Jamie Nares Movies

  • 1977
    TV Faces

    TV Faces

    TV Faces

    01977HD

    Collage of faces taken from television by James Nares

    TV Faces
  • 1975
    Game

    Game

    Game

    01975HD

    A game of stones, with Seth Tillett.

    Game
  • 1990
    Giotto Circle #2

    Giotto Circle #2

    Giotto Circle #2

    01990HD

    Freehand wall drawing of a perfect circle.

    Giotto Circle #2
  • 1970
    Ramp

    Ramp

    Ramp

    01970HD

    A concrete ball on the off ramp to the old West Side Highway.

    Ramp
  • 2017
    Suicide? No, Murder!

    Suicide? No, Murder!

    Suicide? No, Murder!

    02017HD

    This hybrid of diary and documentary was shot on Jamie Nares’s first trip home since her arrival in New York three years prior. While the...

    Suicide? No, Murder!
  • 1976
    Studio Pendulum

    Studio Pendulum

    Studio Pendulum

    01976HD

    Calibration study for the film Pendulum.

    Studio Pendulum
  • 1974
    Knot

    Knot

    Knot

    01974HD

    An epic struggle to tie a knot in a length of fabric using the feet.

    Knot
  • 2010
    Thread

    Thread

    Thread

    02010HD

    A hand descends, as though from the heavens, to manipulate a length of ribbon.

    Thread
  • 1991
    Lighthouse

    Lighthouse

    Lighthouse

    01991HD

    A wandering being in search of sustenance in a wintry wasteland experiences a strange transformation, eventually learning that the best way to get is...

    Lighthouse
  • 1975
    Giotto Circle Extended

    Giotto Circle Extended

    Giotto Circle Extended

    01975HD

    Two giant circles forming semicircles, carved with a self-made instrument.

    Giotto Circle Extended
  • 1991
    Piano

    Piano

    Piano

    01991HD

    A semi-visible pianist plays. In memory of the poet, pianist and Judo black belt, David Rattray.

    Piano
  • 1975
    Hammered

    Hammered

    Hammered

    01975HD

    Mini-document of sculptural activity, involving the effects of gravity on weighty objects.

    Hammered
  • 2007
    Drip

    Drip

    Drip

    02007HD

    Rhythmic video music made by dropping stones on stones.

    Drip
  • 1976
    Arm and Hammer

    Arm and Hammer

    Arm and Hammer

    01976HD

    A gestural inflection, born of repetition.

    Arm and Hammer
  • 1991
    Weather Bed

    Weather Bed

    Weather Bed

    01991HD

    Tracking a storm in the bedsheets.

    Weather Bed
  • 1975
    Roof

    Roof

    Roof

    01975HD

    Self portrait as a head adrift in the city.

    Roof
  • 2017
    Drop

    Drop

    Drop

    02017HD

    Observing the trajectories of falling rocks.

    Drop
  • 1974
    Hand Notes #1

    Hand Notes #1

    Hand Notes #1

    01974HD

    Studies in repetitive movement.

    Hand Notes #1
  • 1976
    Spinning Lead Ball

    Spinning Lead Ball

    Spinning Lead Ball

    01976HD

    A schematic animation of matter transforming into energy.

    Spinning Lead Ball
  • 1976
    Pendulum

    Pendulum

    Pendulum

    01976HD

    A pendulum swings among old NYC buildings.

    Pendulum