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| Sensorium |
(2007 • 5 minutes) Co-directed/co-produced
by Karen Aqua & Ken Field
Animation: Karen Aqua
Music: Ken Field |
| A hand-drawn experimental
animation exploring the relationship between music and
image. Inspired by dance gestures and movements found
in nature such as water and tide pools, the film is a
study of sound/motion synthesis. An alphabet of abstract
animated and musical gestures combines in various configurations
to create a visible rhythm. |
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| Andaluz |
| (2004 • 6 minutes) Collaboration
with Joanna Priestley • Music by Juanito Pascual |
| A traveler’s love
letter to Andalucía, this animated film is an homage
to the culture, landscape, and architecture of southern
Spain. The film explores details of the natural world
in relation to the four elements, and suggests the close
relationship between people and the land which they inhabit. |
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| Ground Zero/Sacred Ground |
| (1997 • 9 minutes) Music by
Ken Field |
| In south-central New
Mexico, an ancient Native American rock art site lies
35 miles from the detonation site of the world’s
first atomic bomb. The juxtaposition of these sites points
to the striking contrast between the two worlds which
created them: one which reveres and lives in harmony with
the natural world, and one which, in striving to control
the forces of nature, has created a means for its destruction. |
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| Perpetual Motion |
| (1992 • 5 minutes) Music by
Ken Field |
| A shrine to ritualized
time. This film celebrates the cyclical nature of time,
and the symbols and rites which have been created to mark
and honor its passage. |
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| Kakania |
| (1989 • 4 minutes) Music composed
by Karlo Tacky; performed by Skin |
| A striking blend of
music and image, contrasting the tension and chaos of
modern urban life with the ritualized order of tribal
societies. |
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| Nine Lives |
| (1987 • 7 minutes) Music by
Ken Field, Robert Moses and Ken Winokur |
| A fortune teller’s
cards lead the viewer on a journey through time and collective
memory, using the metaphor of a cat’s multiple lives. |
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| Yours for the Taking |
| (1984 • 7 minutes) Collaboration
with clay artist Jeanée Redmond; Music by D. Sharpe |
| A three-legged cup embarks
on a journey, filling itself with images and impressions
of its surroundings. |
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| Vis-á-Vis |
| (1982 • 12 minutes) Music by
Jacques Dorier |
| An autobiographical
fantasy, depicting the duality of an individual torn by
conflicting desires. A reflection of the reconciliation
between work and the creative imagination. |
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| Heavenly Bodies |
| (1980 • 3 minutes) Music by
Handsome Brothers |
| An astronomical love
story. |
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| Penetralia |
| (1976 • 4 minutes) Music by
Fla Lewis and Ken Field |
| A person’s internal
journey to the penetralia, the innermost place. |
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