Before the Portrait
2012, 16mm to digital, color, silent, 02:09
Inspired by John William Waterhouses' portrait, "A Mermaid." (1901)
Portrayal of this immobile creature idealized with images of femininity.
A reenactment of Waterhouses's fictional musings while setting up the framing for his portrait.
Portrayal of this immobile creature idealized with images of femininity.
A reenactment of Waterhouses's fictional musings while setting up the framing for his portrait.
2013 Haverhill Experimental Film Festival, USA
2014 Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, CANADA
2014 Festival Miden, GREECE
2014 Haxan Festival, USA
2014 Romsey Art Festival, Cambridge, ENGLAND
2014 Warnborough Film Festival, Canterbury, ENGLAND
2014 Venice Experimental Cinema and Performance Art festival, ITALY
2015 Festival Miden Women's Day Screening, GREECE
2015 Festival of Deviant Arts, SWITZERLAND
2015 Black Hole Cinematheque, USA
2016 Strangloscope, Museum of Moving Image and Sound, Florianópolis, BRAZIL
2016 Haxan curated program at Dobra Festival, Rio De Janeiro, BRAZIL
2016 Collective Misnomer, CO, USA
2014 Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, CANADA
2014 Festival Miden, GREECE
2014 Haxan Festival, USA
2014 Romsey Art Festival, Cambridge, ENGLAND
2014 Warnborough Film Festival, Canterbury, ENGLAND
2014 Venice Experimental Cinema and Performance Art festival, ITALY
2015 Festival Miden Women's Day Screening, GREECE
2015 Festival of Deviant Arts, SWITZERLAND
2015 Black Hole Cinematheque, USA
2016 Strangloscope, Museum of Moving Image and Sound, Florianópolis, BRAZIL
2016 Haxan curated program at Dobra Festival, Rio De Janeiro, BRAZIL
2016 Collective Misnomer, CO, USA
2016 UNEXPOSED Microcinema, NC, USA
2018 The Vast Lab Gallery, LA, USA
2018 Yoni Festival, LA, USA
2019 Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, 'Eyeslicer Series' NY, USA
