ANDRE SILVA: SELECTED FILMS

Click on images below for film stills and screening/award history

Ichthyopolis (2008) animation. Computer generated collage.

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

Scannophelia (2006 sketch for a future film) 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. VIEW THE VIDEO (Quicktime)

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. VIEW THE VIDEO (Quicktime)

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