Jamie Nares Movies

Observing the trajectories of falling rocks.

Freehand wall carving of a perfect circle.

Tracking a storm in the bedsheets.

Choreographed and orchestrated, a rhythmic video music, made by hurling lengths of plastic pipe against a cinder block wall.

An epic struggle to tie a knot in a length of fabric using the feet.

"ARABIAN LIGHTS is the second of only two Super 8mm films deAk is known to have fully edited to completion, and the only work she produced outside...

A symbiosis of man and pole.

Freehand wall drawing of a perfect circle.

A semi-visible pianist plays. In memory of the poet, pianist and Judo black belt, David Rattray.

After Rome 78, Nares made a political documentary—a controversial 1980 video interview with an IRA member titled No Japs at My...

Studies in repetitive movement.

Throwing and catching the same.

A concrete ball on the off ramp to the old West Side Highway.

Taking stock of the city block. A measuring of sorts. One of the first films made by Nares after moving to New York City.

A gestural inflection, born of repetition.

Collage of faces taken from television by James Nares

A game of stones, with Seth Tillett.

A wandering being in search of sustenance in a wintry wasteland experiences a strange transformation, eventually learning that the best way to get is...

Wind currents on a debris-strewn street corner.

A pendulum swings among old NYC buildings.