My short films are hand drawn on 3 X 5 inch index cards and play at a rate of 12 cards per second. The five films listed on this page contain over twenty thousand index cards.
Boomerang
It's no coincidence when it happens this way.
2016, 5 minutes 30 seconds
3820 index cards
Music: composed by Christopher "Bird" Jowaisas, performed and recorded by The Absynth Quintet.
Salmon Deadly Sins
Heed it's hints.
2014, 7 minutes
5040 index cards
Music: "Aquatic Hitchhiker" composed by Andy Thorn, performed by Leftover Salmon, courtesy of LoS Records
More From Life
Morphs from the daily ephemera of life.
2009, 9 minutes
6017 index cards
Original music by Howard Kaufman, Bryan Osper and Nick Pires-Moore.
Beans From Another Planet
Sometimes you're the BBQ; sometimes you're the meat.
1992, 3 minutes, 16mm transfer
1560 index cards
Original music by Howard Kaufman.
Arcata Brain Closet
An alphabetigraphical journey.
1988, 9 minutes, 16mm transfer
4286 index cards
Original music by Howard Kaufman & Scott Beasley.
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