Mike Hoolboom★★

movies, writing, dharma

On Artists

Priceless: An Interview with Helen Lee Originally published in Practical Dreamers (2008) She was supposed to be far too famous to be in a book like this. HELEN LEE! She should have eaten up the director’s fortnight at Cannes, then … Continue reading →

On Artists

Just Cinema: an interview with an anonymous avant-garde filmmaker (Toronto, August 2021) Mike: Why do you prefer to remain anonymous? Anonymous: The cult of persona has bothered me for a long time. I have long been an admirer of 18th … Continue reading →

On Artists

Listening: an interview with Hildegard Westerkamp by Heather Frise and Mike Hoolboom (October 2020) Music Lessons: Osnabrück, Germany 1956 I started taking piano lessons when I was ten. Before that I just ‘doodled’ on the piano, but also played the … Continue reading →

Guest Speakers

Lama Rod Owens is part of a new generation of dharma teachers. Because he’s black, queer and lives in the American south, he brings a different frame to his experiences. His good humour and sharp insights are fully in evidence … Continue reading →

Interviews

  Originally published in Infrasonic, Salome’s fine online mag. www.infrasonic.media Mike Hoolboom began making movies in 1980. Making as practice, a daily application. Ongoing remixology. Since 2000 there has been a steady drip of found footage bio docs. The animating … Continue reading →

Interviews

Originally published in Senses of Cinema (October 2020) Capitalism and its Discontents: an Interview with Mike Hoolboom I sat with Mike Hoolboom at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in January 2020, after the premiere of Judy versus Capitalism, an hour-long … Continue reading →

Books

b.h. Yael: Family States Check out the beautiful volume, designed by Alena Koroleva, here. Published by ConverSalon, 2021. Contents Introduction by Mike Hoolboom Movies You Belong to Me by Yann Beauvais (1986) Jain Walks the Line by Deirdre Logue (1986) … Continue reading →

Writings on Mike Hoolboom

Originally published in Arabeschi, Fall 2020 http://www.arabeschi.it/ri-scattare-le-immagini-dinfanzia-archivi-privati-e-performance-digitali-fra-ontologia-ricordo-disconoscimento/ The stories of Father Auditions (2019) turn around the figure of a parent. Its central section is a portrait of the Canadian director’s father, made a year and a half after his death. … Continue reading →

23 Thoughts About My Mother (31 minutes, 2021)

23 Thoughts About My Mother (31 minutes, 2021)

23 Thoughts about my Mother script Prelude image: nuns, little girl with light sparkles, then baby crawls on floor with human sleeping, photo: Mom and child Her earliest memory. A pair of women in luxurious hats, the sound of glass … Continue reading →