Mike Davies

Video Art

Origami (2019)


A video sketch about Wikipedia... 

Origami (2019)


A video sketch about Wikipedia... 

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Ritual for a Key 8-8 (2017)


Shot handheld and POV on Super 8 and Video 8, drain covers and the key to open them, are transformed into a symbiotic interplay that takes them out of their respective everyday meanings. I wanted to portray two universes that connect but somehow seem out of reach and the need, on the part of the unseen protagonist, to form a ritual to connect them.

Ritual for a Key 8-8 (2017)


Shot handheld and POV on Super 8 and Video 8, drain covers and the key to open them, are transformed into a symbiotic interplay that takes them out of their respective everyday meanings. I wanted to portray two universes that connect but somehow seem out of reach and the need, on the part of the unseen protagonist, to form a ritual to connect them.

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Medallions (2016): 


This was constructed as a moving painting, combining odd hanging shapes over train lines into a Frank Stella inspired motif. The composition ghosts and abstracts further with the blueish contortions of the CRT TV. This shape simplifies over time to reveal its core component: a hanging pigeon.

Medallions (2016): 


This was constructed as a moving painting, combining odd hanging shapes over train lines into a Frank Stella inspired motif. The composition ghosts and abstracts further with the blueish contortions of the CRT TV. This shape simplifies over time to reveal its core component: a hanging pigeon.

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Breakfast (2016)


A short loop that merges breakfast with the struggles of a mutual breakup.


In collaboration with Emanuel Tessema

Breakfast (2016)


A short loop that merges breakfast with the struggles of a mutual breakup.


In collaboration with Emanuel Tessema

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Soft (2015): 


A Super 8 film about a Berlin bubble man. Poem by James Hatton

Soft (2015): 


A Super 8 film about a Berlin bubble man. Poem by James Hatton

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