filmography/ video

Film and video

Studied painting, performance and film at the University of California,
San Diego (B.A. Visual Arts 1979)

Completed graduate coursework for M.A. Film at San Francisco State
University (1984)

The Sit Film
Live action, animation, color, silent, 18 fps, 10,5 min, S/8mm film
Visual descriptions of movement similarities and their analogical
inter-associations
1977

Associer
Animation, found footage, color, silent, 24 fps, 8 min, 16mm film
Exposition of the explicit and implicit relationships between sexual orientation, surfing, and militarism
1977

Phenomena
Live action, animation, optical printing, color, sound, 24 fps, 10.5 min, 16mm film
Comparisons of facts or events in the changing and perceptible forms as
distinguished from their permanent essences
1977

Four Episodes
Animation, found footage, hand-painted film, color, silent, 18 fps, 5 min, S/8mm
Abstract experiments using hand-painted and cell animated film
1977

Split Run
Live performance with rear-projected film, color, sound, 24 fps, 5 min, 16mm film
Visual/ aural analyses of viewer/ position interpretations within moveable spatial parameters
1978

YKFU a sa place
Live action, animation, optical printing, color, sound, 24 fps, 10 min, 16mm film
A bicycle ride between success and failure, ideologically measuring the usefulness of each
1978

Four Episodes (in line and color)
Animation, found footage, contact printing, color, sound, 24 fps, 10 min, 16mm film
Experiments in hand-painted, cell animation, and contact printed film
1979

This morning a wasp stung me on my right hand middle finger
it’s beginning to swell and has become quite painful…
Live action, animation, hand-painted film, optical and contact printing, color, sound, 24 fps, 14 min, 16mm film
Remembrances of past romances; a short autobiographical reflection
1979

Bimbo Films
Live action, optical effects, color, sound, 24 fps, 16mm film; four separate films
presented in the context of a live theatrical stage musical, “Bimbo”
   Dream Movie, Narrative, 30 min
   He’s a Comin’, Musical, 8 min
            Swami Purapanda, Interview, 14 min
            Ju Ju, Interview, 10 min
Responsible for cinematography, sound, and editing
1979

Black Christmas
Live action, black and white, sound or silent, 24 fps, 9 min, 16mm film
A personal record of my family’s 1979 Christmas celebration
1980

Amoebiasis
Optical and contact printing, found footage, color, sound, 24 fps, 5 min, 16mm film
Amoebic, abstract ,bilateral conceptualism of ‘understanding ulcers’
1981

Position One
Animation, live action, color, sound, 24 fps, 2.5 min, 16mm film
Unique visionary imagery using animated effects
1981

Rules of Conduct
Live action, found footage, optical printing, color, sound, 24 fps, 9 min, 16mm film
Manipulation of the traditional ‘surf film’ genre; a ‘new wave surf film’
1982

GCXW in the second position
Animation, direct painting on film, slide photography, color, sound, 24 fps, 9 min, 16mm film
Assembly of enamored personal thoughts presented and represented, with structure and sound as key to sequential ambiguity
1982

Directory
Live action, black and white, sound, 24 fps, 5 min, 16mm film
Co-directed documentary about a contemporary urban shopping center, University Town Center, La Jolla, CA
(1982)

FZOD in the third position
Live action, optical printing, color, sound, 24 fps, 5 min, 16mm film
Dual narrative superimposed over the image of peeling and eating an orange in extreme close-up
1983

The Pickup
Cell animation, color, sound, 24 fps, 5 min, 16mm film
In process, test work-print in black and white completed; color cell drawings, using ink and pastels in 3 layers, in process
Multiple word meanings explored via the inherent connotative/ denotative qualities of language codes and conventions, using one hand performing one simple action
(1983)

Lycopersicon Esculentum
Live action, optical printing, animation effects, color, sound, 24 fps, - min, 16mm film
In process, short 5 min prototype film completed as working print for exhibition and discussion
Title references North American wild tomato, as a metaphor for male perspectives and interactions with the feminine, consciously and unconsciously
(1984)

Etude for piano
Etude d’execution transcendante
Op. 10, No. 2 in B-Flat minor (a vue de nez)
Live action, color, sound, video, 1.29 min
Piano performance composed and played by Bushniki Farfel
2009

Etude for piano
Etude d’execution transcendante
Op. 10, No. 1 in A minor (a la derive)
Live action, color, sound, video, 1.09 min
Piano performance composed and played by Bushniki Farfel
2009

Words to live by
Live action, color, sound, video, 54 sec
Short play/ experiment in language – what is it we hear/ see, how do we perceive the unintelligible
2012

Making my Art
Live action, color, sound, video, 35 min
Documentary demo of my painting and drawing techniques
2013

Drawing
Live action, color, sound, video, 2.41 min
A short version of “Making my art”, showing my drawing techniques
2013