Ariel Teal

Seeing

Objectification becomes confused for desire. I try to extricate myself from the value systems that I have internalized.

Falling In

A tale about love, symbiosis, and codependency. A mother and a daughter, A meditation on heterosexuality. I try to break the cycle.

Pink Movie

A meditation on girlhood, unconditional love, and a favorite color.

Romantic Getaway

A very special episode of my life. An exploration of the confusion and pain felt after being hurt by a loved one.

BECOMING

Embodying a body after trauma. Blowjobs, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and memory are interwoven in an attempt to process and find bodily autonomy. Content warning: The film contains text dealing with sexual trauma.

Monday Night

Lying awake at night trying to remember what happened that other night. Memory is fragmented and unclear. I try to make sense of it,

Brooklyn Loop II

16mm film is shot through a 35mm still camera: flickering sights of my childhood home in Brooklyn as a cacophony plays from the image that is extended onto the optical track

You Were/Are Always On My Mind

I was asked to sing “You Were Always On My Mind” at Karaoke. This was the result: direct animation to 16mm clear film