A layered image of various scenes from Desert Hearts (1985).

Feathered Desert Wipes (video essay exercise)

A study of the wipe transitions from Desert Hearts (directed by Donna Deitch, 1985) that have been slowed down and feathered with a pink overlay.

An homage to Catherine Grant and her video essay, Dissolves of Passion (2015), this video is a parameter-based exercise from Ways of Doing, the public face of the ongoing collaborations and methodological practices developed by videographic scholar-makers Lucy Fife Donaldson, Colleen Laird, Dayna McLeod, and Alison Peirse.