- photographed by tarrl morley - in the forest photographing birds
- matthew swiezynski - born winchester massachusetts, 1974, currently resides in oakland california
- co-founder of invisible birds label
- bfa 1997 in film at massachusetts college of art, where he studied under saul levine and mark lapore
- mfa 1999 in film at san francisco art institute, where he studied under ernie gehr, charles boone, steve anker and bill berkson
- matthew swiezynski's work is an ongoing, metaphoric look at some of the micro aspects of our world: of viewing,
- of time, and of color. through techniques he has explored for a number of years, he creates (or, maybe, discovers)
- abstract images that are based in reality, joining them, finally, with sonic material meant to heighten their
- sense of abstraction. to this, he says, he adds a bit of melancholia. darker states of meaning are clearly implied
- in this work and it is through the pacing and duration of its sequences, among other techniques, that viewers might
- gain a clear sense of this darkness. one may even perceive a vein of religious sub-stratum in what he creates. the
- limitation of his palette to dark, or highly contrasting colors also heightens the palpable sense of melancholy in
- these works. these works appear to be monochromatic, but not quite. pacing and duration are important considerations
- for swiezynski. perhaps his works approach boredom. but in cage's formulation, if you are bored with something, engage
- with it again. if you are still bored with it, engage with it further. and so on. swiezynski's work may require a
- degree of patience, but i always come away from it with a deep sense of having experienced something about time and
- vision i had never witnessed before. charles boone
- - also salo - reworking of passolini's salò o le 120 giornate di sodoma (video) - 1996
- - noissimda (16mm) - 1996 - 1997
- - salo salo - reworking of passolini's salò o le 120 giornate di sodoma (video) - 1997
- - juliette (16mm) - 1998
- - enneigé - covered with snow (16mm) - 1998
- - rue de vaugirard, 1909 (video) - 1998
- - dr. mabuse - reworking of fritz lang's das testament des dr. mabuse (dv) - 2004
- - l'amourphysique (dv) - 2005
- - are there then trees, frequented by angels - portrait of maj-britt mobrand (dv) - 2006
- - which he distorted by decorating with images (hddv) - 2007
- - intended to be used for making inscriptions in memory (hddv) - 2007
- - this invisible art of memory - magic hour number 1 (hddv) - 2007
- - the secret of shadows (hddv) - 2007
- - an occult memory system (hddv) - 2007
- - mysterious and invisible - magic hour part 2 (hddv) - 2007
- - fludd's memory system (hddv) - 2007
- - images of heaven - magic hour number 3 (hddv) - 2007
