John Powers

The Showdown

Howard Bretherton

William Boyd, Russell Hayden

European bad guy Baron Bendor leads some local townsmen in a plot to obtain horses through theft. Hoppy and his sidekicks Lucky and Speedy must find and expose the horse thieves.

Twilight on the Trail

Howard Bretherton

William Boyd, Andy Clyde

Hoppy, California and Johnny come to the ranch of a friend and his daughter, disguised as dude detectives from the east, to investigate the disappearances, without a trace, of several herds of cattle.

The Somber Vault

John Powers

A tripartite formal investigation of symmetry, non-transparency, and the illusion of depth in three different time periods and locations. Still images flutter, and plans are thwarted in the execution.

The House You Were Born In

John Powers

The House You Were Born In sets up a faux slideshow of Christmas lights, cloud atlases, and interior decorating manuals, all of which show their seams. Virginia Woolf and Gaston Bachelard respond to prompts designed for middle school writing exercises. A slide show of domestic interiors goes off the rails, slipping in and out of alignment. Word squares off against image, two versions of the same voice-over compete, and the macro butts up against the micro. The tone is affectionate, but cautious