Nelson Henricks Trailers
Emission Trailer
Nelson Henricks was born in Bow Island, Alberta and is a graduate of the Alberta College of Art (1986). He moved to Montreal in 1991, where he received a BFA from Concordia University (1994). Henricks lives and works in Montreal, where he has taught at Concordia University (1995 - present), McGill University (2001-03) and the Université du Québec à Montréal (1999, 2003). He has also taught at the University of Toronto (2003). A musician, writer, curator and artist, Henricks is best known for his videotapes, which have been exhibited worldwide. A focus on his video work was presented at the Museum of Modern Art in New York as part of the Video Viewpoints series (2000).
Most Popular Nelson Henricks Trailers
Total trailers found: 13
27 December 2004
In the video Satellite, Nelson Henricks combines found footage and techno beats to question western society's ongoing obsession with science, technology and the future.
14 August 1999
Handy Man examines the window as a site of voyeurism and surveillance. With his Hi-8 camera, Henricks documents two workers in his interior courtyard.
07 August 1999
An experimental portrait of a place, Scotland. You are looking for something. What you find is something else.
21 October 2006
The 10 new and retooled silent video works presented here are each director's response to a silent and nocturnal viewing situation.
01 January 1994
Human beings define themselves in opposition to both nature and technology. Emission attempts to confound any simplistic analysis of these worn-out dualities.
01 January 1995
"Our apartment was one hundred years old, and it was haunted. Friends suggested that we paint a black spot on the ceiling to get rid of the ghost.
01 January 1997
Crush is the story of a man who wants to turn into an animal. He employs a variety of techniques to transform himself.
01 January 1994
"This two-part video is a newcomer’s portrait of Montréal. I spent my first winter in Québec in a cold, dark, first floor apartment.
01 January 1995
In defiance of the background noise of homophobia, a series of dreamlike images evoke the interplay between private and public spaces, and the continual disintegration and reconfiguration of queer identity within (and on the periphery of) dominant culture.
01 January 1997
Over the course of one year, Henricks periodically shot footage from front window of his third floor apartment.
01 January 1992
Conspiracy of Lies speaks of alienation and minorities, consumer culture, urban isolation, and the fine balance between mental order and chaos.
01 January 2001
I am near-sighted. When I see a potentially beautiful boy at a distance, I perceive him as perfectly beautiful.
08 August 1998
Using a Super8 camera, Henricks employed time-lapse photography to document the interior and exterior of his apartment.
