Sound Sensitive Sunshine
2011
One rainy Sunday in the Summer in Berlin, I collected all the songs I could find with Sun, Sunny, and Sunshine in the title. I put the 25 I found one above another and cut out all the rest of the words. Then, I lined them all up back to back, as near as I could to their original position. I animated this version to react to audio of the various sung suns.
2011
One rainy Sunday in the Summer in Berlin, I collected all the songs I could find with Sun, Sunny, and Sunshine in the title. I put the 25 I found one above another and cut out all the rest of the words. Then, I lined them all up back to back, as near as I could to their original position. I animated this version to react to audio of the various sung suns.
Untitled(egg series)
Berlin 2002
three videos and one sculpture. lead balls, egg holder, eggs, and black water.
The bowl in the center of the video installation is made of many eggs is in
a transformed state, as a landscape of what has been, and is no longer.
It has been estimated that 40 percent of all pregnancies end in miscarriage, so it must be happening all around us all of the time, secretly in the minds and bodies of many a woman, who quietly bears the turmoil of hormones which may have lifted her up like a goddess of creation during pregnancy and dropped her into a very deep dark place when the too-small- to-see life left her…
“ If we go deeper into daydreams of nests, we soon encounter a sort of paradox of sensibility. A nest- and this we understand right away- is a precarious thing, and yet it sets us to daydreaming of security.” Gaston Bachelard.
Promoting Berlin Summer
Consuming Berlin Winter
unfinished taTTOO
ODESSA
1999
lusty lady liberty's last journey to the dark side
san francisco/berlin
2000
After 2 years abroad, I returned to San Francisco/Oakland to sort out my things before returning to Berlin indefinitely. There was a lot of revived Star Wars obsession at the time, and I was also struck by the intensity of the city's tendency towards the nostalgic and the erotic. Part mockingly and part lovingly, I shot this B/W Super 8 with Aaron Hawks and a borrowed cardboard figure and a mask. Back in Berlin, I put it to a musical story i wrote, and roughly recorded with Margareth Kammerer and Asi Foecker, which we performed live at an exhibition where the film was visible through a peephole in a door.
still living
video/painting installation
berlin
2002
shown in a loop as an installation
what appears to be a still life painting is actually a video, which is in constant motion. The books in the shelves fade in slowly and every 2 minutes or so, a hand reaches in and turns a page of the open book on the table.
In a frame on the top of the shelves, there is an image from Truffauts' Fahrenheit 451. It is a moment between a dying old man who is one of the "book people" and a young boy who is learning his book before the man dies and takes it with him. This scene is not part of the original novel by Ray Bradbury. Still living was originally installed into a fake wall as a rear projection on a screen disguised to look like a framed painting. Flat screen technology has since made that effect more simple to achieve. However, it looks quite good on a chunky TV set as well.
what appears to be a still life painting is actually a video, which is in constant motion. The books in the shelves fade in slowly and every 2 minutes or so, a hand reaches in and turns a page of the open book on the table.
In a frame on the top of the shelves, there is an image from Truffauts' Fahrenheit 451. It is a moment between a dying old man who is one of the "book people" and a young boy who is learning his book before the man dies and takes it with him. This scene is not part of the original novel by Ray Bradbury. Still living was originally installed into a fake wall as a rear projection on a screen disguised to look like a framed painting. Flat screen technology has since made that effect more simple to achieve. However, it looks quite good on a chunky TV set as well.
shock, pop, and awe
berlin
2003
During the first month of George W. Bush's attack on Iraq, named "Shock and Awe",
there was constant media coverage with special theme music which nearly turned
the flashes of light caused by exploding bombs into a beautiful spectacle. I found this
sporting event like coverage disturbing and strange. Meanwhile, the owner of the
little shop next door to my storefront studio was making more and more "American woman"
comments. This has been shown in installations with
HOME MOVIE and the HULA HOOP SERIES
there was constant media coverage with special theme music which nearly turned
the flashes of light caused by exploding bombs into a beautiful spectacle. I found this
sporting event like coverage disturbing and strange. Meanwhile, the owner of the
little shop next door to my storefront studio was making more and more "American woman"
comments. This has been shown in installations with
HOME MOVIE and the HULA HOOP SERIES
hula hoop series
us west/berlin
paris/barcelona
2001-02
This series started in Summer 2001, while filming my feature documentary, FAMILY RECIPES. It was about the awkwardness of coming "home" when one has moved far away from that culture. Also, those typical Western road movie images that Europeans romanticized and placed me in. After returning "home" to Berlin, 9-11 happened and the light playfulness of the American image was completely lost. The landscapes of my youth were fading "Marlboro Country" billboards and the Bush administration certainly did not shine a flattering light on the American people. Those 2 parts of the series won a prize in the America in Berlin competition in 2002. The Paris and Barcelona segments followed and were more about the stereotypes most Americans have around those places and a the quirky way tourists bumble around. The hula hoop became some kind of representation of my burdensome relationship top my own cultural identity and something I could not let go or get rid of completely, no matter how absurd and distorted it became.
Home movie
berlin
2004
HOME MOVIE was filmed through a crude hole in my back door after I had witnessed a violent and disturbing event involving my neighbor in front of my window. The camera was a way to hide myself from the police while observing them and also a way to make a frightening situation feel more contained.
INSTALLATION- this piece works best on a monitor, either in a dark corner where the viewer can be drawn in by the loud bashing sound, or with headphones if shown in the same room as another piece.
It has previously been shown with "Shock, Pop, and Awe" and "Playing with Fire"
INSTALLATION- this piece works best on a monitor, either in a dark corner where the viewer can be drawn in by the loud bashing sound, or with headphones if shown in the same room as another piece.
It has previously been shown with "Shock, Pop, and Awe" and "Playing with Fire"
Playing with Fire (Home movie 2)
Berlin
2009
video project exploring the
relationship of sound and image
I was drawn out onto the balcony by the drumming and honking of a wedding procession. I noticed the Zimmerman, who had been repairing the roof across from me, fussing around some smoke. It was just getting dark and the smoke was beautiful in the light of their lamps so I grabbed my camera and filmed as the smoke became a fire, which quickly grew out of control. Fortunately no one was injured.
While editing this video, I found it particularly difficult to decide how to handle the sound, as someone was talking next to me at some point rendering the natural sound unusable.. I am always aware of the potential emotional manipulation and power of music and sound in the editing process and this time I simply could not decide, partially due to the intense and mixed feelings one experiences watching such a fire. So, I asked my many friends who work with sound and music to watch the film and give me a soundtrack. So far, I have 12 diverse solutions totaling approx. one hour. by:
Anouschka Trocker/Antonio Vacirca/Sylvia Marks/Rico Repotente/Francis Ruggirello/Heidi Adair/Joe Williamson/David Certano/Sean Reynard/Jeff McGrory/Marzipan Marzipan/Miranda Lloyd &Bart Higgins
Here are a few examples:
While editing this video, I found it particularly difficult to decide how to handle the sound, as someone was talking next to me at some point rendering the natural sound unusable.. I am always aware of the potential emotional manipulation and power of music and sound in the editing process and this time I simply could not decide, partially due to the intense and mixed feelings one experiences watching such a fire. So, I asked my many friends who work with sound and music to watch the film and give me a soundtrack. So far, I have 12 diverse solutions totaling approx. one hour. by:
Anouschka Trocker/Antonio Vacirca/Sylvia Marks/Rico Repotente/Francis Ruggirello/Heidi Adair/Joe Williamson/David Certano/Sean Reynard/Jeff McGrory/Marzipan Marzipan/Miranda Lloyd &Bart Higgins
Here are a few examples: