Heliotropes

In order to reach spiritual enlightenment, one sweater-vested young man must face a dancing Oldsmobile, endure a boozy encounter with God on a frozen tundra, and brush his teeth, comb his hair, floss, Q-Tip, lather and shave simultaneously. "Doxology" combines groundbreaking stop-motion animation techniques and unusual storytelling with the time-honored quest for spiritual awakening.

A chorus of women are borne from the movements of a single dancer in this dreamlike "pas de trente-deux."

In the beginning... God embarked on a quest... for breakfast. An apparently very true story of how the universe was created.

A simply animated line on the singer's face, projected from a motorized turntable, is choreographed in an attempt to define emptiness by it's edges.

A prickly sensory playground tempts one daring young finger to embark on a spiritual journey. I want to touch it. Should we touch it? Yes! NO. Nononono. YESSSSSSSS...

A moving portrait of the bustle and permanence of a city, "Dahlia" juxtaposes the stable forms and patterns of life with the frenetic behavior of humanity, set to a driving score of vocal percussion.. Dahlia is the result of a controlled chaotic filmmaking approach created by artist Michael Langan.