Bull.Miletic in Person

The metropolis is a space of infringement, conflating perceived and occupied terrain. Scott Rankin's Central (2001, 8 mins) advances through a crowded street in a digital stutter, mobility frustrated even as it stumbles forward. Caspar Stracke lifts dozens of establishing shots from feature films to engineer a vertiginous replica of Manhattan's skyline. Devoid of people, the cityscape of No Damage (2002, 13 mins) becomes a haunted but very visceral site. Tirtza Even and Brian Karl go one better: in Far, Along (2001, 26 mins) occupants of a dark city appear ghostly and insubstantial. Elegant time-lapse photography coaxes these vaporous dwellers out of the lonely spaces. Shot in continuous movement, Caterina Borelli and Cristina Iglesias's Guided Tour (2002, 10:20 mins) creates an illusory space out of multiple sites. By abutting differing architectural textures and landscapes, the viewer experiences disparate parts as deceptively conjoined. Bull.Miletic's whiz-bang WHIR (2002, 12 mins) proposes a counter-scape of San Francisco in which dissimilar elements of the city are poignantly singled out. Sharp tempos and striking images rally around an extraordinary space bustling with mystery.