http://carlelsaesser.com cArlelsaesser Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:59:10 +0000 http://carlelsaesser.com en http://carlelsaesser.com/Cruel-The-Ash-2014 http://carlelsaesser.com/following/carlelsaesser.com/Cruel-The-Ash-2014 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:59:10 +0000 cArlelsaesser 5085272 <img src="http://payload139.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/5085272/poster take 8_650.jpg" width="650" height="650" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" src_o="http://payload139.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/5085272/poster take 8_o.jpg" data-mid="29048302" border="0" align="left"/> Feature length experimental narrative involving the fantasy a family in mid-coast Maine holds over themselves in their daily lives, Maine's larger history of tradition, and the impending environmental crises of the Emerald Ash Borer. With support from Northeast Historic Film and The Theater Project. For updates please check our twitter page! 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Feature length experimental narrative involving the fantasy a family in mid-coast Maine holds over themselves in their daily lives, Maine's larger history of... http://carlelsaesser.com/Summer-2012 http://carlelsaesser.com/following/carlelsaesser.com/Summer-2012 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:54:57 +0000 cArlelsaesser 4089404 <img src="http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/4089404/drawbridge take 2_650.jpg" width="650" height="650" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" src_o="http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/4089404/drawbridge take 2_o.jpg" data-mid="21445163" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/4089404/dad and bill go fishing take 3_14_650.jpg" width="650" height="650" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" src_o="http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/4089404/dad and bill go fishing take 3_14_o.jpg" data-mid="22055803" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/4089404/chair try 2_2_650.jpg" width="650" height="650" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" src_o="http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/4089404/chair try 2_2_o.jpg" data-mid="21445160" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/4089404/bathroom take 2_650.jpg" width="650" height="650" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" src_o="http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/4089404/bathroom take 2_o.jpg" data-mid="21445150" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/4089404/bridge take 2_650.jpg" width="650" height="650" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" src_o="http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/4089404/bridge take 2_o.jpg" data-mid="21445155" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/4089404/Grammie_650.jpg" width="650" height="650" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" src_o="http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/4089404/Grammie_o.jpg" data-mid="21554459" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/4089404/Naked take 2_650.jpg" width="650" height="650" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" src_o="http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/4089404/Naked take 2_o.jpg" data-mid="21445167" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/4089404/tim-s arm take 3_650.jpg" width="650" height="650" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" src_o="http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/4089404/tim-s arm take 3_o.jpg" data-mid="21445179" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/4089404/Mom and dina in the kitchen take 2_650.jpg" width="650" height="650" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" src_o="http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/4089404/Mom and dina in the kitchen take 2_o.jpg" data-mid="21445165" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/4089404/pool try 2_650.jpg" width="650" height="650" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" src_o="http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/4089404/pool try 2_o.jpg" data-mid="21445170" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/4089404/foot take 2_19_650.jpg" width="650" height="650" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" src_o="http://payload89.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/4089404/foot take 2_19_o.jpg" data-mid="22055885" border="0" align="left"/> http://carlelsaesser.com/A-Thoughtful-Goodbye-2012 http://carlelsaesser.com/following/carlelsaesser.com/A-Thoughtful-Goodbye-2012 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:09:19 +0000 cArlelsaesser 2130773 "Sometimes I forget that I am not you and you are not me." <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/2130773/poster_650.jpg" width="650" height="433" width_o="1392" height_o="928" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/2130773/poster_o.jpg" data-mid="21588004" border="0" align="left"/> Synopsis Two friends on their way home. They stop and camp out for the night, waiting. The following morning one of them is missing with no explanation. And then the searching: for meaning without a past, for truth when desires confuse memories, for a beginning that makes sense for a now, and for freedom from the self. "Sometimes I forget that I am not you and you are not me". More Information: This film works as a poem; a simple one: two people, who they are