Adele Friedman

Chris in the LA Night

Adele Friedman

A film by Adele Friedman

Doug and His Plants

Adele Friedman

A film by Adele Friedman

Marietta

Adele Friedman

"Marietta" is part two of a trilogy, with "Christian and Michael" and "Northport". Marietta is the mother of Christian, and lives in Vienna, Austria, in the same apartment building as Christian and Michael, where Christian grew up. Marietta's apartment is a very different style from Christian and Michael's space. "Marietta" was filmed in black and white, which suits the interior of mementos and heirlooms, family portraits and souvenirs of eras past. Yet Marietta is extremely energetic and contemporary in her approach to life. The camera takes part as a character, moving and exploring the interior with Marietta as she moves through the space, interacting with the family in the present and in the past.

Christian and Michael

Adele Friedman

"Christian and Michael" is part one of a trilogy, with "Marietta" and "Northport". All three films explore the domestic life of a cultural, intellectual couple, Christian and Michael, a museum curator and an artist. In "Christian and Michael", the couple is at home in their apartment in Vienna, Austria, in the same apartment building where Christian grew up, a building that the family has owned since the aught years of the 20th century. Their space is surrounded by contemporary art as well as antiques and found objects. The interior is a form of self expression; the camera searches through the settings almost as a separate character, observing how space is filled and used, how culture is not left in the museum or office, but brought home as part and parcel of their daily lives. This film is in color, more essential to the lush yet modernistic environment.

Robert's Place

Adele Friedman

"ROBERT'S PLACE" shows a Chicago art collector's apartement as his heart and soul. The camera wanders explores the environment, glimpses the collector and his fascination with Venice as well as 19th century England and Scotland. The collector is shown as eccentric as his collection is eclectic.

Cecil in her Garden

Adele Friedman

A film by Adele Friedman

Untitled (Revenant)

Adele Friedman

In Friedman's earlier work, she explored portrait films and dreamscapes. "Untitled (Revenant)" (2002) combines these explorations. Her camera follows a man as he muses over the surroundings, years of possessions accumulated around him. A figure enters the space, but they never share the same space at the same time, giving a sense of objects and environment continuing through time, during and after owners and occupants. (Note: The home is in Chicago, a different art collector from "Robert's Place".)

Miles and Yves, Indre

Adele Friedman

Miles McKane

This is a portrait film of Miles McKane, one of the original co-founders of Light Cone and Scratch Projection, with his husband, Yves Gloaguen, in their home in Indre. I have known Miles since 1985, when I first screened with Scratch Projection and began distributing my films with Light Cone. This film portrays Miles and Yves in their eclectic home and garden. The home physically reveals layers of its history, while the garden is reminiscent of gardens across the channel, in Wales.

Northport

Adele Friedman

"Northport" is part three of a trilogy, with "Christian and Michael" and "Marietta". "Northport" was filmed in the summer home of Christian and Michael, in Northport, Michigan (U.S.), where Michael grew up. In "Northport", Christian and Michael surround themselves with what moves them. The Michigan house is less formal than the Viennese apartments in the other two films. This space is filled with sunlight works of art by Michael, and interacts with more with the outdoors with its large porch overlooking the flourishing panorama of the countryside, and green-space that wraps around the structure. Photographed in color, this film highlights the bright summer of a more casual and relaxed time, while still infused with cultural elements.