Katherine Bauer

Movies

Dark&Mush for Room&Room
Director
Those guys who shows their nose in the fall among the dead leaves with their weird and special shape usually finish in our meal but today your ears and eyes will be full of them… 2x 16mm film
Les Vacances de Blanche
Director
See what slimy creatures sneak up on Blanche’s feet during her walk on the beach! 2 x 16mm film
La dernière vague
Director
Film with the infusion of the sea. Developed with seaweed from the ocean where it was filmed in Brittany and ashes from the oven of the pizzeria next to the beach. The forms of marine life aggregate and make rise with the tide a starry and fundamental rouge.
Abracadabra el Corazón
Director
Processed with eucalyptus, aloe, sage, and bee pollen from the region of Mexico outside of Guadalajara where the film was imbued by the shapes of the area’s plants, water and temples.
Double Zero
Director
Inspired by San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant located on a Southern California State Beach that was recently shut down due to a fatal crack. Nuclear cleavage, unknowable geographies as numerous as the granules of sand, gesturing toward the infinite loop.
Teen Dream
Director
A selection from: 16mm hand processed and crystalized color reversal film 2012 A film of frame by frame rephotographed footage from my studio and my other films.
How We Study the Sun
Director
T.V. fuzz to the crystal buzz of the New York City street lights at night.
Breathe Deep
Ever wondered how to crystallize the body of a cat? Here M.M. Serra's dark and ethereal exploration of counterculture and body manipulation extends to the animal kingdom. Artist Katherine Bauer recites her recipe for Crystallum, her playfully witchy process of growing crystals on the carcass of her deceased feline friend, Pickles. Bauer also quotes "The Torture Garden," the 19th Century French novel by Octave Mirbeau, accompanied by the dirge of heavy rock music. Serra's passion for finding cinematic beauty in the absurd and humor in provocation make her work charming, singular and visceral.
Death Love
Director
Love is what lies beneath.
Psycho Pussy Slaughter
Director
The Egyptian Goddess Sekhmet is brought back from her long slumber on the wine of the Nile. She is defeated, shortly after sacrificing several felines and females in her bloody revenant rituals.