For Issa

For Issa is a travelogue composed in the spirit of 19th century Japanese poet and wanderer Issa. Through a distillation of impressions, the haiku poets of Issa’s time sought to express moments in a crystallized state. In order to capture experience as a unity and totality, the haiku structure consisted of two elements: the first represented the object, condition, or situation; the second represented perception. The desired result was a nexus of self and world. Footage for this work was gathered from various locations, including Thailand, New York, and Massachusetts.

11 minutes, 2012

Screenings and Gallery Exhibitions
2019               Alternating Current Art Space, Melbourne Australia

2017               Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, TN

IDEA Center, Spectral Microcinema, Stevens Point, WI

Tisch School for the Arts, N.Y.U.,Chelsea Music Festival, NYC, NY

2016               Cellular MicroCinema, Minneapolis, MN

                       Unexposed Microcinema, Durham, NC

                       MicroEye Microcinema, Asheville, North Carolina

                       Napoleon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2015               Staple Goods, New Orleans, LA

2014               University of Iowa, Cinema and Intermedia Art Department, Iowa City, IA

2013               Terminal Physical Space Austin Peay University, Clarksville, TN

                       NES Artist Openhouse, Skagastrond, Iceland

                       Azarian Mccullough Art Gallery, Sparkill, NY

                       Contraband Cinema Mint Gallery, Atlanta, GA

                       Coop Gallery, Nashville, TN

2012               Iowa City International Film Festival, Iowa City, IA (multi-channel installation)

                       Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN

                       Gallery 202, Westerville, OH (multi-channel installation)

Starry Night Artist Residency show, Truth or Consequences, NM