David Gatten Filmes

  • 2021
    This Day’s Madness did prepare Tomorrow’s Silence

    This Day’s Madness did prepare Tomorrow’s Silence

    This Day’s Madness did prepare Tomorrow’s Silence

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    There are two women. Or there were two women. Or there will be two women. One of them is here today. No one knows about tomorrow. There is one river,...

    This Day’s Madness did prepare Tomorrow’s Silence
  • 2013
    By Pain and Rhyme and Arabesques of Foraging

    By Pain and Rhyme and Arabesques of Foraging

    By Pain and Rhyme and Arabesques of Foraging

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    This timeless experimental film draws on the work of 17th century scientist Robert Boyle to present a varied combination of texts, objects, colours...

    By Pain and Rhyme and Arabesques of Foraging
  • 2025
    The Spirit Lamp

    The Spirit Lamp

    The Spirit Lamp

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    A limited-run performance of songs written by David Lynch and Chrystabell, with Chrystabell performing the material to tracks of David’s...

    The Spirit Lamp
  • 2004
    The Great Art of Knowing

    The Great Art of Knowing

    The Great Art of Knowing

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    "This chapter of my ongoing exploration of the Byrd library finds its name and shape within a single volume from that collection: Athanasius...

    The Great Art of Knowing
  • 2001
    The Enjoyment of Reading, Lost and Found

    The Enjoyment of Reading, Lost and Found

    The Enjoyment of Reading, Lost and Found

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    A closely watched candle and an invitation to the dance. William Byrd booms among his books while Evelyn keeps to a quiet window; the volunteer fire...

    The Enjoyment of Reading, Lost and Found
  • 2019
    The Heart is the Residence of the Spirit

    The Heart is the Residence of the Spirit

    The Heart is the Residence of the Spirit

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    "The work deals with Taoist practices of Internal Alchemy and their accompanying texts. The inter-titles were mostly adapted from The Secret Text of...

    The Heart is the Residence of the Spirit
  • 2011
    The Matter Propounded, of Its Possibility and Impossibility, Treated in Four Parts

    The Matter Propounded, of Its Possibility and Impossibility, Treated in Four Parts

    The Matter Propounded, of Its Possibility and Impossibility, Treated in Four Parts

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    Close your eyes. Take a deep breath. Concentrate your attention. What Question will you ask? The Matter Propounded... makes use of an early...

    The Matter Propounded, of Its Possibility and Impossibility, Treated in Four Parts
  • 2007
    Today!

    Today!

    Today!

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    "Starring Jessie Stead as ‘one of the filmmakers’ and assorted plastic receptacles. Transmutations of small ideas occur in random...

    Today!
  • 2017
    Odysseus and the Oceanic Feeling

    Odysseus and the Oceanic Feeling

    Odysseus and the Oceanic Feeling

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    A queer contemporary re-imagining of the Odyssey. Odysseus wracked with guilt for the loss of his crew returns home in search of a lost love. An...

    Odysseus and the Oceanic Feeling
  • 2010
    So Sure of Nowhere Buying Times to Come

    So Sure of Nowhere Buying Times to Come

    So Sure of Nowhere Buying Times to Come

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    "Excerpts from Sir Thomas Browne's 1658 text Hydriotaphia Urne-Buriall Or, A Brief Discourse of the Sepulchrall Urnes Lately Found in Norfolk are...

    So Sure of Nowhere Buying Times to Come
  • 2009
    Journals and Remarks

    Journals and Remarks

    Journals and Remarks

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    JOURNAL AND REMARKS, the second reel of the ongoing Continuous Quantities series, contains 700 shots, 29 frames each, shuttling between the 1839...

    Journals and Remarks
  • 2016
    Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions

    Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions

    Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions

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    Four uncut camera rolls, unspooled intermittently across thirteen years. One is a portrait of a friend, another is of a particular plant, the third...

    Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions
  • 2002
    Secret History of the Dividing Line

    Secret History of the Dividing Line

    Secret History of the Dividing Line

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    Paired texts as dueling histories; a journey imagined and remembered; 57 mileage markers produce an equal number of prospects. The latest in a series...

    Secret History of the Dividing Line
  • 2007
    How to Conduct a Love Affair

    How to Conduct a Love Affair

    How to Conduct a Love Affair

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    An unexpected letter leads to an unanticipated encounter. Some windows open easily; other shadows remain locked rooms. Have a cup of tea dear....

    How to Conduct a Love Affair