I have been carrying a camera for the last twenty-three years. From ages twelve to eighteen, I used a consumer mini-dv camera; thereafter, a 16mm Bolex. The ensuing archive–which also includes all footage shot of me until age twelve–contains hundreds of hours, tens of thousands of shots.
Over the last decade, my system for archiving the images has become a work in itself. Inspired by Pasolini's term, "im-sign," I formulated an ever-growing system of short-hands to codify the filmic gestures in any image. The result is a searchable database that goes beyond people, places, and setting.
I am currently developing a proprietary editing software with artist Wojciech Kosma that reads my metadata, and batch-edits image pools algorithmically.
Between 2012 and 2022, I made a trilogy of short psychodramas that include Apsis (2012), Weathering (2015), and Norma (2022). The films revolve around anxieties of intrusion.
I sit on the board of Light Industry, an experimental cinema in Brooklyn, NY. In 2024, Mott Hupfel and I founded the PH Film Preservation LTD., a 501c3 dedicated to preserving and propagating Peter Hutton's film works.
I have been carrying a camera for the last twenty-three years. From ages twelve to eighteen, I used a consumer mini-dv camera; thereafter, a 16mm Bolex. The ensuing archive–which also includes all footage shot of me until age twelve–contains hundreds of hours, tens of thousands of shots.
Over the last decade, my system for archiving the images has become a work in itself. Inspired by Pasolini's term, "im-sign," I formulated an ever-growing system of short-hands to codify the filmic gestures in any image. The result is a searchable database that goes beyond people, places, and setting.
I am currently developing a proprietary editing software with artist Wojciech Kosma that reads my metadata, and batch-edits image pools algorithmically.
Between 2012 and 2022, I made a trilogy of short psychodramas that include Apsis (2012), Weathering (2015), and Norma (2022). The films revolve around anxieties of intrusion.
I sit on the board of Light Industry, an experimental cinema in Brooklyn, NY. In 2024, Mott Hupfel and I founded the PH Film Preservation LTD., a 501c3 dedicated to preserving and propagating Peter Hutton's film works.