Jamie Nares Movies

  • 2010
    Thread

    Thread

    Thread

    02010HD

    A hand descends, as though from the heavens, to manipulate a length of ribbon.

    Thread
  • 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
  • 2011
    Street

    Street

    Street

    02011HD

    STREET is an unscripted 61-minute high definition video filmed by artist James Nares over one week in September 2011. The final video is a...

    Street
  • 1976
    Steel Rod

    Steel Rod

    Steel Rod

    01976HD

    Throwing and catching the same.

    Steel Rod
  • 2017
    Drop

    Drop

    Drop

    02017HD

    Observing the trajectories of falling rocks.

    Drop
  • 1976
    Pendulum

    Pendulum

    Pendulum

    01976HD

    A pendulum swings among old NYC buildings.

    Pendulum
  • 1990
    Giotto Circle #2

    Giotto Circle #2

    Giotto Circle #2

    01990HD

    Freehand wall drawing of a perfect circle.

    Giotto Circle #2
  • 2017
    Suicide? No, Murder!

    Suicide? No, Murder!

    Suicide? No, Murder!

    02017HD

    This hybrid of diary and documentary was shot on Jamie Nares’s first trip home since her arrival in New York three years prior. While the...

    Suicide? No, Murder!
  • 1975
    Hammered

    Hammered

    Hammered

    01975HD

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

    Hammered
  • 1975
    Roof

    Roof

    Roof

    01975HD

    Self portrait as a head adrift in the city.

    Roof
  • 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
  • 1974
    Hand Notes #1

    Hand Notes #1

    Hand Notes #1

    01974HD

    Studies in repetitive movement.

    Hand Notes #1
  • 1975
    Poles

    Poles

    Poles

    01975HD

    A symbiosis of man and pole.

    Poles
  • 1977
    TV Faces

    TV Faces

    TV Faces

    01977HD

    Collage of faces taken from television by James Nares

    TV Faces
  • 1998
    Cloth

    Cloth

    Cloth

    01998HD

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

    Cloth
  • 1991
    Piano

    Piano

    Piano

    01991HD

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

    Piano
  • 1974
    Knot

    Knot

    Knot

    01974HD

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

    Knot
  • 1970
    Ramp

    Ramp

    Ramp

    01970HD

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

    Ramp
  • 1991
    Lighthouse

    Lighthouse

    Lighthouse

    01991HD

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

    Lighthouse