Jamie Nares Movies

Studies in repetitive movement.

A concrete ball on the off ramp to the old West Side Highway.

Collage of faces taken from television by James Nares

A “sci-fi povera” film shot on Super 8, Men in Orbit features musician Lurie and Eric Mitchell as chain-smoking astronauts in a decrepit...

Choreographed and orchestrated, a rhythmic video music, made by hurling lengths of plastic pipe against a cinder block wall.

Two giant circles forming semicircles, carved with a self-made instrument.

A pendulum swings among old NYC buildings.

"ARABIAN LIGHTS is the second of only two Super 8mm films deAk is known to have fully edited to completion, and the only work she produced outside...

A wandering being in search of sustenance in a wintry wasteland experiences a strange transformation, eventually learning that the best way to get is...

Taking stock of the city block. A measuring of sorts. One of the first films made by Nares after moving to New York City.

A game of stones, with Seth Tillett.

An epic struggle to tie a knot in a length of fabric using the feet.

Freehand wall drawing of a perfect circle.

A semi-visible pianist plays. In memory of the poet, pianist and Judo black belt, David Rattray.

Calibration study for the film Pendulum.

A hand descends, as though from the heavens, to manipulate a length of ribbon.

A schematic animation of matter transforming into energy.

Hand twirls a piece of fabric at 500 frames per second.

Mini-document of sculptural activity, involving the effects of gravity on weighty objects.

Studies in repetitive movement.