SJ Ramir

I Found Water

Combining family photos, text and abstract imagery, I Found Water is "an autobiographical film that employs textured video footage, drowned in darkness, to examine deteriorating memories and the nature of their preservation". - SJ Ramir

    Other works by SJ Ramir

    Departure
    SJ Ramir

    Departure (2007)

    An anonymous figure moves through a harsh and inhospitable landscape.

    Departure
    Disquiet
    SJ Ramir

    Disquiet (2011)

    After travelling by foot through a dark, woodland forest, a figure enters into a desolate, desert-like world.

    Disquiet
    In black and white, wheat seed heads move in the wind.
    SJ Ramir

    My Song Is Sung (2015)

    An examination of physical space that is no longer occupied.

    My Song Is Sung
    A silhouetted house and tree against a dark sky.
    SJ Ramir

    "In This Valley of Respite, My Last Breath..." (2018)

    A valley starved of light.

    "In This Valley of Respite, My Last Breath..."
    SJ Ramir on CIRCUIT

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