Mary Helena Clark

Mary Helena Clark at IFFR

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  And the Sun Flowers

  Henry James had his motif in the carpet, Da Vinci saw faces on the wall. In this case, a strip of wallpaper contains images and scents from times long

  • Signals: Size Matters
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  After Writing

  Aftermath… Hieroglyphs inhaled in the dust, nothing written in stone but upon blackboards, mirrorwise.

  • Short: As Long As It Takes
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  Orpheus (Outtakes)

  Using footage from Cocteau’s Orphée, Mary Helena Clark optically prints an interstitial space where the ghosts of cinema lurk beyond and within the fr

  • Spectrum Shorts
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  The Glass Note

  An eerie and surprising reflection on cinema, voice and embodiment by way of stones, skin and digitally generated imagery.

  • Bright Future Short
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  The Dragon Is the Frame

  Enigmatic but truthful, watching Clark’s diary-like film is like solving a mystery with no crime in sight. A heartfelt poem for artist Mark Aguhar.

  • As Long As It Takes: Short
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  Sound over Water

  The sky and the sea meet in a deep blue underwater evocation on 16mm. Floating particles, schools of fish and film emulsion converge.

  • Spectrum Shorts