Jamie Nares Movies

Freehand wall carving of a perfect circle.

An epic struggle to tie a knot in a length of fabric using the feet.

Throwing and catching the same.

Wind currents on a debris-strewn street corner.

Taking stock of the city block. A measuring of sorts. One of the first films made by Nares after moving to New York City.

In the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never come from comfort, and it was precisely those dire...

A schematic animation of matter transforming into energy.

A young girl in the last summer of her childhood, alternates between solitary play and the discovery of her power to influence the world around her....

A semi-visible pianist plays. In memory of the poet, pianist and Judo black belt, David Rattray.

Observing the trajectories of falling rocks.

A gestural inflection, born of repetition.

A “sci-fi povera” film shot on Super 8, Men in Orbit features musician Lurie and Eric Mitchell as chain-smoking astronauts in a decrepit...

Tracking a storm in the bedsheets.

Studies in repetitive movement.

1978. USA. A performance film composed by Eric Mitchell, Maripol. Cinematography by James Nares. Staging by Mitchell. Styling by Maripol. With Edwige...

A symbiosis of man and pole.

After Rome 78, Nares made a political documentary—a controversial 1980 video interview with an IRA member titled No Japs at My...

Studies in repetitive movement.

Collage of faces taken from television by James Nares

Exploring the pre-fame years of the celebrated American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and how New York City, its people, and tectonically shifting...