interference pattern Experimental (short) 16mm to digital, HD video, color, sound 8 minutes, 35 seconds Light. Sound. Matter. Intricate landscapes emerge from multitudinous overlapping waves of film and quantum physics. A collaborative film co-directed by Ramey Newell and quantum physics PhD candidate Niccolò Bigagli as part of Imagine Science Film
Experimental Documentary (short) Expected completion 2025 All That Was Solid is a short (20-30 minute) experimental documentary, with accompanying photographic series, exploring myriad implications of rapidly thawing permafrost for the communities (human and non-human) of North American arctic and subarctic regions. Scientific and traditional engagement with tundra
16mm | Toned B+W | 3 min | 2020 Ancient cold and primordial heat converge with the immediacy of chemical and biological interactions, destabilizing and/or reordering once-familiar spatiotemporal scales. Even as the perceived urgency of this looking and measuring accelerates, our view is only ever partial.
Feature Documentary, 92 min. 4K video, Atmos surround sound World Premiere: Mountainfilm -- Telluride, CO (USA) -- May 24, 2024 Learn more at the FILM WEBSITE Synopsis: What exactly is a "good wolf"? That depends on who you ask. A century ago, many Americans would have echoed a common
Short Documentary Synopsis: John Ramer has worked in animal sanctuaries most of his adult life, often without pay, and feels this is his life’s calling. John's experiences working with captive wolves have left him deeply changed, driving him to share his knowledge and passion with others in
Insecta is a short (4:52) experimental documentary film that questions humans' relationship with the nonhuman world through the dual lenses of scientific inquiry and the aesthetics of documentary filmmaking. Utilizing archival video and narration in conjunction with original laboratory photography and rhythmic insect sound compositions,
A cacophony of anthrophonic, biophonic, and geophonic sounds co-opt iconic images of the natural world we have come to expect in the traditions of both landscape photography and documentary film. Visual knowledge is disrupted by failed attempts at inscription and their rapid dissolution. Spatiotemporal scales
This project consists of screen capture footage from the Periscope app on a tablet, through which each broadcaster is asked, "What motivates you to broadcast/livecast your life here?" Periscope creates an unsettling liminal space between public and private, making voyeurs and exhibitionists out of its users in
Gumbo (2015) This short music video was created for musician and sound recordist Jessica Kilroy during her two-year artist residency at the American Prairie Reserve in Montana.
This project explores public self-perception through a combination of still photography and video, exhibitionism and deceptive voyeurism. I am interested in examining the disconnect between how people attempt to project themselves onto the world around them, how they perceive themselves, and how they are perceived by