David Gatten Movies

  • 2002
    Secret History of the Dividing Line

    Secret History of the Dividing Line

    Secret History of the Dividing Line

    52002HD

    Paired texts as dueling histories; a journey imagined and remembered; 57 mileage markers produce an equal number of prospects. The latest in a series...

    Secret History of the Dividing Line
  • 2016
    Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions

    Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions

    Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions

    02016HD

    Four uncut camera rolls, unspooled intermittently across thirteen years. One is a portrait of a friend, another is of a particular plant, the third...

    Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions
  • 2004
    The Great Art of Knowing

    The Great Art of Knowing

    The Great Art of Knowing

    02004HD

    "This chapter of my ongoing exploration of the Byrd library finds its name and shape within a single volume from that collection: Athanasius...

    The Great Art of Knowing
  • 2010
    Film for Invisible Ink, case no. 323. Once Upon a Time in the West

    Film for Invisible Ink, case no. 323. Once Upon a Time in the West

    Film for Invisible Ink, case no. 323. Once Upon a Time in the West

    02010HD

    Film for Invisible Ink, case no. 323: ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (2010), was composed as an epithalamium, or matrimonial poem, for Erin Espelie....

    Film for Invisible Ink, case no. 323. Once Upon a Time in the West
  • 2008
    Rete: Red Hook, Brooklyn

    Rete: Red Hook, Brooklyn

    Rete: Red Hook, Brooklyn

    02008HD

    In my hand I hold a leaf from the tree outside my window. Old hand lined now age and experience veins grown larger. Central vein on the leaf stems my...

    Rete: Red Hook, Brooklyn
  • 2028
    The Dusting of the Books

    The Dusting of the Books

    The Dusting of the Books

    02028HD

    Part 8 of Secret History of the Dividing Line, a True Account in Nine Parts. 2028, approx. 150 minutes, color, sound, digital.

    The Dusting of the Books
  • 2021
    This Day’s Madness did prepare Tomorrow’s Silence

    This Day’s Madness did prepare Tomorrow’s Silence

    This Day’s Madness did prepare Tomorrow’s Silence

    02021HD

    There are two women. Or there were two women. Or there will be two women. One of them is here today. No one knows about tomorrow. There is one river,...

    This Day’s Madness did prepare Tomorrow’s Silence
  • 2011
    The Matter Propounded, of Its Possibility and Impossibility, Treated in Four Parts

    The Matter Propounded, of Its Possibility and Impossibility, Treated in Four Parts

    The Matter Propounded, of Its Possibility and Impossibility, Treated in Four Parts

    02011HD

    Close your eyes. Take a deep breath. Concentrate your attention. What Question will you ask? The Matter Propounded... makes use of an early...

    The Matter Propounded, of Its Possibility and Impossibility, Treated in Four Parts
  • 2008
    Film for Invisible Ink, Case No. 142: ABBREVIATION FOR DEAD WINTER [Diminished by 1,794]

    Film for Invisible Ink, Case No. 142: ABBREVIATION FOR DEAD WINTER [Diminished by 1,794]

    Film for Invisible Ink, Case No. 142: ABBREVIATION FOR DEAD WINTER [Diminished by 1,794]

    02008HD

    “A single piece of paper, a second stab at suture, a story three times over, a frame for every mile. With words by Charles Darwin. A...

    Film for Invisible Ink, Case No. 142: ABBREVIATION FOR DEAD WINTER [Diminished by 1,794]
  • 2016
    China monumentis (A Roll for Peter)

    China monumentis (A Roll for Peter)

    China monumentis (A Roll for Peter)

    02016HD

    3 minutes, black and white, silent, 16mm

    China monumentis (A Roll for Peter)
  • 2012
    The Extravagant Shadows

    The Extravagant Shadows

    The Extravagant Shadows

    52012HD

    Suggestion is the rock, and the physical evidence is the evanescent spray that breaks against the unseen. Transitive enharmonics of things touching...

    The Extravagant Shadows
  • 2008
    Today! (excerpts #28 and #19)

    Today! (excerpts #28 and #19)

    Today! (excerpts #28 and #19)

    02008HD

    Continuation of the "Today!" collaboration between David Gatten and Jessie Stead.

    Today! (excerpts #28 and #19)
  • 1999
    Moxon’s Mechanick Exercises or the Doctrine of Handy-Works Applied to the Art of Printing

    Moxon’s Mechanick Exercises or the Doctrine of Handy-Works Applied to the Art of Printing

    Moxon’s Mechanick Exercises or the Doctrine of Handy-Works Applied to the Art of Printing

    51999HD

    "Linked together by the texturality of forgotten objects and frayed (or physically manipulated) imprinted text images, the film represents a thematic...

    Moxon’s Mechanick Exercises or the Doctrine of Handy-Works Applied to the Art of Printing
  • 2006
    Shrimp Boat Log

    Shrimp Boat Log

    Shrimp Boat Log

    02006HD

    SHRIMP BOAT LOG, the first reel of the ongoing CONTINUOUS QUANTITIES series, contains 300 shots, 29 frames each, alternating between a notebook...

    Shrimp Boat Log
  • 2028
    The World is Bound with Secret Knots

    The World is Bound with Secret Knots

    The World is Bound with Secret Knots

    02028HD

    Part 9 of Secret History of the Dividing Line, a True Account in Nine Parts. 2028, approx. 150 minutes, color, sound, digital.

    The World is Bound with Secret Knots
  • 2007
    What The Water Said, Nos. 4-6

    What The Water Said, Nos. 4-6

    What The Water Said, Nos. 4-6

    62007HD

    Strips of previously unexposed film went into the ocean and these fragments are what returned. In this final installment of a nine year project...

    What The Water Said, Nos. 4-6
  • 2009
    Journals and Remarks

    Journals and Remarks

    Journals and Remarks

    02009HD

    JOURNAL AND REMARKS, the second reel of the ongoing Continuous Quantities series, contains 700 shots, 29 frames each, shuttling between the 1839...

    Journals and Remarks