VIDEO ART
The Blobs
SHORT FILMS ABOUT ARTISTS AND THINKERS
As a teen, I painted my walls with portraits of the writers who inspired me - a 6’ Jim Morrison finger-painting gave way to Bob Holman, to Virginia Woolf, to Sartre. This act of devotion continues now. When I fall in love with a thinker, I create a digital love song, like the ones below. Also see my written ode to Virginia Woolf, A Life of One’s Own: A Guide to Better Living through the Work and Wisdom of Virginia Woolf (Penguin).
Trust The Poem: A Film with Bob Holman
Seven Types of Ambiguity: A Fllm on William Empson
Jordan Peterson: Speaking
George Gurdjieff and The Art of Considering
George Gurdjieff: Why it's Hard to be Honest
About Haruki Murakami
The Faces of the Enneagram: A Video series about the Personality Test
THE ANIMAL PODCAST SERIES
As a clinical psychologist, I am interested in the relationships we imagine and romanticize about animal life. These videos are part of a series of faux-podcasts in which I toggle scientific and dream voices. They give me a chance to costume, to perform, to access animal self. For more in the series see my Vimeo page.
PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS FOR NGOs AND SOCIAL ADVOCACY:
The camera is a robust therapeutic tool. I sometimes use it in my therapy sessions, as a way for client and therapist to get a more objective view on our relationship. Interviews on tape can be a way to open up, to engage a performative or confident self.
Below are ways in which I have used the camera for social advocacy: documentary style interviews that expose a point of view, promotional content for NGO’s, empowerment work with refugees.
Daniel Adamick
A short film made about a man on his release from a life sentence in prison. He used the film as a letter to his daughter, to whom he had not spoken his full story.
Social Hackers Foundation
Part of a series of promotional videos for Social Hackers Academy, an NGO in Athens, Greece, that teaches refugees coding skills, to help them find high paying jobs.
Zohir
An interview with a refugee studying at Social Hacker Academy. Since the interview, he went on to become a teacher at the school.
ANIMATIONS OF EMOTIONAL IMMEDIACY
Here are the emotionally dense videos in which I enjoy a more primitive animation style and personal topics. For more in the series see my Vimeo page.
