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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.
 
TWO SHORT FILMS ON DVD   In Blashfield's THE TASSELED LOAFERS, composer Hector Berlioz' "Dream of a Witch's Sabbath" gets a funny and unexpected reinterpretation when an overly obedient  handyman attempts to repair a leaky water pipe.The film is included with Blashfield's surreal comedy SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, a film about Herbert, Lenore and a flock of flying hands and dancing duck heads bent on mischief and destruction.  You can find out more about both films or order the DVD online here.
Jim Blashfield
FILMMAKER / MEDIA ARTIST
J I M  B L A S H F I E L D
I N F O
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.
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.  
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. More recently 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.
NEW IMAGE AND SOUND INSTALLATION NEAR SEATTLE 

Fall marked the opening of CIRCULATOR,  Blashfield Studio's new public art installation north of Seattle. Comprised of 7 interrelated "portals" (one of which is imbedded in the floor) the installation is a 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...
Described as "an aquarium of ideas" and a"garden of natural forces", the Blashfield Studio's  5 screen installation, CONVEYOR  is a twenty day 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 VANITY.
From CONVEYOR
From MARGARINE OF AIR
CIRCULATOR
CIRCULATOR
CONVEYOR
LENORE! LENORE! DON'T DO IT! DON'T DO IT!
PAULA HAGG
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