news and upcoming exhibitions

Retrospective in Ankara and Istanbul!

It brings me great pride to announce my first retrospective, taking place in Ankara and Istanbul! It is a two-part, three screening event that will be taking place January 20, 21, and 25 in two venues, including the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art. My two new films,...

Epilogue

epilogue (2015) e-mail me for online preview inquiries ep·i·logue /ˈepəˌlôɡ,ˈepəˌläɡ/ A section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened.A trip to bury my grandmother's ashes results in an unearthing of...

Bikini

bikini (2015) download the mp3s here! e-mail me for online preview inquiries Once again, Bikini Atoll becomes the scene of the most dramatic nuclear explosion of all... What happens if after a decade you return to the same beach - only to find that you never left? You...

Forever IN COMPETITION at Bucharest International Experimental FF

I'm excited to share that Forever from Lion will be screening in competition as part of the International Competition at Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival! A curator's statement: "In FOREVER, personal and universal history collide in a woman’s story...

The Weight of Snow at Jihlava IDFF

I could not be more excited to announce that The Weight of Snow from Lion will be screening in competition as part of Fascinations, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival's competition section for experimental documentary. For more information: The Weight of...

Two Canadian Premieres for Lion

I'm overjoyed to announce that Lion will be premiering in two parts of Canada in October, as a complete series. In Victoria, BC, Lion screens as part of Antimatter [Media Art], and in Montreal, QC, it screens as part of Nature/Culture at La Cinémathèque Québécoise....

Cowboys and Iodine at MIX Copenhagen

I'm so excited to announce that Cowboys and Iodine will be screening as part of MIX Copenhagen's Queer Mania programme. I'll be presenting the work at the screening. More information can be found here, at MIX Copenhagen's page.

Lion at Queer Lisboa

I'm so excited to announce that Lion will be screening as part of Queer Lisboa Film Festival. I've been invited to present the series have a discussion about the work with the screening. More information can be found here, at Queer Lisboa's page.

Lion premieres at the British Film Institute

I'm delighted to announce that Lion will be premiering 22 March at the British Film Institute as part of BFI Flare London LGBT Film Festival. I've been invited to give an artist's talk and have a discussion about the work after the screening. More information can be...

Lion Series

lion consists of seven films released in 2014 e-mail me for online preview inquiries Forever (9:16) Water (4:48) Sodium Lamp Study (5:34) Cowboys and Iodine (6:02) Cure (5:23) The Weight of Snow (15:24) Dust (3:09) Series Full-Length Version (43:44) A project spanning...

Forever

forever (2013) is part one of the lion series e-mail me for online preview inquiries Part dream, part documentary, Forever weaves history and hedonism to form a world of dandelions, hypnosis, bicycles and memory. Created from experiments replicating the effects of...

Water

water (21o4) is part two of the lion series e-mail me for online preview inquiries A film exploring the impulsive nature of radiation, Water is the last dream of a dying man. Using brilliant blue and black images from cross-processed 16mm, the film explores the end of...

Sodium Lamp Study

sodium lamp study (21o4) is part three of the lion series e-mail me for online preview inquiries A technical experiment about exposure and an interview of a woman’s experience with radioactive ablation therapy for thyroid cancer, Sodium Lamp Study is a meditation on...

Cowboys and Iodine

cowboys and iodine (21o4) is part four of the lion series e-mail me for online preview inquiries An attempt to tame the atomic frontier, Cowboys and Iodine is a fever dream involving the masculine bravado and seldom-discussed gender shaming used to encourage men to...

Cure

cure (21o4) is part five of the lion series e-mail me for online preview inquiries Cure is a document from a time when radiation was touted as a solution for everything- for beauty, power, perhaps even for a broken heart. A drifting composition, Cure uses gently...

The Weight of Snow

the weight of snow (21o4) is part six of the lion series e-mail me for online preview inquiries A home movie of a trip to Chernobyl, a dying matriarch and a set of troubling personal circumstances, The Weight of Snow is an essay documenting memory, time and place. A...

Dust

dust (21o4) is part seven of the lion series e-mail me for online preview inquiries Referencing Yayoi Kusama’s concept of self-obliteration, Dust is a memory document, a self-portrait in a moment one prefers to forget. Using techniques to erase portions of the image,...

Some Day My Prince Will Come @ GLAAD Art Auction

Some Day My Prince Will Come will be projected at the GLAAD Art Auction in New York on 18 November 2013. I'm excited to support the event and hope it'll get blood pumping and money flowing. Event information can be found here.

Interview with Portal Cinema

I was recently featured in an interview with Portal Cinema, a Portugese-language film blog. Follow the link to read it!