FILM

Photograph, Habitat - Nonstop, 2023, Amsterdam, NL. Moon on Fire Meditation. Super Blood Wolf Moon eclipse January 2019. 

Welcome. The Cape island trader, Martha Vineyard’s Trip Barnes, discusses the seasonal economy of his island. He explains the armies of imported workers (with special visas displacing local workers), needed to service vacationers for three months every year. Trip talks about the politics in his personal life, and the effects of the migration on the environment, community, housing problems and his personal solution.

Race the Sun Meditation. Greeting the day meditation.

Cabo Peligro. Surrounded by a burning world at war with itself, only vacation sites are conflict free. Here we encounter an on-call AI mixologist crafting custom memory enhancing drinks for vacationing workers.

Last Exit. Poetry dialogue mixed with screen grabs from the bleak, noir, 1945 Club Paradise. Released the same year the US bombed Hiroshima and Hitler died, Last Exit becomes a romantic vacation advertisement that comments on perception, storytelling and propaganda.

Tears in the Night. Advertisement for Club Paradise, always here, waiting for your return.

Club Paradise. Surrounded by a burning world at war with itself, only vacation sites are conflict free. Here we encounter an on-call AI mixologist crafting custom memory enhancing drinks for vacationing workers.