Club

Trevor Shimizu

2002-2012, 4:10 min, color, sound

Writes Shimizu: "I used to work as a photographer hired by a website to promote NYC and the Hamptons nightlife. The promoters would hire the people I worked for to send me over to their party to take photos of the people there. I would go to 2-3 different clubs a night, 4 nights a week. The range...

Emotional Month

Trevor Shimizu

2000, 2:44 min, color, sound

Writes Shimizu: "Studying to become an actor, I read a tragic monologue written by my friend, Nathan Frank, who was also operating the camera. I started making the video right before Y2K, the mood reflected here."

Memoir

Trevor Shimizu

2005, 6:23 min, color, silent

Writes Shimizu: "This video was originally made with the idea that it could be used to stand in for myself when meeting new people, or serve as the face of a corporation, for example on a billboard or in a lobby or store."

What a Boring and Disappointing Life

Trevor Shimizu

2002, 21:21 min, color, sound

Writes Shimizu: "I lived off Lombard Street in a private terrace apartment overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge for free. I had free rent because I was the caretaker for the owner of he building, who lived upstairs. She was about 80 years old. It was a very ideal situation, except for the fact that...