Fragments, 10:30 minutes, 2011.
Disjointed architectural ruins, neoclassical embellishments, sculptural remains, and foam detritus are infused with sounds of ubiquitous technologies that permeate the everyday as the video builds into a song of temporality and permanence. Fragments is as much a meditation on the ruins of ancient civilizations as it is homage to telephones and tourist slide shows. Link to video on-line can be found here. Larger frame stills can be found here and here.

Subjects Unknown, a collaboration with Jamil Hellu, 9 minutes, 2009
Inspired by the ambiguous yet intimate portraits of men together in the history of early photography, this work reflects our concerns regarding the expression of sexuality in relation to rigid conventions about social acceptance and inclusion.  As much as the title acts as a veil of denial, we question the precedent of cultural homosexual negation within both historic and contemporary dialogues about family and social identity.

Every (Text, Image, Sound, Movie) on my cell phone, 8 minutes, 2008
A collection of materials shot, sent, and received expunged from a cell phone becomes a reflection on the everyday as it is experienced through the lens of this seemingly indispensable technology. Available on Monody in Harmony.

Other Turbans, 12:40 minutes, 2007
The artist as post-operative subject discovers a sound art piece by Max Neuhaus in Times Square while being mistaken for a terrorist. A field of high-tension wires completes the contemplative excursions needed to help him adjust to his new implant that will eventually help him hear.  The third piece in a trilogy of single-channel works on hearing loss. Available on Monody in Harmony.

The Knocking, 15 minutes, 2001/07
A man eats dinner and plays solitaire as images of Eastern Europe revolve around him to the sounds of an audio effects record.  Footage shot throughout Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic at the end of the twentieth century echo with ghosts of the past as old and new architectures are simultaneously (re)constructed.  The “master narrator” counts the illusion of order as the main character slips in and out of drag. Available on Monody in Harmony.

Free to Be You and Me, 4:20 minutes, 2006
Four of the original children on the merry-go-round in the opening sequence of Marlo Thomas’s star-studded television special of the same name rephrase the catchy opening theme song.  An internet mogul, an independent filmmaker, a temp computer specialist, and an orthodontist reiterate the songs nostalgic promise of freedom couched within a technologically mediated environment.  Available on Monody in Harmony.

Dial Tone, a collaboration with Andrew Shipin, 8 minutes, 2006
A speculative retelling of the invention of dial tone and the personal mini-fan unfolds into an interview where the inventor strikes back.  Small dreamy excerpts of the laboratory where it all took place bookends this unsettling tale.

Monograph in Stereo, 17:20 minutes, 2004/05
Monograph in Stereo employs documentary and experimental strategies to convey a struggle with congenital and operational hearing loss and tinnitus, a continual ringing in the ear; a phantom auditory perception.  The work also stems from research upon the interdependency of the senses with an emphasis on the balance ascertained from binaural hearing and stereoscopic vision and the imbalance caused by their uneven degradation.  Images move amongst poetic reverberations of landscapes, interiors and audiological exam rooms.  The second video in a trilogy of single-channel works on hearing loss. Available on Monody in Harmony.

Mono i ere, 7 minutes, 2004
A self contained variation of Monograph in Stereo.

1/2 right, 8 minutes, 2002
White noise, tones and words are sometimes discerned in an audiological exam through the confusion of a dead ear and tinnitus, a constant ringing in the head.  The sound is a mix of audio samples from the test and frequency oscillators used to process the images.  The first single-channel video in a trilogy on hearing loss. Available on Monody in Harmony.

Aviator, 8 minutes, 1997
Two men play the balancing act of airplane in their underwear as they soar through images of newsreel footage “masculating” the history of flight.  The rhythm of their actions unfolds a relationship charted by memory and suspension. Available on Monody in Harmony.

Aviatrix, 8 minutes, 1995
Images of female pilots and barnstorming daredevils that was the material for newsreel spectacle at the beginning of the century are deliriously orchestrated in a stormy sky of digital artifact.