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Documentary Projects

 

MOCAtv / West Coast Video Art

Series of interviews with artists working with video and a video art work by the artist, 2012-13. Produced by MOCAtv, a YouTube channel.

Director/Editor

LINK TO THE SERIES

 

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Ant Farm - Media Burn

Ilene Segalove - My Puberty

Eleanor Antin - from the Archives of Modern Art

Skip Arnold - Roll / Head Shaking #1

Ulysses Jenkins - Mass of Images / Vulnerable

Martha Rosler - Semiotics of the Kitchen

Marnie Weber - A Western Song

Bruce and Norman Yonemoto - Vault

John Stugeon - The House of Influence

Jim Shaw - The Hole

Jim Shaw - The Whole

Hilja Keading - The Bonkers Devotional

Harry Gamboa, Jr. - Baby Kake

Chris Burden - The TV Commercials

Brian Bress - Selected Excerpts

Kipper Kids - Performance at The Kitchen, 1988

William Wegman - selected works

 

LA Voices: Perspectives on Coserving Modern Architecture

Video introducing the Conserving Modern Architecture Initiative, a comprehensive, long-term international program of the Getty Conservation Institute.

LINK

 

Regreso desde el lugar de las oscuridad 
(Return From The Place of Shadows)

Documentary about Purépecha artists creating works using straw, their houses and studios in and around Tzintzuntzan, Michoacan, Mexico, and the celebrations and vigils that are part of Día de los Muertos. Produced by the Museum of Straw Art, Long Beach, 2009 in post-production.

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In Memory

Documentary created for the Auckland Museum in New Zealand to commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the World War One Armistice, Nov 11, 2008.

Director/Editor

WEB SITE

 

Bio diversity Film Series

Innovation

Migration

Adaptation at the Ocean's Edge

Film series produced for the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County on various aspects of bio diversity, 2007 (each 20 minutes)

Producer/Co-director


Habitat Views: Sustaining Dioramas at the Natural History

Museum of Los Angeles County

Documents the creation of new dioramas at the Museum and describes some of the history of dioramas. Produced for the Natural History Museum of Los Angles County, 2007 (15 minutes)

Producer/Director/Editor


ConversationsLos AngelesLeiden

Documentary about the creation of the exhibition, distributed as an insert in the exhibit catalog. Produced for the Natural History Museum of Los Angles County and Naturalis, Leiden, 2006 (18 minutes)

Producer/Director 


Michael C. McMillen: CENTRAL MERIDIAN (THE GARAGE)

Documentary project on the artist’s installation at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Produced for the museum, 2005 (10 minutes)

Director/Camera/Editor 


LA: light / motion / dreams: Making an Exhibition

Documentary project in conjunction with the exhibition LA: light / motion / dreams, at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 2004 (35 minutes)

Producer/ Director/Camera/Editor


Enrique Martinez Celaya: Studio Days

Documentary on the work and thought of the artist. Produced in conjunction with his exhibition at The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, and Orange County Museum, Newport Beach, 2001 (29 minutes)

Producer/ Director/Camera/Editor


Making THAT PROFILE, Martin Puryear's Sculpture

for The Getty Center

Documentary on the creation of a sculpture for The Getty Center. Produced for The Getty Trust, 1999 (25 minutes)

Director/Camera/Editor


First Street Bridge Project

Documentary on work by George Herms and Hiro Yamagata in downtown LA, produced for the artists, 1998 (22 minutes)

Director/Camera/Editor


Binary Lives: Steina & Woody Vasulka

Documentary on the lives and work of the Vasulka's.

Co-produced with Grand Canal, Paris, 1996 (46 minutes)

Director

Distributed by Video Data Bank


Gary Simmons - Erasure Drawings

Documentary on the creation of an installation for the Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles, 1996 (17 minutes)

Director/Editor

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Earthly Paradise, from the beginning - Hiro Yamagata

Exhibit film for Hiro Yamagata, 1994 (15 minutes)

Producer/ Director/Editor

LINK


1140 Angelo Drive: The Marcia Simon Weisman Collection

Documentary for The Marcia Weisman Foundation, 1993 (12 minutes)

Producer/ Director/Editor


Louis I. Kahn: An Offering to Architecture

Architecture Documentary produced for Delphi Research, Tokyo, 1992 (57 minutes)

Producer/ Director/Editor


Alexis Smith: Life in America

Documentary produced in conjunction with the exhibition Alexis Smith, organized by The Whitney Museum of American Art, 1991 (28 minutes)

Producer/ Director/Editor

Distributed by Video Data Bank

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The Mirage Dolphin Lagoon

Documentary for The Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, 1991 (9 minutes)

Director/Editor

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John Baldessari: Some Stories

Documentary produced on the occasion of the retrospective exhibition John Baldessari, organized by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1990 (28 minutes)

Producer/ Director/Editor

Distributed by Video Data Bank

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The Art of Pacific Enterprises

Documentary on the art collection of Pacific Enterprises, 1990 (20 minutes)

Director/Editor


The Case Study House Program 1945-1966: An Anecdotal History & Commentary

Documentary produced in conjunction with the exhibition Blueprints for Modern Living: The Case Study House Program organized by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1988-1989 (58 minutes)

Producer/ Director/Editor


The New Case Study Architects Projects

Documentary produced for the exhibition Blueprints for Modern Living: The Case Study House Program organized by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1989 (24 minutes)

Director/Editor


Chris Burden  

Video produced in conjunction with the exhibition organized by The Newport Harbor Art Museum, 1988-89 (28 minutes)

Director/Editor

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Gemini G.E.L. 1988

Documentary for Japanese exhibition tour, 1988 (18 minutes)

Producer/Director/Editor


The Secret of Life and Death: Allen Ruppersberg

Documentary produced in conjunction with the exhibition Allen Ruppersberg at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1986 (26 minutes)

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