Silent Movies

Filmed during the 52nd National Convention of the American National Association of Letter Carriers in August 1980.

At home, outdoors. Street shots.

Two women gardening on a sunny day.

An outdoor gathering.

Elam turns in place while filming nature.

A covered bridge and the nature surrounding it.

Digging in the woods.

Sprocket holes moving across the screen.

Abstract short.

Cleaning supplies and flames.

Two pumpkins.

Elam's husband prepares vegetables at the sink.

Consists of frantic and (mostly) uninformative pans sprinting across Elam's lawn.

“Tai Chi II,” similarly to Elam’s “Tai Chi Bowling” and “Tai Chi,” focuses on movement. Through a sequence of close-ups, Elam coyly records portions o...

Elam records several men moving boxes and furniture as they track across her backyard.

Contrasting environments, in and outside.

A gentleman of France

Two girls spend the evening together. You'll never believe what happens next!

Kupferberg Gold ad by Pinschewer.

A visual metaphor for creative process as a sustained state of flux, whereby the deconstruction and reconfiguration of source material manifest themse...