My professional responsibility as an Art Director and Designer is to use type and image to find creative solutions that communicate messages clearly. In my independent artistic pursuits, I consider myself freer to explore murkier waters.

Marker Starling – Uphill Battle
My acting abilities are infrequently called upon. Too bad for me, because performing in this John Cassavetes-inspired music video by Toronto musician Marker Starling was quite fun!

Voodoo Chicken
Commissioned as part of the Brunette Afro-Caribbean-themed performance at the Closing Night Party for the AluCine Latin Film & Media Arts Festival.

And the Wind Cries Furry
“As a body, everyone is always single. As a soul, never.” – Herman Hesse

Centuries of domestic torpor – so-called evolution – have calcified what Jung called the “shadow aspect” of our collective unconscious, blinding us to our primal instincts. This video re-imagines our archaic remnants – those spaces from which our aggressively-follicled ancestors call to us – as we warm our anima by the crackling fires of the all-extensive world-soul.

This video, and the accompanying remix (“Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict,” by Pink Floyd) score, was commissioned by Yoshi Sodeoka’s Plink Flojd project, and made in collaboration with Rea McNamara.

A Journey with Barry
I composed the sounds, scripted, performed in and edited this video as part of the first “Brunette presents Group Autogenics & Binaural Beats” performance at e-fagia‘s Dystopias on Art and Technology event in 2013.
It was shot by Rea McNamara

Sheroes #10: Grace Jones (featuring Lillian Allen)
Filmed Thursday, May 24, 2012 at The Beaver in Toronto for Sheroes #10, a warm leatherette remix tribute to the Gendah Bendah. Also featured in the video is live footage of a dance performance by the premier voguing house of Canada House of Monroe and projected digital animations from Les post-Gendered et les autres Group GIF Show curated by Lorna Mills.

Sheroes #9: Dolly Parton (featuring Ada Dahli)
Filmed Thursday, April 26, 2012 at The Beaver in Toronto for Sheroes #9, a dirt-poor remix tribute to the Backwoods Barbie. Also featured in the video are and projected digital animations from The Light Crust Dough Boys & Girls Group GIF Show curated by Lorna Mills.

Sheroes #8: Marianne Faithfull (featuring U.S. Girls)
Filmed Thursday, March 22, 2012 at The Beaver in Toronto for Sheroes #8, a pagan rites remix tribute to the Grande Dame (fuckyeahsheroes.tumblr.com/post/19347328379/sheroes-8-marianne-faithfull-press-release).
Also featured in the video is live footage of the projected digital animations from the The Global GIF Aristocracy (von Sacher-Masoch Line) (fuckyeahsheroes.tumblr.com/tagged/global-GIF-aristocracy) Group GIF Show curated by Lorna Mills.

Sheroes #7: Etta James (featuring Lido Pimienta)
Filmed Thursday, February 23, 2012 at The Beaver in Toronto for Sheroes #7, a rough & peachy remix tribute to the Matriarch (fuckyeahsheroes.tumblr.com/post/17673925723/sheroes-7-etta-james-press-release).
Also featured in the video is live footage of the projected digital animations from the The Global Junkie Elite (fuckyeahsheroes.tumblr.com/tagged/global+junkie+elite/) Group GIF Show curated by Lorna Mills.

Sheroes #6: Erykah Badu (featuring Bizzarh)
Filmed Thursday, January 26, 2012 at The Beaver in Toronto for Sheroes #6, a showly remix tribute to the Analog Girl In A Digital World (fuckyeahsheroes.tumblr.com/post/16074351988/sheroes-6-badu-press-release).
Also featured in the video is spliced live footage of performers Safia Siad & Natalia Ivanovski, as well as digital animations from the The Global GIF Authority – Erykah Badu Chapter (fuckyeahsheroes.tumblr.com/tagged/global-GIF-authority) Group GIF Show curated by Lorna Mills.

Sheroes #5: Yoko Ono (featuring Sholem Krishtalka)

Filmed live Friday, December 16, 2011 at NACO Gallery & Cafe in Toronto for Sheroes #5, a Happening Remix Tribute to the Witch. Also featuring the plunderphonic noise of DJ NoLoves (Alvaro Girón).

Spring
Written, shot and edited in 24 hours, with Steve Himel, this film won the second-prize in the Spring 2005 Toronto Film Challenge.