Lauren Cook

KCBT explores the shifting urban landscape and rapid economic growth of Hanoi, Vietnam through stenciled demolition ads that both visibly mark the entire city and internally mark its residents.

Using century old technology, PXXXL creates digital glitch from analog process. It was animated directly on the celluloid without a camera, in a darkroom, using lights, objects, and handmade lenses. There is no digital manipulation involved-- just light, celluloid, and processing.

a feminist palimpsest of cinematic representation

Everything can change in a split second. A story of survival and the lasting impact of the Hartford circus fire of 1944. Commissioned for Hartford River Dreams series on the diversity of Hartford. 16mm footage of Barnum and Bailey Circus, animated photos, HD video.

A film about uncanny valleys and the space between. Painted 16mm film undergoes a monstrous transformation becoming neither analog nor digital.

In stark contrast to video, "Hand Made" focuses on the grain of the celluloid and the organic nature of emulsion. It was created by contact printing images with a flashlight in a darkroom without the use of a camera, labs, digital editing or any type of sound equipment.

KCBT explores the shifting urban landscape and rapid economic growth of Hanoi, Vietnam through stenciled demolition ads that both visibly mark the entire city and internally mark its residents.

Using century old technology, PXXXL creates digital glitch from analog process. It was animated directly on the celluloid without a camera, in a darkroom, using lights, objects, and handmade lenses. There is no digital manipulation involved-- just light, celluloid, and processing.

a feminist palimpsest of cinematic representation

Everything can change in a split second. A story of survival and the lasting impact of the Hartford circus fire of 1944. Commissioned for Hartford River Dreams series on the diversity of Hartford. 16mm footage of Barnum and Bailey Circus, animated photos, HD video.

A film about uncanny valleys and the space between. Painted 16mm film undergoes a monstrous transformation becoming neither analog nor digital.

In stark contrast to video, "Hand Made" focuses on the grain of the celluloid and the organic nature of emulsion. It was created by contact printing images with a flashlight in a darkroom without the use of a camera, labs, digital editing or any type of sound equipment.

After their queerphobic father dies, Jae’s mom reaches out to see if they can work through past trauma to rebuild a fractured familial relationship.

A former "flatlander," Ray Singer now enjoys the solitude of Crown King in Arizona's Bradshaw Mountains, witching wells for his neighbors and identifying unmarked graves.

Dot Matrix is a sound and image composition of two 16mm film tracks, made by hand in a darkroom, without digital intervention. The projectors become instruments that read the images as waveforms. Colorful and fun circles are menacing when played back as sound.