Jodie Mack Movies

  • 2012
    Point de Gaze

    Point de Gaze

    Point de Gaze

    7.42012HD

    Named after a type of Belgian lace, this spectral study investigates intricate illusion and optical arrest.

    Point de Gaze
  • 2010
    Rad Plaid

    Rad Plaid

    Rad Plaid

    02010HD

    A series of chromatic intersections. Audience members form teams who respond to vertical lines by shouting "plaid" and to horizontal lines by...

    Rad Plaid
  • 2025
    Lover, Lovers, Loving, Love

    Lover, Lovers, Loving, Love

    Lover, Lovers, Loving, Love

    02025HD

    LOVER, LOVERS, LOVING, LOVE (2023) is similar to some of my other recent works, like the three films in the Wasteland series (2017-2021) and M*U*S*H...

    Lover, Lovers, Loving, Love
  • 2020
    Quilting Instructions 1-14

    Quilting Instructions 1-14

    Quilting Instructions 1-14

    02020HD

    Culled from instructional publications like "101 Fabulous Rotary Cut Quilts" and "The Joy of Quilting," these cel-based animations - filmed "front...

    Quilting Instructions 1-14
  • 2022
    M*U*S*H

    M*U*S*H

    M*U*S*H

    02022HD

    Vital grief finds interplanetary putrescence.

    M*U*S*H
  • 2013
    Glistening Thrills

    Glistening Thrills

    Glistening Thrills

    6.72013HD

    A shiny otherworld of holographic reverie pairs dollar store gift bags and haunting resound, unfolding an effervescent melancholy in three parts....

    Glistening Thrills
  • 2014
    Razzle Dazzle

    Razzle Dazzle

    Razzle Dazzle

    02014HD

    Tacky threads luminesce at a firefly’s pace, twinkling through remnants of chintzy opulence and gaudy glamour prestissimo brilliante.

    Razzle Dazzle
  • 2013
    Dusty Stacks of Mom: The Poster Project

    Dusty Stacks of Mom: The Poster Project

    Dusty Stacks of Mom: The Poster Project

    62013HD

    Interweaving the forms of personal filmmaking, abstract animation, and the rock opera, this animated musical documentary examines the rise and fall...

    Dusty Stacks of Mom: The Poster Project
  • 2011
    August Song

    August Song

    August Song

    02011HD

    Filmmaker Jodie Mack’s video animated short is the cat’s pajamas. Literally. The London-born experimental animator’s overlay of...

    August Song
  • 1970
    Lover, Lovers, Loving, Love

    Lover, Lovers, Loving, Love

    Lover, Lovers, Loving, Love

    01970HD

    Flowers dance and transform in water, using strobe effects and superimposition. A meditation on life cycles through botanical animation, continuing...

    Lover, Lovers, Loving, Love
  • 2011
    Hollis Well

    Hollis Well

    Hollis Well

    02011HD

    Hollis Frampton's T-Shirt Collection - animated!

    Hollis Well
  • 2019
    Wasteland No. 2: Hardy, Hearty

    Wasteland No. 2: Hardy, Hearty

    Wasteland No. 2: Hardy, Hearty

    02019HD

    Different temporalities collide as we see frozen ice cubes of flowers from the first bloom from Mack's garden being reunited with roots from the very...

    Wasteland No. 2: Hardy, Hearty
  • 2021
    Wasteland No. 3: Moons, Sons

    Wasteland No. 3: Moons, Sons

    Wasteland No. 3: Moons, Sons

    02021HD

    The third film in Mack's Wasteland series, Moons, Sons observes the rapid thaw of natural forms.

    Wasteland No. 3: Moons, Sons
  • 2016
    Curses

    Curses

    Curses

    82016HD

    Made entirely by hand from cut marbled paper, this odyssey of remnants re-imagines a dream-sequence love.

    Curses
  • 2017
    Wasteland No. 1: Ardent Verdant

    Wasteland No. 1: Ardent Verdant

    Wasteland No. 1: Ardent Verdant

    5.82017HD

    The interconnected circuitry. The aggregated flora. Alternating currents of the visual field.

    Wasteland No. 1: Ardent Verdant
  • 2003
    Untitled (for R.)

    Untitled (for R.)

    Untitled (for R.)

    02003HD

    A study in foreground and background made with a video camera, a set of handmade filters, and a canoe.

    Untitled (for R.)
  • 2003
    Two-Hundred Feet

    Two-Hundred Feet

    Two-Hundred Feet

    02003HD

    Shapes shake nervously. Lines sway back and forth. The sun sets.

    Two-Hundred Feet
  • 2020
    Brief Glimpses on the Way to Joy (Part 1)

    Brief Glimpses on the Way to Joy (Part 1)

    Brief Glimpses on the Way to Joy (Part 1)

    02020HD

    A summing up of the spontaneous Super 8 filmmaking I have done over the past decade exploring nature, home, and friends using improvised distorting...

    Brief Glimpses on the Way to Joy (Part 1)
  • 2005
    A Joy

    A Joy

    A Joy

    92005HD

    Direct animation with stained-glass contact paper, ink, and acetate.

    A Joy
  • 2012
    Round and Round – Phenakistoscope Phun

    Round and Round – Phenakistoscope Phun

    Round and Round – Phenakistoscope Phun

    02012HD

    A scanned and spinning document of roughly forty phenakistoscopes made from discarded cardboard. Complete with digital scan glitches and singing by...

    Round and Round – Phenakistoscope Phun