The Figure of Unconscious Mind

Ambient Chaconne

June 2019 •English

A time-lapse animated meditation on geothermal energy, erosion, seismic activity and magma. Shot above the Yellowstone Caldera and amongst the Bryce Canyon hoodoos, the film explores how they connect these past cataclysms to the present endangered environment within the sixth mass extinction and future threats to an ecosystem already in collapse. The musical accompaniment, composed and performed by Pauline Kim Harris, is based on a reimagining of the Chaconne from the Partita No.2 in D minor (BWV 1004) by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Secret

February 2020 •English

A family pod of three dolphins navigates decay as an inevitable register while also having a secret ascension to a higher ground.

Cymatic Cocoon

July 2007 •English

This film explores cymatics and telepathy among twins

Debt Quest

October 2024 •English

In this 90-minute epic (comprised of community sourced experimental animation from the Hellavision Television Network) - the story follows Clover, a carefree spirit who joins a party go on an adventure as they try to pull themselves from financial despair by fulfilling the Bug King’s Debt Quest.

Chronopolis

September 1983 •French

In a gargantuan city lurking in the sky, powerful immortals who have become jaded with eternal life. Most of their time is spent monotonously constructing bizarre and unusual objects while waiting for the ultimate gift to arrive.

Dam$els of Luxury

June 2024 •English

Amanda's stoner slumber party is put to a halt when one of her guests is nowhere to be found.

White Tendons

January 2023 •Spanish

A lost traveler encounters a talking clown puppet that won’t stop looking at a mysterious orange light.

A Short Vision

May 1956 •English

The leaders, the wise men, the leopard, the deer, the owl and the rat all look up in the sky in fear as a strange object flies through the sky.

Ghost Town

December 2023 •English

Seraphim Cloud and his life size doppelgänger enter the netherworld of Calico Ghost Town deep within the Mojave Desert.

Norsk Folksang

April 2011 •English

Emerging from the sea onto land an axolotl swims through complex terrain parallel to a man searching for an encounter with God.

Vortex

June 2017 •Portuguese

A corridor of an apartment is transformed into a claustrophobic and vertiginous vortex that swallows and imprisons you in an infinite fall through a mise en abyme: it’s a pure enclosure inside the image world, it’s the Descent into the Maelstrom.

Optimizer Customizer

January 2002 •English

A feminine machine, stuffed with modern nano-technology and useless operations is depicted in this mixed-media 2D animation short, highlighting the consequences of consumerism and the downfall of civilized society. The machine reminiscent of a two-dimensional video game, leads to a destructive chain reaction after a strange malfunction, with people turning into clones and robots.

My Body Is Not My Home

Invalid date •English

My Body Is Not My Home is a 3D animated short film following the journey of an uncanny simulacrum who undergoes the process of becoming the ‘Other’.

LAND

April 2013 •English

LAND is a fluid series of formal land animation experiments based upon the imprint of landscapes in various locations and intuitive interpretations of those movements. Shot in New York, Thimble Islands Bear Island, Connecticut, Armstrong Redwoods, Sonoma County, California, Hastings, England. note* (part of the EYE Filmmuseum Permanent Collection)

In Ictu Oculi

October 2020 •Basque

The six-decade transformation of a block of houses, shown by means of artfully featured archival shots, highlights the beauty and sadness of human-made decay. In the blink of an eye 66 years pass by and a savings bank replaces a church.

Chair Cemetery

April 2025 •French

Confusion settles in the house, how to make it a home again?

The Peel

March 2025 •

After a flat tire leaves her stranded in the woods, a woman revisits haunting memories of her self-destructive tendencies on the finger nails. As she peels the skin from her fingers, each strip draws her deeper into the past. With every layer, she steps closer to the hidden child within herself.

MOFO Relay

December 2020 •English

An experimental animation about sea space aliens having a good mofo time. Hand drawn in a frame by frame relay process between two animators.

gylden load

January 2007 •

A load of Halloween monsters freak each other out in a strobing cacophany.

Fiz Amizade com um Fantasma

April 2024 •Portuguese