Univers/Elementum

Clearing - Blank

2012-01-17T21:55:00.000-08:00

Univers/Elementum Nº 012

From the cassette "No Titles", by Clearing, out on No Kings.

Sparkling Wide Pressure - Cosmos Blues

2011-07-30T22:15:00.000-07:00

Univers/Elementum Nº 011

Pink Priest - Swallow Your Dreams

2011-05-11T04:05:00.000-07:00

Univers/Elementum Nº 010

Serving side A of the final work of Pink Priest's, "Swallow Your Dreams", is this film to the track "Pink Cream". Pre-orders for the vinyl are at La Station Radar now!

Available on handstamped 3" dvds, with stills from the film printed on a double sided matte paperstock and folded transparency sheet.

2011
18 minutes 21 seconds
24pA
16:9
Stereo
All Regions
3" Mini DVD-R (These will jam up slot drives such as Macbooks. Only players with spindles or 3" indented trays are for these.)

Edition A - Consisting of 21 copies. (Out of Print)
Edition B - Consisting of 50 copies with the limited edition vinyl @ La Station Radar

Lee Noble - Doesn't Matter What's Right

2011-03-17T00:05:00.000-07:00

Univers/Elementum Nº 009

Music video to a song from Lee Noble's cassette, "No Becoming", on Sweat Lodge Guru. Film work by Mothers In Favor.

Horsehair Everywhere - Phantom Zone

2010-11-15T18:47:00.001-08:00

Univers/Elementum Nº 008

Video by Mothers In Favor, from the LP by Horsehair Everywhere -
"The Beginning of a Protracted Struggle"
Out now on La Station Radar!

Classroom Citizens

2010-09-20T15:39:00.001-07:00

Univers/Elementum Nº 006

Classroom Citizens is an abstract document of human progress. It follows the path of the Manufactured Object, from factory products to cookie-cutter housing developments, as they are produced in massive number, and eventually abandoned to decay. The film portrays its main subjects as monuments to their own creators, glorious and ultimately useless. Participation is undeniably mandatory, and most of us, as members of society, are at the mercy of the powerful few who command the mechanisms of this system.

Related to this are the ethics of the elementary classroom. When some students are misbehaving, it is common to punish the class as a whole. Regardless of an individual's pursuits in silence and daydreaming, one often finds himself putting his head down on the desk with the entire class. This is our introduction to the social contract. No matter the number of people who share a belief, the belief should be analyzed by its content. Majority rule is wrong, because logic, which is often lacking, should always be the prevailing factor for determining correctness of policy or theory.

Horsehair Everywhere layers a converged, textural soundtrack to the film, made up of many improvised pieces. In the absence of dialog and narrative action, the musical track becomes a signifier of conflict and meaning.

Classroom Citizens is made up of places, textures, actions and strangers. The space within the film is meant to be a nesting ground for the thoughts and ruminations of the viewer. This gives breathing room for imagination to develop with an ongoing absorption of the film’s aesthetics. The end sequence is an exploration of landmarks of Detroit’s abandonment, as a worshiping examination of such brilliant early Twentieth Century architecture. The completely unconventional structure of this film requires simultaneous patience and philosophical restlessness, and it is this combination that the film aims to promote in the future of the avant-garde.

2010
108 minutes
24pA
4:3
Stereo
NTSC
All Regions DVD

Unnumbered Edition

Pink Priest - Goddess

2010-06-22T22:36:00.001-07:00

Univers/Elementum Nº 007

"This triptych of music videos, which accompanies Pink Priest's release on Kimberly Dawn Records, unites pertinent visual textures with each distinctive track. The harsh noise of Part I "Slept In Caverns" accentuates the ancient primitive nihilism and aggressiveness that remains in a caged iguana. In macro closeup, it's as if the sound is following the contours of the rough reptilian skin, while double exposures push the imagery into abstraction. Part 2 "Platonic Headdress" uses timeless black and white 16mm footage of two silhouettes exploring an abandoned, rotting house while the meandering melody of the track explores it's own washed-out, buried-over aural space. The final part of this long decrescendo, "You Would Like to Talk to Me About Loneliness" entombs the ambient drone melody deep inside an endless country field covered in snow and fog. All are bookended by hand painted, back-lit title screens which compound the subtle beauty of the entire piece." - Lee Noble

2010
14 minutes 43 seconds
24pA
16:9
Stereo
All Regions
3" Mini DVD

Edition A (Unnumbered Edition) -- Sold Out

Poet Named Revolver - Gypster

2010-02-01T07:41:00.000-08:00

Univers/Elementum Nº 005

Poet Named Revolver

Looks Like a Snake - Santa Claus

2009-12-30T17:50:00.000-08:00

Univers/Elementum Nº 004

Our drinky drunk music video for Looks Like a Snake

And Tar Ran Through My Veins

2009-11-26T09:47:00.000-08:00

Univers/Elementum Nº 002

The health of a friend requires instant surgery when a slight hint, during a card game, presents his sirs with the knowledge that his own wellness is in jeopardy.

The first in line of films by Mothers In Favor.

2009
14 minutes 21 seconds
1.33:1 (4:3)
24pA
Stereo
3" Mini DVD (These will jam up slot players such as macbooks. Only players with trays or spindles are for these.)

Edition A - Consisting of 24 copies Sold Out

TV Divinare

2009-08-22T20:15:00.000-07:00

Univers/Elementum Nº 003

A second installment of films from Mothers In Favor. Music is by Horsehair Everywhere, which is from the album "Nothing Happened" available at Kimberly Dawn.

2009
11 minutes 47 seconds
1.85:1 (16:9)
24pA
Stereo
3" Mini DVD (These will jam up slot players such as macbooks. Only players with trays or spindles are for these.)

Edition A - Consisting of 30 copies Sold Out

Sparkling Wide Pressure - The Circuit

2009-08-03T10:13:00.001-07:00

Univers/Elementum Nº 001

A short film at the horse track, made to Sparkling Wide Pressure's "What Is Gone" from the album "The No Self Journey".

2009
8 minutes 33 seconds
1.33:1 (4:3)
24pA
Mono
3" Mini DVD (These will jam up slot players such as macbooks. Only players with trays or spindles are for these.)

Edition A - Consisting of 24 copies Sold Out