Jamie Nares Movies

  • 2011
    Street

    Street

    Street

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    STREET is an unscripted 61-minute high definition video filmed by artist James Nares over one week in September 2011. The final video is a...

    Street
  • 1991
    Lighthouse

    Lighthouse

    Lighthouse

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    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
    Game

    Game

    Game

    01975HD

    A game of stones, with Seth Tillett.

    Game
  • 1975
    Hammered

    Hammered

    Hammered

    01975HD

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

    Hammered
  • 1976
    Steel Rod

    Steel Rod

    Steel Rod

    01976HD

    Throwing and catching the same.

    Steel Rod
  • 1983
    Arabian Lights

    Arabian Lights

    Arabian Lights

    01983HD

    "ARABIAN LIGHTS is the second of only two Super 8mm films deAk is known to have fully edited to completion, and the only work she produced outside...

    Arabian Lights
  • 2010
    To Make a Prairie

    To Make a Prairie

    To Make a Prairie

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    A young girl in the last summer of her childhood, alternates between solitary play and the discovery of her power to influence the world around her....

    To Make a Prairie
  • 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
  • 1976
    Pendulum

    Pendulum

    Pendulum

    01976HD

    A pendulum swings among old NYC buildings.

    Pendulum
  • 1976
    Block

    Block

    Block

    01976HD

    Taking stock of the city block. A measuring of sorts. One of the first films made by Nares after moving to New York City.

    Block
  • 2010
    Thread

    Thread

    Thread

    02010HD

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

    Thread
  • 1975
    Poles

    Poles

    Poles

    01975HD

    A symbiosis of man and pole.

    Poles
  • 1975
    Giotto Circle #1

    Giotto Circle #1

    Giotto Circle #1

    01975HD

    Freehand wall carving of a perfect circle.

    Giotto Circle #1
  • 1976
    Studio Pendulum

    Studio Pendulum

    Studio Pendulum

    01976HD

    Calibration study for the film Pendulum.

    Studio Pendulum
  • 1978
    Bikers or Vanity in Leather

    Bikers or Vanity in Leather

    Bikers or Vanity in Leather

    01978HD

    1978. USA. A performance film composed by Eric Mitchell, Maripol. Cinematography by James Nares. Staging by Mitchell. Styling by Maripol. With Edwige...

    Bikers or Vanity in Leather
  • 1998
    Cloth

    Cloth

    Cloth

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    Hand twirls a piece of fabric at 500 frames per second.

    Cloth
  • 1970
    Ramp

    Ramp

    Ramp

    01970HD

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

    Ramp
  • 1980
    No Japs at My Funeral

    No Japs at My Funeral

    No Japs at My Funeral

    01980HD

    After Rome 78, Nares made a political documentary—a controversial 1980 video interview with an IRA member titled No Japs at My...

    No Japs at My Funeral
  • 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