Jamie Nares Movies

A symbiosis of man and pole.

Taking stock of the city block. A measuring of sorts. One of the first films made by Nares after moving to New York City.

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

Throwing and catching the same.

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

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...

Studies in repetitive movement.

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

Two giant circles forming semicircles, carved with a self-made instrument.

Collage of faces taken from television by James Nares

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

Wind currents on a debris-strewn street corner.

Calibration study for the film Pendulum.

A pendulum swings among old NYC buildings.

"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...

An exploration of social schizophrenia in which terrorists consult their mothers before planting bombs, and the head of the New York City bomb squad...

Freehand wall drawing of a perfect circle.

Freehand wall carving of a perfect circle.

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

Studies in repetitive movement.