From Tugboats To Polar Bears DVD

From Tugboats To Polar Bears DVD 

Watch the DVD on the Internet Archive.

short films by matt mccormick
peripheral produce video no. 12

Sincerely, Joe P. Bear (4 minutes / 1999)
appropriated news clips from the 1960's tackle the momentous issue of how polar bears cope with heartbreak and rejection.

The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal (16 minutes / 2001)
"it is no coincidence that funding for anti-graffiti campaigns often outweighs funding for the arts." narrated by Miranda July.

Grounded (5 minutes / 2004)
heavy industry and urban wildlife.

Towlines (22 minutes / 2004)
an experimental documentary about tugboats (or perhaps a children's movie made for adults). original music by James Mercer of the Shins

The Vyrotonin Decision (7 minutes / 1999)
a postmodern disaster epic featuring appropriated segments of 36 television commercials from 1971.

Going to the Ocean (8 minutes / 2001)
night vision video and found kodachrome-improvised soundtrack: trains/ static/ melodeon.

American Nutria (11 minutes / 2003)
nutria are a large, odd looking rodent from Argentina that appear to be on track to eating the entire North American continent. narrated by Calvin Johnson, original music by The Postal Service.

Past and Pending (5 minutes / 2003)
a music video for The Shins (co-directed by Greg Brown).

Matt McCormick is a Portland Oregon based filmmaker who has been making experimental films for about 10 years. Matt's work has screened at film festivals, museums, and D.I.Y. art spaces around the globe, and his film The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal was named as one of the 'Top 10 Films of 2002' by both the Village Voice and Art Forum magazine.