2017
8 Minutes, 7 Seconds
Within Limit explores internal and external constraint and our struggle for freedom from both. We learn to work, play, love, and behave along a surprisingly rigid set of approved behaviors. Over time, these rules disappear and become normal. But in movement we can see them for what they are — perhaps seeing ourselves in new light as well.
2016
30 Minute Loop, Vertical
The annual Night Lights video projection festival provides an opportunity every year for local artists to present their work collectively. This is an excerpt of a looping, site-specific work created in collaboration with Faith Morrison. The work was made and presented on the same wall, just hours apart.
2017
6 Minutes, 12 Seconds
Complicated Women is the screendance iteration of a larger project of the same name by choreographer and dancer, Katie Scherman. It features movement by Faith Morrison and Jessica Zoller and composition by Michael Wall.
2017
3 Minutes, 58 Seconds
The people of Battle Lake, Minnesota star in this short community screendance. Participants rolled dice to find their movement quality, level, and direction. The participant that followed began their movement with the movement of the last person. The result is a seemingly continuous dance in Battle Lake's Artstream Alley. Produced as part of the annual DanceBARN dance festival. Soundtrack by Hamilton Beach.
2017
2 minutes, 6 seconds
This film, "it's about time," is a dance film in which contemporary choreography was translated into the language of film. Earlier this year, choreographer Katie Scherman reset part of her contemporary ballet "it's about time," for the Pro 8mm One Roll Challenge. The version presented here remains true to that initial concept, but includes the score used during the original stage presentation. Production took place at dawn in Portland's Forest Park using a Sankyo XL-420 and Kodak 500T.
2017
2 minutes, 35 seconds
This film aims to convey through dance and film what it feels like to be at 16th and Raleigh, where a forgotten little patch of grass hides under a busy interstate. Using a choreographic technique developed by Faith Morrison, all the senses are used as inspiration for dance and camera improvisation. In post-production, the sound design and editing amplify those same initial sensations. The result is an interpretation of the space through dance and film. Research and production took place on location using a Sankyo XL-420 and Kodak 50D.
2017
60 Seconds
Untitled is a one-minute screendance made in collaboration with choreographer and dancer Faith Morrison. Untitled was the winner of the 60 Second Cellphone Screendance Challenge at the 2017 Northwest Screendance Exposition.