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In the mid-1980s,
with the completion of
his comic surrealist animated film SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, Jim's work caught the attention of some of the era's most adventurous artists working in popular music. During this time the studio created high profile music videos for Talking Heads, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Peter Gabriel, Michael Jackson, Tears for Fears and others-- expanding awareness of Blashfield's work internationally.
with the completion of
his comic surrealist animated film SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, Jim's work caught the attention of some of the era's most adventurous artists working in popular music. During this time the studio created high profile music videos for Talking Heads, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Peter Gabriel, Michael Jackson, Tears for Fears and others-- expanding awareness of Blashfield's work internationally.
Jim Blashfield
FILMMAKER / MEDIA ARTIST
FILMMAKER / MEDIA ARTIST
J I M B L A S H F I E L D
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A long-time
member of the vital Pacific Northwest film community, Blashfield's work has been broadcast internationally and screened at numerous festivals throughout the world. He has presented shows of his work at the Chicago Art Institute, Ottawa Animation Festival, Walker Art Center, Art Futura in Barcelona, and elsewhere.
member of the vital Pacific Northwest film community, Blashfield's work has been broadcast internationally and screened at numerous festivals throughout the world. He has presented shows of his work at the Chicago Art Institute, Ottawa Animation Festival, Walker Art Center, Art Futura in Barcelona, and elsewhere.
Jim Blashfield's work covers a wide range--
from genre challenging experimental films and videos, through live-action and animated narratives and multiple-screen video and sound installations.
from genre challenging experimental films and videos, through live-action and animated narratives and multiple-screen video and sound installations.
A previous recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Oregon Arts Commission, Blashfield's work was recognized during this period with a Grammy, a Cannes Golden Lion, and several MTV awards and nominations. Blashfield was the recipient of the first RACC Media Arts Fellowship.
More recent projects include a variety of short films and video installations, including SUCTIONMASTER, THE LONE RANGER , THE RESURRECTORY (with the Liminal Performance Group), as well as the the stop-motion film BUNNYHEADS, the recently completed VANITY, the live action film BADGER 5, currently in production, the permanent installations CONVEYOR and CIRCULATOR, and the compilation film MARGARINE OF AIR, a film about mistakes.
Most recently Blashfield has embarked on a new
public art project "Flooded Data Machine Replica" Commissioned by RACC and TriMet.
Most recently Blashfield has embarked on a new
public art project "Flooded Data Machine Replica" Commissioned by RACC and TriMet.
DESCRIBED as "an aquarium of ideas" and a"garden of natural forces", the Blashfield Studio's 5 screen moving image installation, CONVEYOR, explores the concept of "conveyance" with a twenty-day-long metaphorical investigation that roams far and wide-- from images of ships on vast seas, to explorations of mysterious systems of reciprocating energies and Sisyphean dog toys on endless journeys. More installation info--
LENORE AND HER TWIN SISTER LENORE, who are very close, contemplate something odd and most assuredly symmetrical in a scene from Jim Blashfield's film, VANITY created with footage from the Prelinger Archives.
From the film VANITY.
From the film MARGARINE OF AIR
CIRCULATOR
CIRCULATOR
CONVEYOR
LENORE! LENORE! DON'T DO IT! DON'T DO IT!
HIS TUBA SONATA unexpectedly interrupted, Carl Bollinger (Cleveland Lutz) encounters a perplexing situation involving stolen writing instruments and a childrens' wading pool in this compelling, pivotal and conceivably interesting scene from Jim Blashfield's BADGER 5, currently back in production. Associate Producer is Leland Levy.
From the film BADGER 5
From the installation CONVEYOR
damp, playful and ever metamorphosing dream that places participants at the center of a metaphorical and associative evocation of the watery world that encloses and flows through us.
Circulator is the centerpiece of the Brightwater Environmental Center
near Woodinville, Washington. Collaborator and compositing artist was
Zak Margolis. Programming by META/DMA. Metal fabrication by Ferrousity. Commissioned by 4Culture, King County, Washington. More about CIRCULATOR and other installations HERE...
