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The Time Machine - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

‘The Time Machine’ – Electronic music accompanies an impressionistic series of superimposed B/W images connoting time, automation, hypnosis, and dissolution.

The Ambient Medium - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

‘The Ambient Medium’ – Mid-20th c. b/w industrial films documenting corningware production and teen dances are visited by glittering clouds of light from the future.

Privacy Invasion - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

Sequence of 5 videos relating the city with personal events.

It’s OK - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

Appropriating the national anthem and creating lyrics for such music, the piece subverts ironically the founding principles of behaviors and attitudes taken as normal and positive.

Essay on Unsheltered Bodies - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

‘Essay on Unsheltered Bodies’ – In this poetic reflection, time-lapse imagery and first-person narratives highlight the indignity of homelessness in Los Angeles.

Sky and Wires: At Home and Homeless - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

‘Sky and Wires: At Home and Homeless’ – Time-compressed trips through three U.S. coastal cities contrast with down-tempo scenes of places unspoiled as a Reichian piano loops reverbs escalate logarithmically.

Laleska - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

Collage of texts and nocturnal images from postcards in search of Laleska.

Study of Dogs - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

‘Study of Dogs’ – Video diary of a day as a dog catcher in New Delhi, India.

The Flintstones - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

Cespedes abstracts images from an episode of the Flintstones to create a subtle and mysterious sequence, when combined with the dialogues and sounds that correspond to the popular cartoon.

We Are Equal: Zapatista Women Speak - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

Women discuss their economic structure in this documentary about indigenous life in Chiapas, Mexico. This documentary depicts the lives of women in an indigenous community in Chiapas. Reflecting the political concerns of the indigenous Zapatista movement, the video combines images of domesticity with testimonials and agitprop folk music. The women, many of whom are masked […]

Land Belongs to those Who Work It - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

Land ownership is considered in this documentary about workers in rural Chiapas, Mexico. Testimonials and documentary footage dramatize a land conflict between indigenous workers and the state government of Chiapas. A meeting between Zapatista authorities and Mexican government functionaries offers a critical look at the practical implications of so-called ecotourism. Masked in affiliation with the […]

Taiwan - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

A blurry vision of the artist’s home country makes us think about the significance of memories and how history is guided by them.

Work - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

‘Work’ – Macintosh desktop icons superimposed over still images of construction workers create new blue collar screensavers.

Ladies’ Room - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

Cui Xiuwen concealed a video camera to record the activities of young women in the ladies’ room of a Beijing Karaoke Club. She captures them unaware in candid moments as they inspect themselves in the mirror and prepare to return to the nightclub.

Rorschach Revelations - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

An abstract blot becomes a site of right-wing fanaticism. A Rorschach test blot comes slowly into view. A voice responds to the image in free flow of associations. The abstract image humorously morphs into a recognizable one, in which the viewer identifies a demonic vision of the political left.

I Love You Jet Li - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

Airplanes and airports set the scene for confessions about love. A voiceover tells the intimate story of her love life while scenes of waiting airplane passengers drift across the screen. The camera lingers on body parts and blurry views, dislocating the viewer from the semi-public space.

Don`t Pee On My Sneakers - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

Funk music and a shifting view set a festive tone for this row of peeing men. Various figures stand with backs to the camera as if they are peeing in urinals. A separate viewer seems to have control of the image via his laptop. As he shifts our gaze left and right across the white […]

backslash - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

‘backslash’ – Graphical unfolding into the process of investigative mathematics, with butterflies.

The Scalable City - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

‘The Scalable City’ – Paradise is paved via imagery appropriated from an interactive game while suburban sound effects twitter and honk a contrasting realism.

Neither Here Nor There - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

‘Neither Here Nor There’ – As basic movements are performed in both virtual and real spaces, the artist struggles to keep up with his ideal virtual self.

Listening - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

A series of interior images compliment a distorted voice. The domestic sphere is photographed in specific detail, focusing primarily on the kitchen sink. A distorted voice attempts to make some contact. The solitude of this interior overpowers the faint signs of life that appear. Contrasting the everydayness of an ordinary kitchen scene with subtle supernatural […]

Heaven Can Wait - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

Explores the idea of panoramic spectatorship through the phenomenon of revolving restaurants.

Medios II (the assault on Bogota) - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

November 6 1985: the guerrilla group M-19 invades the supreme court; the armed forces refuse to negotiate leading to a confrontation right in front of the presidential palace.

Medios III (melancholy in Bogota) - video

freewaves | January 22, 2015

August 19 1989: the presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galan is assassinated by narcotics traffickers, one of the saddest moments in the city’s history.