Jodie Mack Movies

  • 2010
    Rad Plaid

    Rad Plaid

    Rad Plaid

    02010HD

    A series of chromatic intersections. Audience members form teams who respond to vertical lines by shouting "plaid" and to horizontal lines by...

    Rad Plaid
  • 2008
    Yard Work Is Hard Work

    Yard Work Is Hard Work

    Yard Work Is Hard Work

    02008HD

    A musical that explores, in glorious color and song, the simultaneous disillusionment and hope of eternal love in the face of an economic crisis.

    Yard Work Is Hard Work
  • 2020
    Brief Glimpses on the Way to Joy (Part 1)

    Brief Glimpses on the Way to Joy (Part 1)

    Brief Glimpses on the Way to Joy (Part 1)

    02020HD

    A summing up of the spontaneous Super 8 filmmaking I have done over the past decade exploring nature, home, and friends using improvised distorting...

    Brief Glimpses on the Way to Joy (Part 1)
  • 2016
    Curses

    Curses

    Curses

    82016HD

    Made entirely by hand from cut marbled paper, this odyssey of remnants re-imagines a dream-sequence love.

    Curses
  • 2012
    Persian Pickles

    Persian Pickles

    Persian Pickles

    5.72012HD

    A swimming study of paisley patterns traces this decorative motif from its origins in Persian weavings to appearances Irish quilting and American...

    Persian Pickles
  • 2011
    Hollis Well

    Hollis Well

    Hollis Well

    02011HD

    Hollis Frampton's T-Shirt Collection - animated!

    Hollis Well
  • 2010
    Unsubscribe Nø. 4: The Saddest Song in the World

    Unsubscribe Nø. 4: The Saddest Song in the World

    Unsubscribe Nø. 4: The Saddest Song in the World

    02010HD

    Broken-hearted and mashed up.

    Unsubscribe Nø. 4: The Saddest Song in the World
  • 2011
    The Future Is Bright

    The Future Is Bright

    The Future Is Bright

    02011HD

    The lyrics are from the musical "Finian's Rainbow," the carpets of color from Jodie Mack's inspired imagination. As with forebears like Len Lye and...

    The Future Is Bright
  • 2010
    Unsubscribe #3: Glitch Envy

    Unsubscribe #3: Glitch Envy

    Unsubscribe #3: Glitch Envy

    02010HD

    Junk mail detritus forms a handicraft salute to new media.

    Unsubscribe #3: Glitch Envy
  • 2015
    Something Between Us

    Something Between Us

    Something Between Us

    72015HD

    A choreographed motion study for twinkling trinkets, beaming baubles, and glaring glimmers. A bow ballet ablaze (for bedazzled buoyant bijoux brought...

    Something Between Us
  • 2003
    Two-Hundred Feet

    Two-Hundred Feet

    Two-Hundred Feet

    02003HD

    Shapes shake nervously. Lines sway back and forth. The sun sets.

    Two-Hundred Feet
  • 2013
    Let Your Light Shine

    Let Your Light Shine

    Let Your Light Shine

    52013HD

    Eye candy as a special treat. Let Your Light Shine is the ultimate Spectrum Short film, a photokinetic stroboscopic spectacle for spectacles. A work...

    Let Your Light Shine
  • 2013
    Dusty Stacks of Mom: The Poster Project

    Dusty Stacks of Mom: The Poster Project

    Dusty Stacks of Mom: The Poster Project

    6.12013HD

    Interweaving the forms of personal filmmaking, abstract animation, and the rock opera, this animated musical documentary examines the rise and fall...

    Dusty Stacks of Mom: The Poster Project
  • 2021
    Wasteland No. 3: Moons, Sons

    Wasteland No. 3: Moons, Sons

    Wasteland No. 3: Moons, Sons

    02021HD

    The third film in Mack's Wasteland series, Moons, Sons observes the rapid thaw of natural forms.

    Wasteland No. 3: Moons, Sons
  • 2012
    Round and Round – Phenakistoscope Phun

    Round and Round – Phenakistoscope Phun

    Round and Round – Phenakistoscope Phun

    02012HD

    A scanned and spinning document of roughly forty phenakistoscopes made from discarded cardboard. Complete with digital scan glitches and singing by...

    Round and Round – Phenakistoscope Phun
  • 2013
    Blanket Statement #2: It's All or Nothing

    Blanket Statement #2: It's All or Nothing

    Blanket Statement #2: It's All or Nothing

    62013HD

    A quilted call and response. A battle of extreme extremes.

    Blanket Statement #2: It's All or Nothing
  • 2012
    Point de Gaze

    Point de Gaze

    Point de Gaze

    7.42012HD

    Named after a type of Belgian lace, this spectral study investigates intricate illusion and optical arrest.

    Point de Gaze
  • 2020
    Quilting Instructions: Front/Back

    Quilting Instructions: Front/Back

    Quilting Instructions: Front/Back

    02020HD

    Culled from instructional publications like "101 Fabulous Rotary Cut Quilts" and "The Joy of Quilting," these cel-based animations - filmed "front...

    Quilting Instructions: Front/Back
  • 2025
    Lover, Lovers, Loving, Love

    Lover, Lovers, Loving, Love

    Lover, Lovers, Loving, Love

    02025HD

    Flowers dance and transform in water, using strobe effects and superimposition. A meditation on life cycles through botanical animation, continuing...

    Lover, Lovers, Loving, Love
  • 2019
    Wasteland No. 2: Hardy, Hearty

    Wasteland No. 2: Hardy, Hearty

    Wasteland No. 2: Hardy, Hearty

    02019HD

    Different temporalities collide as we see frozen ice cubes of flowers from the first bloom from Mack's garden being reunited with roots from the very...

    Wasteland No. 2: Hardy, Hearty