Ryan Trecartin
Ryan Trecartin is an American artist and filmmaker currently based in Athens, Ohio. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating with a BFA in 2004. Trecartin has since lived and worked in New Orleans, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Miami.
Center Jenny
as Storytelling Crew Cut / Window Direct.HD / Witness DirectThe film focuses on the life of Jenny who has, according to many of the other characters, become...
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Spirit Riser
as uncreditedTwo sisters are thrown out of their isolation and onto opposite coasts of America by a...
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Temple Time
as uncreditedShot in a former Masonic temple in Los Angeles – a five-story warren of large, cavernous rooms...
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Ready
as Wait / JJ CheckIn Ready, Wait, played by Trecartin, is introduced as the eponymous figure of the series. Wait...
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I-Be Area
as Pasta / I-be II Amerisha no-name-i-be SallyMan NowDazzling and raucous, Ryan Trecartin's first feature-length video takes cues from chat rooms,...
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Plot Front
as Neighbor GirlA delirious movie installed inside a ghostly barn made with prefabricated materials. The...
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Yielders Path
as uncreditedThe video displays Fitch and Trecartin's signature style of ludicrous cut-scenes and ironic...
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Mark Trade
as Director Act [1] + [2] / Denim Floral Nude / Camo Pink PeekShot in 2013 - In 'honor, of cause fake news - less gravity here - don't bird watch with a gun -...
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Temp Stop
as JJ / Wait / DemoTemp Stop, as the title implies, has a disjunctive quality that separates it from the other...
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Junior War
as uncreditedIn Junior War, a throng of highschoolers congregate at night for a party in the woods sometime...
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Comma Boat
as YetIn Comma Boat, we're stuck in a mock-authoritarian fantasy--a power trip. The film centers...
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Item Falls
as Stunt Director Voice OverIn Item Falls, we are peaking. We start out at a casting call, but before long we're firmly in...
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The Re'Search (Re'Search Wait'S)
as Tanpire / WaitThe movie is actual market research collected by Wait for Y-Ready. It doubles as the site of...
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What's The Love Making Babies For
as uncreditedTrecartin's extraordinary digital manipulations reach a new level as he speculates in vivid...
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Belly's
as uncreditedThis rare collection of Ryan Trecartin's early short films, produced as a student at the Rhode...
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A Family Finds Entertainment
as Shin / Skippy / Closet Monster / Booty Girl / Snowy White Girl / Video FaceRyan Trecartin’s film A Family Finds Entertainment is a camp extravaganza of epic proportions....
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Sibling Topics (Section A)
as Ceader / Britt / Adobe / Deno / Auto CeaderTrecartin returns to his conception of family-as-business-enterprise, casting parent figures as...
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(Tommy-Chat Just E-mailed Me.)
as Tammy 1/Tammy 2/Tommy Chat/High-Low Tommy Video VoiceTrecartin describes (Tommy-Chat Just E-mailed Me.) as a "narrative video short that takes place...
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Wayne's World
as uncreditedTrecartin and his collaborator/co-star Lizzie Fitch ponder the messages delivered by the most...
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P.opular S.ky (section-ish)
as USA Korea / Voy-Pire / Britta Post-asif / De-Auto Body AgoIn P.opular S.ky (section ish), a character played by Trecartin informs us that she wants ‘to...
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K-CoreaINC. K (section a)
as USA Korea / WaitThe video revolves around an unending "meeting" - a busy, aimless meeting that goes in circles...
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Permission Streak
as uncreditedPermission Streak opens with a question: “Can you tell the difference between a camera and a...
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Yo! A Romantic Comedy
as uncreditedIn Yo! A Romantic Comedy, Trecartin borrows clichés from hip-hop culture and genre films to...
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Roamie View: History Enhancement
as JJ Check / Free Lance / AvondaleRoamie View: History Enhancement reveals JJ as a husk of his former self, overwhelmed by too...
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Valentine's Day Girl
as uncreditedTrecartin crafts a fantastical narrative about a girl whose obsessive personal utopia is...
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Love Part One
as uncreditedA short film showcasing the artist’s maturation in experimental video which would culminate in...
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