anima mundi

(3 minutes, 36 seconds. Digital Video, 2010.)

“Anima mundi,” a latin phrase meaning “spirit of the world,” has been a fundamental principle of philosophical thought for centuries, representing the vital life force that animates all matter in the universe. This experimental piece combines thousands of individual images of flowers, both wild and cultivated, to create a unique, fluid aesthetic, celebrating the beauty of the natural world. All images were taken at the Schlitz Audubon Center in Bayside, Wisconsin, and the Boerner Botanical Gardens in Hales Corners.

Exhibitions

2012

Black Maria Film and Video Festival (Jersey City, NJ) Director’s Prize

Another Experiment by Women Filmmakers (New York, NY)

Beloit International Film Festival (Beloit, WI)

Milwaukee Short Film Festival (Milwaukee, WI)

*As Part of the Rural Route Film Festival Traveling Program:

*American Cinematheque: Aero Theater (Los Angeles, CA.)

*Squeaky Wheel (Buffalo, NY.)

*Frank Sinatra School of the Arts (New York, NY.)

*Art  Mission & Theater (Binghamtom, NY)

*Dawson City Film Festival (Dawson City, Yukon Territory. Canada)

*Reel Alternatives (Vanderhoof, British Columbia. Canada)

*Festival Int’l du Film Documentaire sur la Ruralité (Ville-sur-Yron, France)

*Heimatfilm (Friestadt, Austria)

*Out North (Anchorage, AK)

*Sul Ross State University
 (Alpine, TX)

*Zeitgeist
 (New Orleans, LA)

*5th Avenue Cinema (Portland, OR)

*Bijou Cinema (Iowa City, IA)

*Oneota Film Festival (Decorah, IA)

*Kossuth County Nature Center (Algona, IA)

*Elkader Cinema (Elkader, IA)

*Iowa Independent Film Festival (Clear Lake, IA)

*Union Theater (Milwaukee, WI)

*Prairie Cinema (Prairie du Chien, WI)

*Michael Fields Agricultural Institute (East Troy, WI)

*Park Circle Films/Earth Day Weekend (Charleston, SC)

*Stonington Opera House (Stonington, ME)

*Chicago Filmmakers (Chicago, IL)

*Pickford Film Center (Bellhingham, WA)

*Grand Illusion (Seattle, WA)

*Lascaux Micro-Theater (Buckhannon, WV)

*Big Picture Theater (Waitsfield, VT)

2011

Cannes Film Festival: Short Film Corner (Cannes, France)

Athens International Film Festival (Athens, OH) Best Experimental Film

Rural Route Film Festival (New York, NY) Best Experimental Film

*Rural Route Film Festival Traveling Program:

*Arica Nativa Festival Internacional de Cine Rural (Arica, Chile)

Wisconsin Film Festival (Madison, WI) Golden Badger Award

Milwaukee Underground Film Festival (Milwaukee, WI) Jury Award

Milwaukee Film Festival (Milwaukee, WI)

“Maybe If You Squint: An Evening of Avant-Garde Cinema” (Madison, WI)

Light Works Cinema (Milwaukee, WI)

Central Wisconsin Film Festival (Steven’s Point, WI)

5th Avenue Cinema (Portland, OR)

Dallas Video Festival (Dallas, TX)

Big Muddy International Film Festival (Carbondale, IL)

Strange Beauty Film Festival (Durham, NC)

The Light Factory Museum of Cinema and Photography (Charlotte, NC)

Synthetic Zero/Sonik Fest (New York, NY)

Burnell Street Arts Center (Homer, AK)

MTS Gallery (Anchorage, AK)