and are not, how they relate to each other and how this changes over time. It is likewise a film about obsession and desire, how this can project and fabricate memories, as if that person were never there, just some ghost like figure, an open signifier to force all one’s desires into. In order to best explore these abstract themes and confusion of memory with desire, a friend of ours, Prateek Rajbhandari, constructed a device that would allow us to shoot with up to four cameras simultaneously. Thus, the film is shot with high definition, standard definition and super 8 cameras in the backwoods of Alaska. Screenings Roxie Theater, San Francisco, CA July 26th 2012 Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL Feb 2013 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/2130773/memory 10 of 11.jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="720" height_o="720" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/2130773/memory 10 of 11_o.jpg" data-mid="10625723" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/2130773/tent_650.jpg" width="650" height="974" width_o="2048" height_o="3071" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/2130773/tent_o.jpg" data-mid="21587808" border="0" align="left"/> In Collaboration With: poet:photographer Jake Brooks (www.midsummerish.com) whose photographs appear in the film. Music by: Roomful of Teeth http://roomfulofteeth.williams.edu/ Judd Greenstein: http://www.juddgreenstein.com/ Evan Straus: http://cosmicprimitive.com/index.php/artists/evan-strauss Check out these links for more information: Roxie.com notamemorysomethingpersonal.blogspot.com Watch the trailer here! "Sometimes I forget that I am not you and you are not me." Synopsis Two friends on their way home. They stop and camp out for the night, waiting. The following... http://carlelsaesser.com/Cuba-2010 http://carlelsaesser.com/following/carlelsaesser.com/Cuba-2010 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:16:23 +0000 cArlelsaesser 2018356 While studying in Havana, Cuba over the course of three months I completed a short experimental narrative film entitled: My Legs Crossed. “Within the revolution, all; outside of the revolution, nothing” -Fidel Castro Dulce María Loynaz (1903 -1997) <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/2018356/dulce maria (1 of 2).jpg" width="670" height="1005" width_o="2048" height_o="3072" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/2018356/dulce maria (1 of 2)_o.jpg" data-mid="10033477" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/2018356/dulce maria (2 of 2).jpg" width="670" height="1004" width_o="2048" height_o="3071" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/2018356/dulce maria (2 of 2)_o.jpg" data-mid="10033533" border="0" align="left"/> “I am Cuba.” She pauses then adds “Don’t misspell it though you already have”. Writing this now I stop, I can’t remember her face. She’s “A flight of blazing humming birds”, a shapeless shimmer filling space. She spreads herself unto the roman arches and crushed chandeliers and dirt until she is nothing. That’s when it fully dawns on me. I’ve just seen a ghost. Alejo Carpentier (1904 - 1980) <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/2018356/alejo carpentier (11 of 1).jpg" width="670" height="971" width_o="2048" height_o="2969" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/2018356/alejo carpentier (11 of 1)_o.jpg" data-mid="10056380" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/2018356/alejo carpentier (1 of 1).jpg" width="670" height="971" width_o="2048" height_o="2969" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/2018356/alejo carpentier (1 of 1)_o.jpg" data-mid="10056332" border="0" align="left"/> I know there’s a portly house that has everything within it. There’s the kitchen where a thousand books lay open, “our style is reaffirmed throughout our history”. But I can't find it. José Lezama Lima (1910-1976) <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/2018356/light flare (1 of 2).jpg" width="670" height="1005" width_o="1981" height_o="2972" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/2018356/light flare (1 of 2)_o.jpg" data-mid="10033551" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/2018356/light flare (2 of 2).jpg" width="670" height="1004" width_o="2048" height_o="3072" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/2018356/light flare (2 of 2)_o.jpg" data-mid="10033589" border="0" align="left"/>Facing down I see people looking up fragmented through waves like they are falling apart. Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990) <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/2018356/the kingdom of this worls (1 of 1)_6.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/2018356/the kingdom of this worls (1 of 1)_6_o.jpg" data-mid="10033828" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/2018356/the kingdom of this worls (1 of 1)_1.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/2018356/the kingdom of this worls (1 of 1)_1_o.jpg" data-mid="10033797" border="0" align="left"/>I find him on the ground or what’s left of him. His clothes are gone. There are stitches everywhere. I can make out bits of his body hastily sowed together now ripped apart. The lighthouse shines and shows me his mouth, “history killed me don’t believe it was suicide.” While studying in Havana, Cuba over the course of three months I completed a short experimental narrative film entitled: My Legs Crossed. “Within the... http://carlelsaesser.com/Inherently-Catholic-2009 http://carlelsaesser.com/following/carlelsaesser.com/Inherently-Catholic-2009 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:30:52 +0000 cArlelsaesser 1991987 Photographs of Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday at St. Johns church and St. Charles church in Brunswick, Maine. Also included are photographs from a photo studio at Hampshire College <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1991987/corvalis (16 of 13).