three eleven or (a meditation on stillness inside chaos) // [free through july]

Starting today (7-11-20), "my latest single-channel film work, “three eleven or (a meditation on stillness inside chaos)” is available to stream for free on Youtube & Vimeo through the month of July. Links below.

You can continue to buy/support the work here:
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/threeeleven

**note: headphones advised**

On Wednesday, March 11, 2020, the United States went into shutdown to keep citizens sheltered from the threat of a mysterious global pandemic sweeping the world. In this meditative days-in-the-life-of work, a small family experiences the fog of time from a mandatory stay at home order, as a strange, comforting togetherness forms in a very uncertain time.

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directors statement:

"three eleven" is a meditation. It is a reflection of boredom, of togetherness, of uncertainty, and most of all, stillness. It intends to direct the viewer into the granularity of life in its most basic, mundane practicalities, and thus, direct focus into the beauty of routine, and of the nowness, all while under the umbrella of impending & uncertain chaos, a lingering scent of anxiety as the real outside world experiences shocks unlike any other in modern times.

It is intended as an experience, hypnosis, and a reflection. The stillness is the message. While stripping the “narrative” of the filmic medium into its most minimal building block, the frame clicks out of “narrative” time, and into clock time. It’s a universal acknowledgment of this very “moment in time”, and we intend for this to be a visual/audio documentation at its most basic level while conveying the beauty of togetherness and separation at its most minimal.

This work is indebted to Ozu & Kiarostami, who oddly enough (the latter), and without my prior knowledge shares his birthday with our release date.

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credits:

Shot & Directed by Amir Motlagh
Produced by ANIMALS & Charles Borg
Story by Charles Borg & Amir Motlagh
Music by Amir Motlagh (three eleven zazen) - BMI
© ANIMALS 2020

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release date: 06/22/20
trt: 33 min
original aspect: 1:85:1

CINIMA and Mirs - Sleepless - improv sessions

My friend Nima Rezai just launched a new project called CINIMA. We just released a collaborative single titled Rain (see post below) between his project and my ongoing music project Mirs.

We had previously worked together on CANYON (2016), though I had never performed that album live. Below is a chopped & screwed improv version of the track Sleepless from CANYON, filmed at Nima’s studio.

CINIMA and Mirs - Rain (new drop Oct 25th)

Clicked up in the studio with my friend & collaborator Nima Rezai (CANYON) recently as he’s launching his new project CINIMA. This is our first collaboration between our two projects, CINIMA & Mirs.

Our first single, “Rain” drops on all major platforms Oct 25, 2019.

Rain - CINIMA & Mirs

Rain - CINIMA & Mirs

Mirs & KidGusto's RAINBOW SEASON LP now on Pandora Radio

My latest album “Rainbow Season” is now included in the Pandora catalog. I personally use Pandora more than either Spotify or Apple Music, as its artist station radio options are great in the car (especially if you live in LA, as you live in a car).

Just another choice….

Mirs & KidGusto’s “Rainbow Season” now on Pandora!