Rich Fedorchak
Directing
Biography
Rich Fedorchak is a self taught artist who has been making experimental films in the Super 8 film medium since the mid-1970's. His films have been screened at various juried festivals devoted to small gauge film in the USA and Canada. He has been a guest lecturer and presenter in the film and media department at Dartmouth College.
Known For
The objects found inside the house seemed of little historical importance - two diaries. But taken together, they form a fantastical little story… and so a filmmaker finds herself caught between fiction and memory, believing in impossibilities.
Inventor Crazybrains and the Girl Called Bird
Two men materialized on the empty street...
The Seventh Proof
A choreographed motion study for twinkling trinkets, beaming baubles, and glaring glimmers. A bow ballet ablaze (for bedazzled buoyant bijoux brought up to boil).
Something Between Us
My first use of superimposition and cut-out animation. Winner of a grand prize in the best experimental film category at the annual Super 8 Film and Digital Video Festival held at Rutgers University
Windchimes
The image of the sleeping Buddha historically represents the Buddha dying or entering Nirvana. Or he may be dreaming of lives past and of death and what lies beyond. Music by Henry Kaiser and Kaki King. Special thanks to Jodie Mack and Marlis Dunn.
Buddha's Daydream
A summing up of the spontaneous Super 8 filmmaking I have done over the past decade exploring nature, home, and friends using improvised distorting lenses, macro photography, and pixillation. I imagine that it would fit the film scholar P. Adams Sitney's definition of a " Quotidian Lyric". Music by 2 of my favorite percussion ensembles : Ensemble et. al. and TIGUE.
Brief Glimpses on the Way to Joy (Part 1)
A super 8 film conceived and shot by my friend Franklin Johnson around 1975 with additional footage shot by me. Features our longtime friend Marlis Spauchus ( Dunn ). Music by Terry Riley.
Frames
An unexpected encounter in the wood. Based upon a short story from Algeron Blackwood.
The Wood
Impressions of Soo Sunny Parks beautiful site- specific sculpture installation at the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, MA.
On Capturing Resonance
Sometime in the mid-70's, my good friend Bill McGowan had an idea for a film. He needed someone to film it, so I and my trusty super 8 camera took on the job. Shot on the streets of Boston early one morning. Music by 10cc. Check out those pants!
The Film of My Love
I love music of all kinds, therefore it's rare for one of my films to not have musical accompaniment. However, the majority of the time, the film comes first and after it's edited I search for a piece of music that fits the films length, rhythms, and tone. It is the opposite with this film, as it was for Tomorrow Never Knows. Boy With a Fish is a wonderful indie-rock band from Ithaca, NY, that deserves wider attention. When I first heard the surreal lyrics to this song I immediately wanted to attempt to express them cinematically. This is the result.
Birds Fly Backwards
A study of light and shadow shot on Tri-X super 8 black and white film. Music by the composer Peter Garland. " It is in the shadows that momentous encounters take place " - Alfred Fabre-Luce
Chiaroscuro
"Everything is water if you look long enough" —Robert Creeley
The River Flows to the Sea
Spontaneous Super 8 explorations of the internal and external landscapes of my life as 2012 passes into 2013. Largely edited in camera. Music by Sarah Lipstate.
The Turning of the Year
Threnody: a song of lamentation for the dead. Filmed over a period of two years in various old cemeteries in Thetford, Vermont, where I live, and surrounding towns. Music by Noveller ( Sarah Lipstate ).
Threnody
Shot on Super 8 film. Edited in camera.
A Small Film for Stan Brakhage and Larry Jordan
Created for and screened at the 2nd Annual FilmOne Fest in Atlantic Highlands NJ. It's not as easy as it might sound to make a one minute film.
Leap of Faith
Impressions of the first Solid Sound Festival, a music and arts festival curated by the indie rock band Wilco and held annually at Mass MoCA.Edited in camera.
Wilco Will Love You Baby
"Everything is water if you look long enough" -Robert Creeley Music by D* Note (Phased and Konfused mix of Steve Reich's Piano Phase)
The Cosmos in Mike Smith’s Pond
A mysterious corner of my house where dimensions may overlap and magic is a possibility. Shot on Super 8 film. Music by Sufjan Stevens.