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="800" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1991987/corvalis (16 of 13)_o.jpg" data-mid="10024934" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1991987/corvalis (24 of 13).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="800" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1991987/corvalis (24 of 13)_o.jpg" data-mid="10024921" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1991987/corvalis (12 of 13).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="800" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1991987/corvalis (12 of 13)_o.jpg" data-mid="10024924" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1991987/corvalis (14 of 13).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="800" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1991987/corvalis (14 of 13)_o.jpg" data-mid="10024926" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1991987/corvalis (18 of 13).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="800" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1991987/corvalis (18 of 13)_o.jpg" data-mid="10024940" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1991987/corvalis (17 of 13).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="750" height_o="750" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1991987/corvalis (17 of 13)_o.jpg" data-mid="10024938" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1991987/corvalis (19 of 13).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="800" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1991987/corvalis (19 of 13)_o.jpg" data-mid="10024946" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1991987/corvalis (20 of 13).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="800" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1991987/corvalis (20 of 13)_o.jpg" data-mid="10024953" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1991987/corvalis (23 of 13).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="800" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1991987/corvalis (23 of 13)_o.jpg" data-mid="10024997" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1991987/corvalis (22 of 13).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="800" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1991987/corvalis (22 of 13)_o.jpg" data-mid="10024993" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1991987/corvalis (21 of 13).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="800" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1991987/corvalis (21 of 13)_o.jpg" data-mid="10024961" border="0" align="left"/> Photographs of Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday at St. Johns church and St. Charles church in Brunswick, Maine. Also included are photographs from a photo studio at... http://carlelsaesser.com/Summer-2011 http://carlelsaesser.com/following/carlelsaesser.com/Summer-2011 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:39:04 +0000 cArlelsaesser 1992121 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1992121/let us see (12 of 12).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="1042" height_o="1042" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1992121/let us see (12 of 12)_o.jpg" data-mid="10103440" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1992121/let us see (6 of 12).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="1228" height_o="1228" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1992121/let us see (6 of 12)_o.jpg" data-mid="10103527" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1992121/let us see (7 of 12).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="1005" height_o="1005" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1992121/let us see (7 of 12)_o.jpg" data-mid="10103542" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1992121/let us see (9 of 12).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="1078" height_o="1078" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1992121/let us see (9 of 12)_o.jpg" data-mid="10103579" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1992121/let us see (3 of 12).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="1228" height_o="1228" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1992121/let us see (3 of 12)_o.jpg" data-mid="10103498" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1992121/let us see (1 of 12).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1992121/let us see (1 of 12)_o.jpg" data-mid="10103451" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1992121/let us see (2 of 12).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="1228" height_o="1228" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1992121/let us see (2 of 12)_o.jpg" data-mid="10103482" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1992121/let us see (10 of 12).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="1228" height_o="1228" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1992121/let us see (10 of 12)_o.jpg" data-mid="10103608" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1992121/let us see (11 of 12).