click image to play in Flash | Quicktime The film material of Advise to Iraki People originates in the relatively peaceful Iraq of 1988, two years before the first Gulf’s War. As the camera is filming from a car, which is driving through Baghdad, a voice-over reads a text in which general advice is given [...]

click image to play video in Flash | Quicktime This week’s post features “Painting with Camera,” a Super 8 film made by Aaron Valdez around 2000 in Austin, Texas. Transferred by videotaping the film projected on a wall, this piece exploits the flicker inherent in film projection along with graphic explorations of the urban environment [...]