LUMINA OBSCURA

Video Art & Experimental Film by Jay Sims

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This art catalog brings together the video art, experimental films, documentaries, and photographic series of Jay Sims. The entries are listed with dates, formats, and links to individual catalog pages, offering a chronological view of an ongoing practice centered on memory, perception, and media decay.

[video works & experimental films]

Video Experiment 1
abt. 1992, SD analog video, color, silent, ~1 min.

Video Experiment 2
abt. 1992, SD analog video, color, silent, ~3 min.

The Student
1998, 16mm film, b/w, silent, ~4 min.

Waiting
1998, UHD digital video file, b/w, sound, 2 min. 21 sec.

Mask of Tyranny
2000, SD digital video file, color, sound, 3 min. 12 sec.

CONCENTRATIONS 2: DOPP[L(E)R](L)REFLE[X(CT)ION]
2009, UHD digital video file, color, sound, 2 min. 11 sec.

Le vent en bleu
2009, HD digital video file, color, sound, 58 sec.

Recall Circuit: I Sat and Thought of You
2009, HD digital video file, color, sound, 4 min. 17 sec.

The Distance Between Here and There
2011, UHD digital video file, color, sound, 56 sec.

CONCENTRATIONS 3: CENTRIF[I(U)G(U)AL]EREFLE[X(CT)ION]
2011, UHD digital video file, color, sound, 5 min. 04 sec.

A Series of Small Victories (Documentary)
2011, HD digital video file, color, sound, 16 min. 58 sec.

CONCENTRATIONS PROLOGUE
2012, UHD digital video file, color, sound, 7 min. 46 sec.

CONCENTRATIONS 1: SOL(A)](NT)[RI]UM(BRA)REFLE[X(CT)ION]
2012, UHD digital video file, color, sound, 3 min. 37 sec.

CONCENTRATIONS: INTERLUDE 2
2012, UHD digital video file, color, sound, 1 min. 14 sec.

CONCENTRATIONS: INTERLUDE 1
2013, UHD digital video file, color, sound, 1 min. 03 sec.

CONCENTRATIONS 4: DE[(TR)A(IL)]TH CA[ER(KENNT]IMO[NI]A(S)
2014, UHD digital video file, color, sound, 6 min.

[photographic works & series]

Ilex White
abt. 1991, photo series, 35mm, b/w

Ilex Black
abt. 1994, photo series, 35mm, color

X-Rae in Pink
abt. 1995, photo series, 35mm, color

Untitled (Series 1)
abt. 1996, photo series, 35mm, b/w

Stone & Form 1
abt. 1999, photo series, 35mm, b/w

Roma Endless
abt. 1999, photo series, 35mm, b/w

Stone & Form 2
abt. 2002, photo series, 35mm, b/w

Untitled (Series 2)
2003, photo series, 120mm & 35mm, b/w & color

CONC:depiction
2014, photo series, digital, color

Every Minute of the Future is a Memory of the Past
2016, digital photo, color

All Those Moments Lost
2018, digital photo, color

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