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What Boat? 2011, TRT 2:50

A stop-motion animated glimpse into the raucous lives of a group of boat punks living at the margins of society and the edge of the Gowanus Canal.

First Date, Second Life 2010 TRT 5:17 Machinima- all imagery from Second LIfe

Initially intended as a juxtaposition of the awkwardness inherent to a first date with the physical awkwardness Second Life provides, this piece became focused on the experiential conflict of imposing purposeful acts upon characters native to a purposeless world.

Poets Say, 2010 TRT 2:20 16mm

Made for a French experimental film festival. Three lines of text from the inspiring poem were required.

Make Me, 2009 TRT 6:30 Super 8/ 16mm

Everything about this movie makes me uncomfortable. That was the point.

dirt, 2002 TRT 8:03 16mm

A young girl navigates the line between being a kid and the expectations of being a young woman.

Baby Bird, 2005 TRT 1:29 16mm

Starring- Ryan Alberti

Originally made as a piece of the larger film 'make me', 'baby bird' stood on its own as a looped projection in my loft for 'Brooklyn Open Studios 2005.' Cut to be exactly 40' long this continuous piece of 16mm traveled the length of the space it was installed in and back, providing a fitting metaphor for the cycles of growth explored within its imagery.

Means vs Extremes, 2005 TRT 3:14 16mm found footage

Originally made as part of a live projection for the band Isle of Citadel 'means vs extremes' is my piece of the larger film: 'Math Movie.' Made from found footage given to me by "Math Movie's architect, Lisa Kletjian. 'means vs extremes' matches up likely and unlikely images to tell a ridiculously subtle joke.

Milwaukee, an experiment, 2011 TRT 4:43 16mm

A Hi-Con & Tri-X, hand-processed, manually edited film.