Two-Hundred Feet

Direct animation with stained-glass contact paper, ink, and acetate.

Made entirely by hand from cut marbled paper, this odyssey of remnants re-imagines a dream-sequence love.

A choreographed motion study for twinkling trinkets, beaming baubles, and glaring glimmers. A bow ballet ablaze (for bedazzled buoyant bijoux brought up to boil).

A shiny otherworld of holographic reverie pairs dollar store gift bags and haunting resound, unfolding an effervescent melancholy in three parts. Mesmerising RGB bling-bling for the cinema, featuring compositions for bowed vibraphone by Elliot Cole.

A kinetic journey through the graphic motifs of textiles paired with figures and landscapes to explore the technological development of fabric production and consumption alongside systems of visual and spoken language. The piece investigates recurring graphic symbols and how their cross-cultural appropriation functions within a global economy.

A bite-sized star punch exercise in direct animation with colored acetate.

A quilted call and response. A battle of extreme extremes.

A swimming study of paisley patterns traces this decorative motif from its origins in Persian weavings to appearances Irish quilting and American Counterculture. Extending on the stroboscopic tradition of anti-animation, this short material study fixates upon discarded materials to examine the decorative and its relationship to the cycles of industry and evolving modes of production. - Jodie Mack

A maximum cycle that celebrates mesmerizing computer graphics made for looping on a small, decoupaged monitor. Created for the "Post-Scarcity" show at 65GRAND Chicago in June, 2009.

A stroboscopic dance party.

Hollis Frampton's T-Shirt Collection - animated!

Colors and bubbles bustle energetically via oil, ink and clear acetate.

A collaboration with Chicago’s Judson Claiborne that captures the desert hallucinations of David Morehouse, former CIA spy and author of Psychic Warriors.

A pattern parade followed by calm.

Discordant dysfunction down to the nitty griddy.

Tacky threads luminesce at a firefly’s pace, twinkling through remnants of chintzy opulence and gaudy glamour prestissimo brilliante.