Jamie Nares Movies

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

Collage of faces taken from television by James Nares

Rhythmic video music made by dropping stones on stones.

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

Observing the trajectories of falling rocks.

A pendulum swings among old NYC buildings.

A “sci-fi povera” film shot on Super 8, Men in Orbit features musician Lurie and Eric Mitchell as chain-smoking astronauts in a decrepit...

Freehand wall drawing of a perfect circle.

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...

A game of stones, with Seth Tillett.

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

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...

Studies in repetitive movement.

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

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

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

Self portrait as a head adrift in the city.

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

Calibration study for the film Pendulum.

A schematic animation of matter transforming into energy.