Anderson Matthew

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Anderson Matthew

Anderson Matthew is a visual artist working in film, video, and publishing. His work seeks ecstatic states through meditations in nature and queer perspectives. His feature, short, experimental, opera and documentary film projects have shown internationally. He is the writer and director of the feature film Baja Come Down and creator of the essay anthology Deviant Proposals: An Anti-Binary Journa…

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40 Epochs40 Epochs · 2025
40 Epochs
2025
Movie
But where does the heart go when that voice is displaced from a body that still breathes? In a world where artificial intelligence accelerates and replicates the human form, the boundary between spirit and simulation begins to dissolve. Time, life, and voice become commodities. 40 Epochs is a hybrid-narrative film exploring spiritual displacement, fractured identity, and the unseen labor behind human-like technologies. Inspired by the artists' experience training an AI model to reproduce Sun’s voice, the film follows a donor in solitude as she reads, records, and revises. What begins as ritual becomes rupture, as intimate gestures entwine with the demands of machinic repetition. Narration is carried by the artifact at its core: a synthetic voice generated from Sun’s speech. Disembodied from its origin, it speaks in her place—an uncanny meditation on memory, embodiment, and the estrangement of being heard without being present.
Underground MorphologyUnderground Morphology · 2025
Underground Morphology
2025
MovieDocumentaryHistory
Sidka, a filmmaker in the process of gender transition, explores the vibrant nightlife of Buenos Aires, capturing the essence of underground culture and the deep connections that celebrate acceptance and self-expression.
Navigati꩜nsNavigati꩜ns
Navigati꩜ns
Movie
A man and a woman begin in a womb, then converge with the sea.
Gypsy 83Gypsy 83 · 2001
Gypsy 83
6.52001
MovieDrama
Two young misfits head for New York City to celebrate their idol and muse, Stevie Nicks, at The Night of 1,000 Stevies. Along the road, in order for them to escape their painful pasts, they must discover their strengths and learn self-acceptance.
More Beautiful PerversionsMore Beautiful Perversions · 2026
More Beautiful Perversions
2026
Movie
A reject teenager follows some hot radicals and finds themself in the woods. An eco-parable produced by a mutual aid collective, shot on 16mm and portions hand-processed with plants.
The Baby ClauseThe Baby Clause · 2026
The Baby Clause
2026
MovieRomance
A career driven woman fixated on become a single mom finds herself with more family and loves than she ever thought possible when a precocious preteen plays matchmaker with her jaded single dad.
HarawiHarawi · 2022
Harawi
2022
MovieMusic
A poetic Super 8mm film created by Rachael Wilson and Anderson Matthew set to accompany the live recital performance of Olivier Messiaen’s Harawi – Chant d’amour et de mort (1945).
I Don't Know What I'm Doing HereI Don't Know What I'm Doing Here · 2026
I Don't Know What I'm Doing Here
2026
MovieDocumentaryAdventure
Mima, an American college student, embarks on a road trip to the rural Romanian village where her grandmother, Esther, was born. Her friend Jacob, a recent film-school dropout, joins her in the old country, along with an 18-year-old translator whom she found on Facebook. Decades after Esther’s death, Mima relies on her grandmother’s unmarked photos of the village and recorded oral history to orient herself in the remote area. As the trio scale walls and trek through fields searching for any evidence of Esther’s life in Romania, the deeper unknowns animating Mima's journey begin to reveal themselves.

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40 Epochs40 Epochs · 2025
40 Epochs
2025
Movie
But where does the heart go when that voice is displaced from a body that still breathes? In a world where artificial intelligence accelerates and replicates the human form, the boundary between spirit and simulation begins to dissolve. Time, life, and voice become commodities. 40 Epochs is a hybrid-narrative film exploring spiritual displacement, fractured identity, and the unseen labor behind human-like technologies. Inspired by the artists' experience training an AI model to reproduce Sun’s voice, the film follows a donor in solitude as she reads, records, and revises. What begins as ritual becomes rupture, as intimate gestures entwine with the demands of machinic repetition. Narration is carried by the artifact at its core: a synthetic voice generated from Sun’s speech. Disembodied from its origin, it speaks in her place—an uncanny meditation on memory, embodiment, and the estrangement of being heard without being present.

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