“From My Mother’s Family to My Mother’s House” and
“Inspired Envelopes of Space” from Jordan Biren

Steve Seid, of the Pacific Film Archive describes the work of media
artist Jordan Biren as, “subtle works combining a naturalistic
pictorial sense and text, either inscribed in the image or recited.”
“The now brittle, now effusive language often operates as a direct
challenge to the droll moving images.” For his first program, Biren
will present three videos of his own work, combining his
imagery—subtle filmic homage to the likes of Chris Marker, David Lynch and Thomas
Kinkade—with his texts, in a pastiche of colliding remembrances.
Films include My Mother's Family, From Here Home and My Mother's House. On
Sunday, Biren will present works from William Jones and Janie Geiser,
in addition to his own piece Stellbar.

Jordan Biren is a Los Angeles based media artist whose work considers
the frailty of meaning within the narrative space of video. Screenings
include the Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, California; the Robert Beck
Memorial Theater, New York; Cinematexas; the Dallas Video Festival; the
Chicago Underground Film Festival; and San Francisco Cinematheque. He
is the co-creator of Media Foundation, an artist run project dedicated
to broadening the contexts of media practice and dissemination through
production, curation, exhibition, and publication.