The CRAVING

2010
Starring Gary Jo Gardenhire, Melissa Pasut
Produced and directed by John Duncan
Music by Seijiro Murayama and John Duncan

Originally conceived as a hybrid video between the genres of erotic cinema and horror, The CRAVING evolved over a period of three years to become a 50-minute study in self-doubt. The result is a constantly-moving, amorphous Rorschach image defined almost entirely by the individual viewer, who determines but can rarely be certain of what is being projected. The visual elements are edited to the deliberately hypnotic soundtracks by percussionist Seijiro Murayama and Duncan.

PHANTOM BROADCAST acoustic

2008
Produced and directed by John Duncan
Recorded live at Gare du Nord, Basel and Dampfcentrale, Bern
Performed by Ensemble Phoenix Basel, directed by John Duncan

SOMETHING LIKE SEEING IN THE DARK

2007
Produced and directed by John Duncan
Recorded at the Netmage 7 festival, Bologna
Performed by John Duncan and Leif Elggren

The ERROR

2006
Produced and directed by John Duncan
Recorded at Studio Allquestions, Bologna
Soundtrack composed by John Duncan
Video version of The ERROR produced for Gallery Enrico Fornello, Prato, Italy

The GARDEN

2006
Directed by John Duncan and Valerio Tricoli
Produced by John Duncan
Recorded at the IPCA Ecomuseum in Ciriè, Province of Turin, Italy
Soundtrack composed by John Duncan and Valerio Tricoli
Documentary of the 10-channel audio installation by Duncan and Tricoli for Eco e Narciso

THE NORTH IS PROTECTED

2005
DURATION: 20 minutes
Texts by Leif Elggren
Soundtrack by John Duncan and Jean-Louis Huhta
Filmed in and around Scrutto di San Leonardo, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy
Soundtrack recorded at Fylkingen, Stockholm

The IMMENSE ROOM

1991
Collage of images shot by Duncan in Tibet and Japan and from Japanese conventional broadcast television.
Soundtrack: THE IMMENSE ROOM by John Duncan included on RIVER IN FLAMES ~ KLAAR solo 2-CD released by Staalplaat

INTRANSITIVE VERBS

1977
DURATION: 8 minutes
Black and white super8 film
Images and music by John Duncan and Tom Recchion

TVC 1

1986 - 1987

Selections from pirate television broadcasts made with portable equipment built and operated by Duncan transmitted from randomly chosen sites in Tokyo using the frequency of NHK 1 after station signoff
PAL-VHS format video released on Allquestions

SNAKE RIDE (photo)
John Duncan

LOVE HOTEL SURVEILLANCE
Anonymous

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Rudolf Schwarzkogler (silent)

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Fumihiko Hosou

HUMAN CHOIR

1978

A hand-held video camera moves through rooms of an abandoned luxury hotel
Soundtrack: Various voices, recorded with a microphone and via telephone, giving fragments from their dreams

Produced for the series 30-Second Spots commercial television broadcasts organized by the Long Beach Museum of Art, Los Angeles