36 page color zine with introduction by David Finkelstein. Printed QR code gives access to full streamable film online. Four fold 16”x20” movie poster printed on 80# cover recycled paper. CD containing all five original motion picture soundtracks plus bonus track - “Into a Beautiful Sun”
“Somewhere between a video concept album and an essay film…his songs match sparse, poetic lyrics with garage rock, folk, industrial, power pop, often ingeniously combined within a single song.” - David Finkelstein (Lake Ivan Film Journal)
Screenings: Antimatter [media art], Victoria, BC; Experiments in Cinema, Albuquerque, NM; Athens International Film & Video Festival, Ohio; Other Cinema's Optronica (expanded cinema performance); Milwaukee Underground FF (poetry mix); Zebra Poetry Film Festival, Berlin (poetry mix); Swedenborg Film Festival, London (poetry mix); WVMSFF, Morgantown, WV (poetry mix) Award - Best Experimental Work; Under the Radar, Austria (poetry mix); Tranas at the Fringe, Sweden (poetry mix) VAEFE, Tilburg, Netherlands (poetry mix)
“Somewhere between a video concept album and an essay film…his songs match sparse, poetic lyrics with garage rock, folk, industrial, power pop, often ingeniously combined within a single song.” - David Finkelstein (Lake Ivan Film Journal ) full review
“This film is an epiphany - literally: with its sun-hump gloriously suspended in the sky in a leap…wrought from yellow sock..mischievous wit..acrylic colors and old cassette-tapes. Its creator is the most cagey of the image poets. He is the dodgy Parmigianino of poetry film.” - Jury Statement (Honorable Mention - Zebra Poetry Film Festival)
Screenings: Antimatter [media art]; Milwaukee Underground FF, Experiments in Cinema; Other Cinema’s Optronica (expanded cinema); Athens International Film & Video Festival; Zebra Poetry Film Festival (poetry mix); Swedenborg Film Festival (poetry mix); WVMSFF (poetry mix) Award - Best Experimental Work; Under the Radar (poetry mix); Tranas at the Fringe (poetry mix); Vastlab VLX5; Canyon Cinema @ 500 Capp Street Foundation • SEEING SOUND visual music from Canyon Cinema Collection (expanded cinema)
The Mirror Neuron • SD, HDV & 16mm direct • 14.5min • 2021 • Rent
The Mirror Neuron is an art rock film divided into five vignettes that investigate the complexities of human connection beneath our awakening sun. Mirror neurons activate when we observe the actions of others. They allow us to empathize through feeling, not thinking. Their discovery confirms our evolutionary path to see others as similar to ourselves. The Mirror Neuron celebrates biology through a series of musically driven gestures intended to activate our neural networks.
Video, Music & Text: written, recorded, edited & performed by Tommy Becker.
Five tracks from the film plus the bonus track, "Into a Beautiful Sun". (MP3s)
