James Ferraro

Minor Daemon, Vol. 1 is set in a surreal dystopia that feels like the deranged fever-dream of Hieronymus Bosch if he grew up on 4chan. It traces the intersecting fortunes of two young men, Billy and Minor Daemon, who share an extraordinary gift for virtual reality gaming and go through a series of nightmarish events.

Anno 6G CE is computer generated animation and musical work set in an allegorical time ahead of ours where years are annotated after cellular network generations in this theoretical future of a post glacial omega generation the remnants of nature exist in servitude to cybernetic and cellular supremacy. — James Ferraro

This single-channel video explores the effects of technology and information overload on the contemporary psyche. Set in a virtual tech-noir urban space populated by strange hybrids of non-humans and augmented people, part of the expansive, fractured narrative focuses on the continued adventures of Xanax Girl and her search for her companion—a hybrid dog/seal with the head of a boy—who has been abducted. The film, which arose from the artist’s daily practice of animating his dreams using hobbyist 3D software, weaves together deep-web imagery with hardboiled detective story tropes and repressed libidinal fantasies to create a nightmarish vision of an internet addict’s unconscious. The film features an original score by Oneohtrix Point Never and James Ferraro.

Xerces Blau (the title refers to Glaucopsyche xerces, an extinct butterfly species) expounds on the themes visited by Ferraro on his latest album Requiem for Recycled, released in spring 2019, with both pieces reflecting on human civilization’s intervention into natural processes and its impact on the course of evolution. The four-part visuals, developed with the implementation of machine learning, feature dynamic hybrid imagery in which shots of butterflies and plants are overlaid with scary views of environmental catastrophes, real and fictional man-made landscapes, random urban photographs, and reproductions of artworks. By mixing together the natural and the anthropogenic, Miller visualizes the feeling of overabundance resulting from cultural and technical overproduction.

소피아앙티폴리스는 코트다쥐르 지역의 기술 산업 도시로, 꿈을 현실이 되게 만드는 공간이다. 하지만 그 기저에는 두려움과 절망이 도사리고 있다. 기만적인 태양 아래, 다섯 명의 인물들은 소피아라는 젊은 여성에 관해 의미심장한 이야기를 써 내려간다. (2019년 제20회 전주국제영화제) 리뷰 산업기술 개발 단지인 소피아앙티폴리스의 거주자들은 절망에 빠져있거나 불만을 품고 있다. 영화는 두 부분으로 나뉘는데 첫 장은 영적 구원을 찾은 숭배자들의 이야기이고, 두 번째 장은 타락한 세상의 정의를 추구하는 지역 민병대의 이야기이다. 두 섹션은 유기적으로 통합되지 않는다. 캐릭터가 영화 안으로 들어가서 떠나고, 대부분 다시 나타나지 않는다. 선형 내러티브의 규범을 파괴하면서 프랑스라는 나라의 지리적, 정치적 상태를 기이하고 끈적거리는 산업단지의 악몽으로 형상화한다. 16mm 필름의 지글거리는 화면도 초현실적인 무드 조성에 기여한다. (2019년 제20회 전주국제영화제/장병원)

CGI collage short film originally premiered as part of the 'Extinction Renaissance' exhibition at the Loyal Gallery in Stockholm.

CGI collage short film originally premiered as part of the 'Extinction Renaissance' exhibition at the Loyal Gallery in Stockholm.

Experimental narrative animation using hobbyist 3D animation and inspired by niche genres of computer-generated erotica.

This story takes place in a far distant time, a time of violence. All throughout Europe, a war was spreading. In a city there lived two sisters...

In the middle of the night, in an anonymous street in a parisian suburb, an old woman roams. Her only company is her own voice: her memories, her impressions, her lunacy.

An interview with the author and, at the same time, an exciting voyage through some cult virtual-hyper-reality-simulacro. The OJ chase, Hollywood forever cemetery, Dr. Phil are just some ingredients of this delicious visual trippy cake.

An interview with the author and, at the same time, an exciting voyage through some cult virtual-hyper-reality-simulacro. The OJ chase, Hollywood forever cemetery, Dr. Phil are just some ingredients of this delicious visual trippy cake.

James Ferraro's sci-fi/crime/action story made up from a hodgepodge of old miscellaneous video footage strung together. OFFICIAL "Storyline" description off the VHS: Set in a crime-ridden Rochester, New York in the near future, RAPTURE ADRENALINE centers on a police officer who is brutally murdered and subsequently re-created as a super-human cyborg. The main plot of the movie revolved around a "Bug' (code word for a member of an alien species that is similar in many ways to a very large cockroach) searching for a miniature galaxy which is also a vast energy source.

James Ferraro's sci-fi/crime/action story made up from a hodgepodge of old miscellaneous video footage strung together. OFFICIAL "Storyline" description off the VHS: Set in a crime-ridden Rochester, New York in the near future, RAPTURE ADRENALINE centers on a police officer who is brutally murdered and subsequently re-created as a super-human cyborg. The main plot of the movie revolved around a "Bug' (code word for a member of an alien species that is similar in many ways to a very large cockroach) searching for a miniature galaxy which is also a vast energy source.

Diminishing Shrine Recycles is the perfect lo-fi visual analogue to the Skaters' dense sonic sound.

Medley of tracks from the "Grippers Nother Onesers (At Slimer Beach)" l.p. on Olde English Spelling Bee. Grippers Nother Onesers is a channeling of teenage mutant glue sniffing psycho dreams, a prelude to the psychotic beach bum depression induced by junkfood and huffing siphoned gas out of the Oscar Meyer mobile.