ANDRE SILVA: SELECTED FILMS

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Ichthyopolis (2008) animation. Computer generated collage.

A psychedelic technomation, which delves into a mythical cosmology of fish and their human caretakers.

Scannophelia (2006) animation/experimental. Completely scanned.

A visual opera with a sense of whimsy and a hint of the bizarre. Fruit, beads, and an absurd recorder virtuoso turn a scanner bed into a stage upon which perform.

The One and the Many (2006) experimental. Digital video. 4 min.

Several actors mimic fragments of a pre-recorded monologue based on 17th century philosopher Gottfried Leibniz's ponderings. The film juxtaposes the collective recreation of the monologue with the spontaneous gestures of actors.

spam letter + google image search = video entertainment (2005) experimental. Completely downloaded. 3 min.

Each word of a spam letter is matched with one of hundreds of available online images that have been linked, in some way, to that word. A text-to-voice-program narrates the letter.

So with the Self (2004) experimental. Mini-dv. 4 min.

"On that screen you see the entire show, and for all appearances the pictures are real. But go and try to take hold of them. . . After the play, when the pictures disappear, what remains?" - Sri Ramana Maharishi

Maps (2004) experimental. Mini-dv. 4 min.

"Maps" circularly explores the separations of "time" and "space" in an organic universe that does not acknowledge the division of these human-made concepts.

Dancing on a Red Hot Skillet (2002) experimental. Super 8. 7min.

The distinct visual atmosphere of this portrait of fire dancing stems from a combination of super 8 film, digital video, cross-processed 35mm slides and hand-processed/toned film.

Beelzebub's Bathtub (2001) animated 16mm. 16min.

Momma Ducky and her baby bars of soap swim serenely within the confines of a porcelain claw foot bathtub until an angry Momma Hair Clod and her baby set off a series of catastrophes. VIEW AN EXCERPT