Phillip Barker

Sean’s mission on Earth is to help humans live forever by eradicating useless states of emotion and instinct. However, confronted with "Earth’s pointless gravity", Sean’s body weakens. He seeks the help of a domesticated horse, who introduces him to poetry. Undaunted, he continues to collect samples from Earth: animals, worms, and the very children who have befriended him.

A tale based on the mysterious traditions of the Shadow Nette Fishers of the Erie Valley. For the fisherman we meet here, only fate can decide whether his poses and gestures of virility will produce the result he so desires.

Set inside a roadside diner, a sick woman meets herself as a little girl in the reflection of a mirror. The diner 'set' is built within a large wooden wheel and is literally rolled through a studio. As the world turns upside down, the changing gravitational pull creates chaos and sets off a fateful chain of events.

A camera spins, but the world remains still. A reflexive piece on the presence of the filmmaker and their perforative manipulation of the world.

A Temporary Arrangement began as a simple experiment: to study the human form suspended in water, floating down a river. We made a 12 foot camera tower lashed to two canoes. However, during the filming, individual dramas unfolded as each person had to confront their ability, or inability, to relinquish control to the flowing river. A narrative unfolded as I witnessed friends and family coming to terms with this natural force.