CANADA 2015, 9 MIN.
THREE-CHANNEL HD VIDEO, EIGHT-CHANNEL SOUND

Euthymia is a black and white, slow-motion video triptych set in a high-vaulted chapel. It personifies a professional woman’s existential crisis, a representation of her mental state in which workers of her own making support her delusions.

Euthymia explores the character’s best possible level of performance, a state in which she is capable of functioning while under the threat of dysthymia – a numb, chronic lowness.

EXHIBITIONS

2021 May XXIVe Rencontres Internationales Traverse, L’Art c’est faire. Programme ENSAV. Toulouse, France.
2021 February Harcourt House Artist Run Centre. Solo exhibition. Edmonton, AB.
2018 February Long Winter. 6.4. Installation. Toronto, ON.
2017 June Short to the Point. Experimental Selection June 2017. Screenings. Various venues, Romania.
2017 January – February FOFA Gallery. Making Spaces. Installation. Montreal, QC.
2016 January VAV Gallery. #10.vav//2016. Installation. Montreal, QC.
2015 July matralab. Residency & installation. Montreal, QC.
2015 May Concordia Film Festival. Screening. Nominated for Best Production; Direction; & Cinematography. Montreal, QC.

Director of Photography Wolski
Music and sound-design Charlie Twitch
Performers Emylie Bernard, Janick Burn, Robby Reis, Tania Dos Santos.
Producer, writer, editor Kaja Levy de la Vie

CANADA 2015, 12 MIN.
SINGLE-CHANNEL HD VIDEO, SILENT

Crying in slow motion, black and white, and silent.

EXHIBITIONS

2017 November Long Winter. 6.1. Installation. Toronto, ON.

Performer Kaja Levy de la Vie

CANADA 2014, 5 MIN.
SINGLE-CHANNEL HD VIDEO, SOUND

Worth/Defence presents text-to-speech dialogue between an arguing couple over fish being gutted and filleted. Six mackerels are filleted by a woman and one striped bass is gutted by a man. Neither butcher is practiced, insinuating the thoughtless confrontations couples have that stem largely from self-defence. The emotional butchery that lovers inflict upon one another is blatantly represented by the bloody fish.

The question of worth often comes up in love: weighing the good against the bad. Is it worth staying in a relationship if it tends towards bickering and arguments? If defensiveness is taken out of the equation, worth is somehow gleaned from love, though this is a difficult task – hinted at by the gruesome imagery.

EXHIBITIONS

2018 Madhouse Movies. Screening. USA.
2015 April Academy of Video Art Gala. Screening. Nominated for Best Short. Montreal, QC.

Music Charlie Twitch
Performers Tania Dos Santos, Robby Reis
Producer, camera, editor, sound Kaja Levy de la Vie

CANADA 2013, 5 MIN.
SINGLE-CHANNEL HD VIDEO TRANSFERRED FROM 16MM, SOUND

The hostess of a small dinner party recalls events as casual and friendly for everyone but herself. Her mind wanders to seemingly mundane tasks that she relishes. The same cup is washed several times, the repetition positing her daydreams as ruminations.

The poignant and evocative soundtrack is a collaboration between Charlie Twitch and Jamie Woollard. It was shot on 16mm in December 2012 and has a running time of 5 minutes and 34 seconds.

EXHIBITIONS

2017 September Canadian Short Film Screening. La Place du Marché. Montreal, QC.
2014 April Academy of Art Video Art gala. Screening. Nominee in fiction. Montreal, QC.
2013 Jeu de Temps/Times Play 2013. Screening. Canada.
2013 April Concordia Film Festival. Screening. Montreal, QC.

CREDITS

Music Charlie Twitch, Jamie Woollard
Performers Holly Brace Lavoie, Ian Moram, Ian Pieters, Chantal Potié, Fiona Vickers
Thank You Holly Brace Lavoie, John Campbell, Mama i Pato
Producer, writer, editor, camera op/DOP Kaja Levy de la Vie