Josh B Mabe
Directing
Known For
Library Art. Chicago Heights, IL.
And Magics
Before Brakhage and Landow, there was Kurt Heyl, a South Side native, musician, and School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s first film student, who briefly held together that school’s experimental film program with spit, spirit, and stubborn grit. Built from Heyl’s own words and images, this video essay kicks off the Chicago Media Histories Project with a rough-edged tribute to a nearly forgotten chapter in underground cinema.
AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE: KURT HEYL
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The Devil And Themselves
A fire. A figure. A flash. Rock Hill, SC.
Measures Kindling
Cheap video, cross-processed Kodachrome and years-old animations combine in this film, made around – but not of – a funeral. Flipcam, cross-processed Kodachrome, old animations. Big Creek, VA.
Addy Choo
Junkyard cows and animators hands. Title lifted from Charles Simic. Chicago, IL & Chicago Heights, IL.
Smart Chickens, Rickety World
Two Christmastime films. Two sides of the mountain. Richlands, VA.
To Quit, To Quiet & To Mark The Shape
A tiny film. Richlands, VA & Rock Hill, SC.
To Another
An appropriation and reframing of Stan Brakhage’s Stellar, Pastoral is a fascinating tribute to the late artist. Despite being further abstracted, hyper-saturated and degraded by various means of reproduction, the late artist’s distinctive rhythm and composition remain recognizably intact. Altering landscape. Cheeky. Chicago, IL.