EDWARDS PLACE, 700 N. FOURTH ST. SPRINGFIELD IL 62702 | 1833-2015
Somewhere, 1992 - 2015
I am drawn to moments where people they are faced with an experience that challenges their self-esteem, their person-hood, their sense of self. In these moments they always tend to find some kind of power from a source that exists in their own history that allows them to move through the moment. It’s not about covering something up, but about the moment(s) of recovery. I try to create works that show the act of recovery as it occurs to the spectator. As viewers, that moment can inspire a connection through empathy. This, I relate to my interest in directing a viewer. People have always done this, this is how movies, songs, entertainment etc.’s are successful- they reach people, emotionally. In this work, and the work I make with my mother – I am looking directly at these situations of recovery in hopes of creating an empathetic viewer – a closeness, a humanity in viewership.
The narrative for Somewhere was based on the Three Missing Women from Springfield, MO. The video was shot at a historic home in Springfield, IL.
Somewhere
Somewhere: a Talent Show
“We are going to make a movie, that’s not really a movie, that will be like if the material on the second disc in your DVD folder were fictional portrayals about the making of the film you loved enough to buy.”
Somewhere: Screen Tests
Somewhere: Deleted Scenes
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TWINNING, DOUBLING
THREE MISSING WOMEN | MISSING WOMEN | MISSING WOMAN
GIANT BUNNY
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
(QUIETLY EMOTING)
CONTACT
SCENE: DIVING INTO THE DEEP END AT NIGHT
NOT KNOWING WHICH WAY IS UP
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Three Missing Women
The Campaign, 2015
I remember when it happened.
Stacy and Suzie were friends with our babysitters. They had a giant bunny and their mom was a twin. I had never seen twins my mom’s age. I remember seeing them on the brown paper bags at the grocery store for years after they went missing.
I still think about them. Some people think they were buried under a new hospital parking garage on the south side. Other think they are under the PFI Western Wear store off 65 and Battlefield. I guess they were pouring both of the parking lots at the time they went missing. No one has looked to see if they’re there.
The following posters were created in collaboration with my brother, an advertising creative.
