-up exercise breaking a linear film into divisors of 24 frames and reassembling randomly. A merger of timber and filmic practice that ultimately needed a little Kermit to revive it. |
| The Film (1998, 10min, 16mm) I have called this film many things over the years. It was the first found footage film I made from material retrieved from garbage cans and dumpsters. I edited it with tape and scissors, holding the film up to the light to cut. It was the basis for Dissolve. |
Original Film |
| America’s Way (2007, 16mm, 3 min) 3 nights in Branson Missouri captured on a single roll of 16mm film. |
| Throwing Stones at the Sun (2002, 16mm, 19 min) “27 documentary vignettes form a portrait of the U.S. between 1999-2001. Part traveler, part geographical surveyor, Valdez records moments of quiet resonance that provide insight into how politics, religion, and consumerism form a triumvirate of influence that constructs the American identity.” |
| Untitled (Iowa) (2005, silent, color, 9min) Lyrical survey of Eastern Iowa landscapes. *optional music has been added. |
| TV Election (2000, silent, color, 3min) 8 hours of election coverage reduced to 3 minutes. In-camera edited on a single roll of film. |
| Hallway (2001, 16mm, 3min) An ascension into a sanitized heaven. |
| Variations on Cannonball (1999, sound, bw, 3min) A study of repetition and variation in an apartment swimming pool. Filmed with a Eumig Underwater camera. In-camera edited on a single roll of film. |
| Still Moving (1998, silent, bw, 3min) Stop motion zoom into the minute details of the city. In-camera edited on a single roll of film. |
| Silent Sketches (1998, silent, bw, 5min) Capturing moments of daily life. Filmed in Austin, Texas and parts of East and West Texas. *optional music has been added. |
| Marathon, Texas (1996, sound, bw, 3min) A small town just outside of Big Bend National Park where my great-grandfather lived. |
Original Video |
| Blandlands (2006-2007, dv, 24 short videos) a series of short, static videos of Eastern Iowa landscapes recorded between November of 2006 and April 2007. |
| Saxophony (2005, digital video, 2min) One note per step, rearranged and recut. |
Loops |
| Infinite Collins (2007, appropriated VHS) Just say the word and we'll call him off. |
| So (2006, appropriated cable television) |
| Stop all the Downloadin' (2008, Prelinger Archives) |