Assassins Ride

Forcefield

2002, 8:10 min, color, sound

Assassins Ride is a protracted tableau; three masked figures stand around a blustering fire, while a pulsating, measured electronic beat booms out. Occasional strobe effects and a fireball add to the incendiary feel. The soundtrack is taken from the Assassins CDR.

Berry Face

Forcefield

2002, 3:51 min, color, sound

Berry Face combines a techno beat with repeated flashes of colorful, hexagonal lights and zooms from a face fashioned of red berries and a blond wig.

Brown Shmoo

Forcefield

2002, 36 sec, color, sound

Diamond

Forcefield

2003, 12:43 min, color, sound

Diamond is an extended, pulsating geometric meditation.

Live 2000

Forcefield

2000, 2:53 min, color, sound

Live 2000 documents an energetic and intriguing performance at the Safari Lounge in Providence, RI

Meta Radeo

Forcefield

2003, 3:02 min, color, sound

In Meta Radeo, long shots of a yellow and purple shrouded figure standing in the woods and in the desert are intercut with close-ups of slowly moving earthworms.

The Sad Robot

Forcefield

1996, 2:08 min, color, sound

In The Sad Robot a friendly-looking robot is struck by a laser in a field.

Third Annual Roggabogga Motion Picture

Forcefield

2002, 6:21 min, color and b&w, sound, 16 mm film on video

This piece is a video version of the 16 mm stop-motion animated film that was projected for the three-month duration of the Third Annual Roggabogga installation at the Whitney. It is a mass of pulsing, swirling colors, with a chaotic soundtrack of droning tones and densely layered electronic beeps.

Tunnel Vision

Forcefield

2001, 11:43 min, color, sound, 16 mm film and video

Shown in conjunction with live music performances during Forcefield's 2001 tour, Tunnel Vision includes the group's first animation experiment. The artists describe this merger of performance, animation and fantastical narrative as "Forcefield in its darkly-shrouded assassin period."

Video I

Forcefield

1996, 2:20 min, color, sound

Video I appears to be a short story without resolution. We are given the following disparate clues: A repetitive, static-like noise; flashing portraits of a stuffed, chattering robot; overlapping, abstract animations; and images of walking and tapping knit booties.

Video II

Forcefield

1996, 2:10 min, color, sound

In Video II, three shrouded, hypnotically bobbing characters are animated by a continuously rolling moon, abstract flashing blobs, and a repetitive electronic soundtrack. They then scatter from one end of the screen to the other.

Video III

Forcefield

2000, 10:44 min, color, sound

Video III combines glimpses of a frenzied, cultish congregation, sketches reminiscent of a children's TV program, and a rich, noisy electronic soundtrack.

Warmup

Forcefield

2002, 7 min, color, sound

In Warmup, three Forcefield members in knit suits are animated by repeated, rapid zooms and a powerful electronic soundscape.