Description
Disc 1
Eye/Light
A Neon Crescent, 1976, Super 8, silent, 3:21
Becky’s Eye, 1977, Super 8, silent, 3:31
Bent Light, 1976, Super 8, silent, 3:17
The Last Look, 1981, Super 8, silent, 1:53
Ambien Series VII Duo, 2002, video, sound, 9:27
These short videos, largely inspired by Stan Brakhage’s experiments in sculpting light, focus on a single element to render beauty.
Visual Politics
Fearless Leader, 1985, Super 8, sound, 3:38
In Progress, 1985, video, sound, 12:30
His Hidden Presence, 1998, video, sound, 10:10
This Burning World, 2002, video, sound, 31:57
Short Video Pieces 2004, 2004, video, sound, 46:42
Recognizing that all human relations are political, in these works Varela explores the ways that artists function in a material world.
Ambient Spaces
Recuerdos de flores muertas, 1982, Super 8, sound, 6:58
Ghost Town, 1974, Super 8, silent, 2:43
I Raise My Arm, I Am Responsible, 2004, video, sound, 16:37
Ambien Series VIII Houston, 2002, video, sound, 15:15
These videos, inspired by the sound art of Brian Eno, are intended put viewers in a unique state of awareness of their surroundings.
Disc 2
Recuerdos
Moondance, 1976, Super 8, silent, 9:41
James Broughton, 1985, Super 8, sound, 6:07
Stan & Jane Brakhage, 1981, Super 8, silent, 3:14
March 1979, 1979, Super 8, silent, 3:27
The Birthday Party, 2004, video, sound, 10:21
The Extraordinary Day, 2003, video, sound, 16:21
White Sands, 2004, video, sound, 12:00
Representative of Varela’s early practice, these works elevate the aesthetic value of otherwise dismissed environments.
Making Is Choosing: A Fragmented Life: A Broken Line: A Series of Observations, 1989, Super 8, sound, 1:43:15
This work chronicles Varela’s life from 1985 to 1989, a period of doubt, anger, and intense self-examination.
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