"Oversight" The title has a double-meaning; it's strange that the two definitions of the word "oversight" are near opposites. Depending on context, the word can refer to a kind of quality control; one entity checking the work of another... more
	"Braces, Casts, Braces" This is a short video art work which is thematically, aesthetically & technically a continuation, more or less, of the previous one "ISLEPTWITHTHELIGHTON". This video makes reference to two... more
	"ISLEPTWITHTHELIGHTON" Sleeping with the light on is associated with being afraid of what lurks in the dark, more specifically being fearful of your own imagination. This piece is personal and autobiographical... more
	"Knifescotch" This collaborative piece, with Julie Fotheringham, was completed in one day from start to finish. The video was also used an element for the "do not disconnect" performance... more
	"Function Generator (version 1)" This collaborative piece, with Julie Fotheringham, was completed in one evening from start to finish. It was subsequently developed into a live performance version... more
	"Fall 2001" This piece is 1 of 6 created for "Lost As Heat", an interactive DVD-Video disc. The work, through shades of blue, conveys the sense of shock; the cold, numb feeling following September 11th... more
	"Replacement Level" This piece is 1 of 6 created for "Lost As Heat", an interactive DVD-Video disc. The title "Replacement Level" is taken from a term in the study of human population dynamics. The piece is a reflection on... more
	"Sex Workers" This piece is 1 of 6 created for "Lost As Heat", an interactive DVD-Video disc. Next door to my apartment was an escort service; one of those barely-legal fronts for prostitution... more
	"Shibuya" This piece is 1 of 6 created for "Lost As Heat", an interactive DVD-Video disc. Like a green forest filled with activity and energy is how I've depicted a well-known intersection in Tokyo. The Shibuya area in Tokyo... more
	"Grandma J" This piece is 1 of 6 created for "Lost As Heat", an interactive DVD-Video disc. In 1978, my dad recorded an interview with my great-grandmother about her life. I came across this recording... more
	"Greater Than Less Than" This piece is 1 of 6 created for "Lost As Heat", an interactive DVD-Video disc. It's a meditation on power and powerlessness using the imagery of police, homeless people and rats as subjects... more
	"Women in Office & Soldiers" One day, some soldiers were gathered outside waiting to start marching in a parade. Not long after that, I heard them hollering and cheering. When I came to look... more
	"Wake Up" One night I was out shooting video in some nightclubs for a freelance project. I came across this passed-out guy on the sidewalk outside a club... more
	"Oud Player" I was interested in the motion of the musician, so I used editing techniques to repeat little miniature repeating patterns of movement... more
	"Bezem" This was part of a series of pieces I did using an endoscopic camera. "Bezem" is actually series of more than two-dozen separate short pieces... more
	"Deinventing the Wheel w/ Christian Marclay" This video profiles a friend of mine, the artist/musician Christian Marclay. One of the things he does is live improvisation using turntables & vinyl... more
	"Quality" This piece depicts the imaginary goings-on at an abandoned gas station in several short vignettes. The short sections were originally part of an interactive... more
	"HIVE2" This video consists of a series of 18 extremely short video pieces, which are rather abstract in nature. This was the first of several works which used a medical scope camera for all imagery... more
	"3 Kinetic Sculptures" The idea of the first sculpture "Adult Toy 1" is that the larger figure can never grab the smaller one, try as s/he might. In the second piece "The Warren", the rabbits enter and exit their burrow... more
	"7 Hours" When in Amsterdam, I became infatuated with this gal from Bratislava, Slovakia.This piece was for her. I never saw her again... more
	"A Blue Jay" Based on actual events. During my brother's confirmation, the front doors of the church had been left open. The service became rather surreal after a blue jay flew in, disrupted the ceremony... more
	"Art School Buzzwords, pt. 1" Every profession has it's annoying jargon; the art world is no exception. Art school is where you can go to learn to annoy people with fancy terminology... more
	"Art School Buzzwords, pt. 2" Every profession has it's annoying jargon; the art world is no exception. Art school is where you can go to learn to annoy people with fancy terminology... more
	"Art School Buzzwords, pt. 3" Every profession has it's annoying jargon; the art world is no exception. Art school is where you can go to learn to annoy people with fancy terminology... more
	"Selections from the Early Morning Journal" For about a year prior to making this video, I used a portable cassette recorder to record myself describing my dreams just after waking up every day. It was a lot more effective than... more
	"Bill the Foot" A day in the life of a guy named Bill who has a foot for a head....more
	"Fish's Bad Day" About the worse possible day, in fact, for the protagonist, a ne'er-do-well fish named "Fish". This was my first and only attempt at cartoonish, narrative animation... more
	"Along for the Ride" Some reflections on driving and long-distance touring on a motorcycle. This was shot on some back roads north of my home town, Iowa City, Iowa.... more
	"Sacred Cow" My very first video, this was made around the time I became a vegetarian. I videotaped the cows in the beginning part of the video near my dad's house in my hometown, Iowa City, Iowa... more

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