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="1228" height_o="1228" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1992121/let us see (11 of 12)_o.jpg" data-mid="10103636" border="0" align="left"/> http://carlelsaesser.com/A-Portrait-of-The-Wind-King-and-His-Space http://carlelsaesser.com/following/carlelsaesser.com/A-Portrait-of-The-Wind-King-and-His-Space Sun, 11 Sep 2011 12:16:25 +0000 cArlelsaesser 1977853 Fall 2010/ Spring 2011 As well as making the film There Is Wind That Blew for my Division III thesis work, I produced a gallery show revolving around subjects explored in the film. I shared the gallery with three other friends and together we organized an opening night celebration complete with a photo booth and public reading. Over 200 people attended. This is the text that was included with the show: September 1st 1995 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1977853/self concious better (4 of 1).jpg" width="670" height="508" width_o="2048" height_o="1554" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1977853/self concious better (4 of 1)_o.jpg" data-mid="9852471" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1977853/family portrait (1 of 1).jpg" width="670" height="484" width_o="1879" height_o="1358" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1977853/family portrait (1 of 1)_o.jpg" data-mid="9851862" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1977853/falling as well.jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1977853/falling as well_o.jpg" data-mid="9851806" border="0" align="left"/> His hands will always be intimate, separated from what the shadow holds and love is a little less then everything. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1977853/foundation best (4 of 1).jpg" width="670" height="494" width_o="2048" height_o="1512" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1977853/foundation best (4 of 1)_o.jpg" data-mid="9852453" border="0" align="left"/> Fall 2010/ Spring 2011 As well as making the film There Is Wind That Blew for my Division III thesis work, I produced a gallery show revolving around subjects... http://carlelsaesser.com/There-is-Wind-That-Blew-2011 http://carlelsaesser.com/following/carlelsaesser.com/There-is-Wind-That-Blew-2011 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:47:56 +0000 cArlelsaesser 1975279 "this film was designed as an attempt to actively forget a period of time in my life and ends today with an act of giving in and letting stay." <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1975279/Carl-s Poster copy.jpg" width="670" height="469" width_o="1500" height_o="1050" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1975279/Carl-s Poster copy_o.jpg" data-mid="9805868" border="0" align="left"/> Synopsis: Two parents insert themselves into their son's diary and assume several roles until the diary realizes their presence. As the passages fall apart and the son violently tries to get rid of his parents, a film crew appears-framing specifics-searching for concrete answers to an echoing repression. There is Wind That Blows explores the relationship between closeted repression, film making, narrative representation, family history and agency. More Information: I produced, directed and acted in a thirty minute experimental narrative film looking into my personal history and fluid relationship to repression. The film stars my parents, my friends from high school, and the house I grew up in all in their relative roles as an attempt to explore the beautiful and churning silence I have known my whole life. Screenings and Awards Entzaubert Queer DIY Film Festival, Berlin, 2012 Light Factory, Film Maker's Show Case, June 2012 - Best Experimental Film. Big Muddy Film Festival, 2012 - Programmer’s Award Berlin Directors Lounge, 2012 Roxie Theater, March 15th 2012 Talking in the Mirror' screening at Artist Telivision Access in April, 2012 Cinema Turbulent Film Festival, May 2013 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1975279/I sit in a chair (2 of 1).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1975279/I sit in a chair (2 of 1)_o.jpg" data-mid="10102402" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1975279/house (2 of 1).jpg" width="670" height="669" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1975279/house (2 of 1)_o.jpg" data-mid="10102624" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1975279/the wall (2 of 1).jpg" width="670" height="669" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1975279/the wall (2 of 1)_o.jpg" data-mid="10102362" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1975279/alex in is the woods (2 of 1).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="808" height_o="808" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1975279/alex in is the woods (2 of 1)_o.jpg" data-mid="10102452" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1975279/carl in the boat (2 of 1).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1975279/carl in the boat (2 of 1)_o.jpg" data-mid="10102423" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1975279/two mes (2 of 1).jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="804" height_o="804" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/147462/1975279/two mes (2 of 1)_o.jpg" data-mid="10102799" border="0" align="left"/> **There is Wind that Blew website **Watch the Trailer here! "this film was designed as an attempt to actively forget a period of time in my life and ends today with an act of giving in and letting stay." Synopsis: Two...