Jamie Nares Movies

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

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

Freehand wall carving of a perfect circle.

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...

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

"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...

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

Rhythmic video music made by dropping stones on stones.

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

Choreographed and orchestrated, a rhythmic video music, made by hurling lengths of plastic pipe against a cinder block wall.

A schematic animation of matter transforming into energy.

A pendulum swings among old NYC buildings.

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

Studies in repetitive movement.

A game of stones, with Seth Tillett.

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....

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

Observing the trajectories of falling rocks.

Throwing and catching the same.

Tracking a storm in the bedsheets.