Jamie Nares Movies

  • 1991
    Weather Bed

    Weather Bed

    Weather Bed

    01991HD

    Tracking a storm in the bedsheets.

    Weather Bed
  • 1976
    Twister

    Twister

    Twister

    01976HD

    Wind currents on a debris-strewn street corner.

    Twister
  • 1975
    Roof

    Roof

    Roof

    01975HD

    Self portrait as a head adrift in the city.

    Roof
  • 1974
    Hand Notes #1

    Hand Notes #1

    Hand Notes #1

    01974HD

    Studies in repetitive movement.

    Hand Notes #1
  • 1975
    Game

    Game

    Game

    01975HD

    A game of stones, with Seth Tillett.

    Game
  • 1983
    Arabian Lights

    Arabian Lights

    Arabian Lights

    01983HD

    "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...

    Arabian Lights
  • 1975
    Hammered

    Hammered

    Hammered

    01975HD

    Mini-document of sculptural activity, involving the effects of gravity on weighty objects.

    Hammered
  • 1980
    No Japs at My Funeral

    No Japs at My Funeral

    No Japs at My Funeral

    01980HD

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

    No Japs at My Funeral
  • 1978
    Bikers or Vanity in Leather

    Bikers or Vanity in Leather

    Bikers or Vanity in Leather

    01978HD

    1978. USA. A performance film composed by Eric Mitchell, Maripol. Cinematography by James Nares. Staging by Mitchell. Styling by Maripol. With Edwige...

    Bikers or Vanity in Leather
  • 2010
    To Make a Prairie

    To Make a Prairie

    To Make a Prairie

    02010HD

    A young girl in the last summer of her childhood, alternates between solitary play and the discovery of her power to influence the world around her....

    To Make a Prairie
  • 2007
    Drip

    Drip

    Drip

    02007HD

    Rhythmic video music made by dropping stones on stones.

    Drip
  • 1998
    Cloth

    Cloth

    Cloth

    01998HD

    Hand twirls a piece of fabric at 500 frames per second.

    Cloth
  • 1974
    Knot

    Knot

    Knot

    01974HD

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

    Knot
  • 1976
    Arm and Hammer

    Arm and Hammer

    Arm and Hammer

    01976HD

    A gestural inflection, born of repetition.

    Arm and Hammer
  • 1974
    Hand Notes #2

    Hand Notes #2

    Hand Notes #2

    01974HD

    Studies in repetitive movement.

    Hand Notes #2
  • 1976
    Spinning Lead Ball

    Spinning Lead Ball

    Spinning Lead Ball

    01976HD

    A schematic animation of matter transforming into energy.

    Spinning Lead Ball
  • 1991
    Piano

    Piano

    Piano

    01991HD

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

    Piano
  • 2017
    Drop

    Drop

    Drop

    02017HD

    Observing the trajectories of falling rocks.

    Drop
  • 2007
    Paper Factory

    Paper Factory

    Paper Factory

    02007HD

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

    Paper Factory
  • 1990
    Giotto Circle #2

    Giotto Circle #2

    Giotto Circle #2

    01990HD

    Freehand wall drawing of a perfect circle.

    Giotto Circle #2