John Porter

Phil's Film Farm

Made at Phil Hoffman's Film Farm, 2002.

Cinefuge 4 & 5

The only sound version. It begins with a sync-sound version (#5) shot on the grounds of Little Trinity Church as a TV commercial, with John talking to the viewer about his upcoming show at The Funnel Experimental Film Theatre in Toronto. It ends with version #4 with John's friend, dancer Judith Miller, joining the dance in Bickford Park, and which was shot on silent film, then sound-striped and post-dubbed with out-take sounds from version #5.

Firefly

John improvises a performance for the camera, spinning a bright, pinpoint light on a long cord, around himself in a variety of patterns, against a black background. A one-shot film, shot in one hour, at one frame per second. And with one-second time-exposures, the light streaks are multiplied and more complex by refracting in the lens. A Camera Dance, inspired by John's earlier film Amusement Park (1978/79).