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the post-feminist dissonance project(2013)

The Post(?) Feminist Dissonance Project uses a quote by Kathleen Hanna as a prompt, a voicemail box as an interviewing device, found footage as a tool, and text as a character. it is a study in the cacophony of the inner life tuned against the perception of reality. i made this piece to see if i was alone, and i discovered that for better or for worse, i am not. this is above all about the process, not the resolution.

Your Inbox Is Full(2020)

The 3rd installment in James A. Burkhalter's QUEER ROOTS trilogy: After years of his mother begging him to do it, James decides to finally review and erase 10 years' worth of phone messages. It tells the story of James' "roaring twenties," constructed solely through the voices of friends, family, and lovers.

Cosmonaut(2026)

Everyday records of a young lesbian’s life are transformed into a homemade documentary celebrating her twenty-first birthday through the lens of her best friend’s camera.

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Elena, a vegetarian working in a butcher's shop, tells us from her workplace the story of the 'super pigs', a plague of hybrid pigs descended from wild boars and domestic pigs, which are invading the United States and Canada.

Man Painting(2009)

The painter Alfredo Romero locks himself in his studio-apartment in the Estación de Francia neighborhood in Mollet del Vallès (Barcelona) to create the final painting of his series Paisajes interiores (Inner Landscapes). The director of this film does the same, but to create his own work about the painter's creative process. Premiered at Documenta Madrid in 2009.

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Primordial spring is in the air, all is tentative.

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Glittering illusions of vectorized providence struggle to guide the viewer toward a path of re-enchantment.

HEAST(2025)

A portrait of Austria captured with a broken camera, accompanied by an enhanced and AI-generated version of the national anthem.

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ovoscopia

The world through an unconventional lens.

Voicemails for Isabelle(2026)

A young woman copes with her sister’s death by leaving her voicemails chronicling her chaotic life in San Francisco. When the number is unknowingly reassigned, an elusive Austin real estate agent begins receiving the hilariously confessional messages.

This Is John(2003)

The age-old battle between man and answering machine wages on as John attempts to record the perfect outgoing message.

Call Waiting(2020)

A man with social anxiety attempts to order pizza over the phone at the risk of having a nervous breakdown.

Missed Calls(2023)

A teenager goes through his local park listening to voicemails his ex-girlfriend.

Oh Hi Anne(2017)

An epic tale of love and loss. Made using voicemails the Kuchar brothers left on her home answering machine, the artist reveals George and Mike in all their candid honesty leading up to and following George’s untimely death in 2011. McGuire floats their voices along a river of digital scribbles and her own voice in singer/songwriter mode. The beauty of the piece lies partly in how the voicemails, used as-is and chronologically, contain an entire narrative about love and loss in a DIY style reminiscent of the Kuchars.

The Voice Note

Henry attempts to send his older sister a voice note explaining his absence, but each attempt edges him closer to the truth he’s avoided for years.