These three short films are shown here together, but can also be shown separately.
They were created in Spring, 2021 by Kitty Clark.
Filmed in Washington County, MD.

"Requiem, or What's to Become of Unused Buildings" - 1:38
"Early March by the Antietam Creek" - 1:36
"Portal, or Composition in Grey, Green, Yellow and Purple" - 2:43

Password: fo4m
(Please use headphones when viewing in order to get the full impact of the sound.)

Working with video is a recent development in my practice. For many years, still photography has been my choice of medium. Exploring the space between still and moving imagery, has created an opportunity to harness light in a different way in order to forge connections between people, places, and objects. I am drawn to architecture and interiors, and what these spaces disclose about our social and personal lives.

A hybrid work combining black and white photographs with sound, Memory Foam depicts an imaginary house that is a composite of views assembled from twenty-six different homes. The video features ordinary lamps that illuminate a variety of situations and objects. The soundtrack, composed by Jason Sloan, is drawn from audio recordings of the sound generated by the electromagnetic field unique to each light source depicted in the video.

For most of us, “home” connotes a personal space and, as such, may be thought of as a reflection of the self. Memory Foam attempts to blur the boundary between the individual and the world through shared experiences as evidenced, for instance, in the overlapping infrastructure collaged from several basements or the number of ubiquitous framed photographs of family and friends that appear throughout the video. Clock faces serve as pauses or intervals between groups of images. The presence of digital technology explores how our personal environment is increasingly mediated and monitored by technology.

I believe that Memory Foam is a unique way of investigating the interface between still imagery, animation, and sound. Throughout the film, light and sound are the connecting threads as the camera makes its way from the basement foundation to the attic eaves, highlighting intimate details of domestic life along the way.

As a Tribute to the Native American culture groups throughout Maryland, I did this very brief visual "Intro" to honour INDIGENOUS DAY, October 10, 2022. I also donor my Great Grandmother Hattie Mae Elizabeth....Rucker who is said to be partially Ojibwe (Cherokee). We who stand on the shoulders of so many....may we wear moccasins instead of stilettos. Ase to the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County MD, for continued support as I explore the multiple visual ways towards UBUNTU..."I am because WE are"!!!

This is TRUE STORY...a children-friendly imaginative version of a true story about a statue at the Sandy Spring Slave Museum (SSSM) that became its symbolic logo. . Miraculously, the statue had been seen in Ghana, West Africa, 1995 at different times by both the storyteller (Sharon Lee Minor), and Dr. Winston A. Anderson, Founder of SSSM, . But they did not know each other, and just by coincidence this authentic history would become an intriguing "bridge-builder" between two nations and multiple cultures.

This project is based on research done by Artist/Scholar Sharon Lee Minor King, Ph.D. and funded by the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, Maryland.

“Vertigo” by Copes
Directed by Alec Pugliese
Cinematography by Rebecca Prucha, Alec Pugliese and Dustin Roddy
Editing by Alec Pugliese
Head Grip: Dustin Roddy
BTS Footage: Lizzie Hinton
Band Members: Sebastian Pinto, Vinnie Burke and Alec Pugliese
Cat: Puck
© 2017 Copes

"It's True" by The Safes
A Baby Pony Food Production
Produced and Directed by David Combs and Ben Epstein
Cinematography by Ben Epstein and Alec Pugliese
Editing and Effects by Ben Epstein
Starring Rebecca Prucha as the Moth and Unsuspecting Victim #17
Co-starring David Combs, Benjamin Epstein, Alec Pugliese and Chris Mantz as the nefarious TV producers

Also featuring, in order of appearance: Bob Donahue, Amanda Wilson, Reese Higgins, Lizz Mazer, Jay Johnson, Hakeem and the Fam, Tulane Simpson, Dag Yeshiwas, Stranger on the Street, Ariana Stone, Christy Summers, Mike Liszewski, Some Children and their Parents.

Costume design by Rebecca Prucha
Special thanks to Arthur Noll and Dustin Roddy!

© 2019 Action Weekend Records and Bickerton Records

“Party with the Kids Who Want To Party With You” by Bad Moves
A Baby Pony Food Production
Produced and Directed by David Combs and Ben Epstein
Cinematography by Ben Epstein and Alec Pugliese
Editing by Ben Epstein
Gripping by Becca Prucha

Starring Evie Banks, Josephine Hayes, Petra Hayes, Jean Helgerson, June Klein, Nathan Klein, Will Koenig, Auggie Merritt, Zoe Williams, Bad Moves, Elizabeth Falcon, Bob Donahue, Pete Wright, Aaron Leitko, Sean T-M, Antonio Nwozo, Kevin Tit, Meredith Pierce, Amber Gruner, Mazer Mazer, Jason Williams, Melissa Klein, Rebecca Helgerson.

Thanks so much to the Mess Hall, Rebecca Helgerson, Katie Harris Banks, Kathleen Gough, Peter J. Hayes, Jeremy Koenig, and Jason Williams!
© 2020 Don Giovanni Records

“Cool Generator” by Bad Moves
A Baby Pony Food Production
Directed by David Combs
Cinematography by Alec Pugliese
Editing by David Combs

“Melba” is taken from Jeff Rosenstock’s new album, POST-, out now!

A Baby Pony Food Production
Directed by Ben Epstein + David Combs
Videography by Ben Epstein + Alec Pugliese
Edited by Ben Epstein