if you're looking for a recommendation, aaron's favorite videos here are "severed" and "untitled (pretty stuff)" - some of his shorter works.
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here are some videos by aaron michels.
Video-al Experiment
Production on a challenging video/DVD-navigational-experience for Wholphin
is nearing completion. This project uses refined experimentatal protocols integrated into looping DVD navigation systems to explore
what has been described as, "a massively multi-operator, asynchronous, retrocausal, end-user creation of video content."
Compost and the Nutrient Cycle:
returning to healthy soils
An educational video about the science of compost and the nutrient cycle, this video was made in cooperation with Route 66 Organics in St. Louis and is intended for middle school children.
Severed
This one minute video charts the mental space of a very strange day.
Thanks Joe Uhl, for the impetus. More info about this video at: this blog post.
small mov | large mp4 |
youtube
The PEAR Proposition
The PEAR Proposition is a multi-DVD/CD set exploring the
PEAR (Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research) laboratory,
the foremost laboratory working on mind-matter anomalies.
The PEAR Proposition Page
trailer: small mov
| youtube
40th of 400
On their 40th day in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of North-Western China,
two Foreign Experts find themselves culturally adrift,
taking refuge in cheap tea, splitting headaches,
and strange new hats.
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| youtube
Growing Up Racial
A first-person documentary exploring childhood and the racial dynamics of University City,
Growing Up Racial focuses on whiteness in a black context,
and the re-growth of prejudice in the next generation.
trailer: very small mov
| large mp4
| youtube
Untitled (Pretty Stuff)
Overheard conversations provide the entry to this meditative experimental video.
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Hello... From the Anchor Desk
An anatomy of the transition joke. In this video collage, local anchors perform bad comedy made darker by its "news" context.
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| youtube
Social Sites
Other short videos may be available on social software sites, such as the YouTube
"stripmind channel," or the internet archive.