Films:
The First Story is the first film in a trilogy of "westerns." Here the central idea is Power in its various forms, especially as seen overland in the quintessential American West: the big rigs on I 90 and the freight trains crossing Wyoming. It is the contrast of these machines to the broad landscape and animal life that digs at this mythological space and questions what other meanings might be created. The images were collected on super 8 throughout Wyoming and Montana over the course of two years. They were compiled under the guiding principle of applying the improvisational techniques of making music to making a film.
The First Story
2000 | 11 minutes | super 8The First Story is the first film in a trilogy of "westerns." Here the central idea is Power in its various forms, especially as seen overland in the quintessential American West: the big rigs on I 90 and the freight trains crossing Wyoming. It is the contrast of these machines to the broad landscape and animal life that digs at this mythological space and questions what other meanings might be created. The images were collected on super 8 throughout Wyoming and Montana over the course of two years. They were compiled under the guiding principle of applying the improvisational techniques of making music to making a film.
