Jake Barningham

Equal parts documentary, essay, and narrative,"Captain Elliot's Circle" is mostly a poetic interaction with an obscure corner of Chinese and British history. Constructed using primary source documents about the taking of Zhoushan, Britain's first choice for a seaport, in the late 1830s,this movie uses Captain Charles Elliot's reluctance to brutalize the Chinese to reflect on the cyclical nature of history and the power structures that move it. The long takes used throughout function to illustrate the dramatically different ways in which people who lived in the mid-19th century perceived time. Additionally, it represents the psychological effect of living on an island regardless of what era you were born in.The last third of the movie focuses on a young woman whose strange day job has taken her far away from the island of Zhoushan generations after Captain Charles Elliot was last there. "Captain Elliot's Circle" was shot on location in Zhoushan and Hangzhou.

and oceans (2010) 320x240 262kbps 3.31MB 14fps

Nevermore Eleanor (2024) | 2160p

color copy (Jake Barningham, 2011)

parts (Jake Barningham, 2011)

lines (2010)

western (2011)

The outline of a horse hovers before us in different forms, seeming at times like a cave painting and at times like a video illusion.

and houses (Jake Barningham, 2011)

Easter (Jake Barningham, 2011)

night, day (Jake Barningham, 2011)

Repeating images of a boy running in the snow, an ocean, abstract shapes, and a man turning the crank of a giant machine all collide violently with one another as new video forms result. Technical details: 320x240 209kbps 3.3MB 11fps

Hills (Jake Barningham, 2011)

again (Jake Barningham, 2011)

a view from a cemetery (Jake Barningham, 2011)

25 (Jake Barningham, 2011)

A mirrored labyrinth as navigated by a swarm of insect gods.

centered (2010)

sometimes at night (Jake Barningham, 2011)

i hear strange laughter (Jake Barningham, 2011)