https://ericcoombsesmail.com Eric Coombs Esmail Sun, 12 Jul 2026 19:14:22 +0000 https://ericcoombsesmail.com en https://ericcoombsesmail.com/In-Between Sat, 18 Jun 2022 02:25:09 +0000 Eric Coombs Esmail https://ericcoombsesmail.com/In-Between Tomorrow Leo Sacer: Documentary Approaches to Ecological Violence For more information, find&nbsp;mimetic rants that transform the academic&nbsp;center. Contact for all inquiries. https://ericcoombsesmail.com/American-Refuge Sat, 18 Jun 2022 21:44:21 +0000 Eric Coombs Esmail https://ericcoombsesmail.com/American-Refuge American Refuge&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; People flee to the upland forests of the Colorado mountains to reinvent themselves after personal and social trauma, but they soon learn that the American West is a site of eternal return, and the past is always present. Feature documentary &nbsp; &nbsp; forthcoming (co-directed with Christian Hammons) <img width="1920" height="1014" width_o="1920" height_o="1014" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dccd3dbfcfdccc8e8c34e7eff9a621f6c51e4184b0c869ff4bc90aa7c565e231/tp_1.1.1.png" data-mid="145775949" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dccd3dbfcfdccc8e8c34e7eff9a621f6c51e4184b0c869ff4bc90aa7c565e231/tp_1.1.1.png" /> https://ericcoombsesmail.com/LEO-SACER Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:08:19 +0000 Eric Coombs Esmail https://ericcoombsesmail.com/LEO-SACER LEO SACERDocumentary approaches to ecological violence. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The story of a re-located mountain lion that may have killed at least 15 pet dogs in 30 days in a small Colorado community. Short Documentary and Hybrid Article, Hyphen Journal&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; 2026 (co-directed/written with Emilie Upczak and co-written with Sarah Biagini) <img width="4096" height="2160" width_o="4096" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d384b765115546875dc0ce973595b2e9cd2de5917d944215654695376a6cce6e/LEO_Still.png" data-mid="225686715" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d384b765115546875dc0ce973595b2e9cd2de5917d944215654695376a6cce6e/LEO_Still.png" /> https://ericcoombsesmail.com/Restless-Splatting-When-the-Frame-Begins-to-Tremble Sun, 12 Jul 2026 19:14:22 +0000 Eric Coombs Esmail https://ericcoombsesmail.com/Restless-Splatting-When-the-Frame-Begins-to-Tremble <img width="6240" height="2773" width_o="6240" height_o="2773" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a8b0b52d477277df5ef5c419efbec8b93c40b24b5df4142b755889ce9ccf7b7/SovereignGrid.jpg" data-mid="250347353" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a8b0b52d477277df5ef5c419efbec8b93c40b24b5df4142b755889ce9ccf7b7/SovereignGrid.jpg" /> Restless Splatting When the Frame Begins to Tremble Read &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; A video installation and accompanying essay that deploys the Gaussian splatting technique for the dimensional transformation of restless images, challenging how operational images and computer vision claim to see. Artwork and Article, xCoAx &nbsp; &nbsp; 2026 Exhibited at the Palazzo Madama in Turin, Italy <img width="4160" height="6240" width_o="4160" height_o="6240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fcc0c0cadc1532eb88d800fc76911f4f8bfa2c93bfecef850ca6363aa9e253ac/DSCF9599.jpg" data-mid="250347350" border="0" data-scale="82" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fcc0c0cadc1532eb88d800fc76911f4f8bfa2c93bfecef850ca6363aa9e253ac/DSCF9599.jpg" /> https://ericcoombsesmail.com/Documentary-Intersubjectivity Mon, 02 Dec 2024 18:28:15 +0000 Eric Coombs Esmail https://ericcoombsesmail.com/Documentary-Intersubjectivity Documentary Intersubjectivity Read &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Documentary effectively navigates the slippage in idealism between solipsism and intersubjectivity. Journal Article, Transformations Vol. 23 &nbsp; &nbsp; 2024 Still from Tempestad (2016) by Tatiana Huezo <img width="1920" height="1038" width_o="1920" height_o="1038" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/215a6532024c7102454ad77512e5cb91c057063f7c3f9c04133e90523919e5d2/Figure-2.-Still-from-Tempestad-2017.png" data-mid="222752366" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/215a6532024c7102454ad77512e5cb91c057063f7c3f9c04133e90523919e5d2/Figure-2.-Still-from-Tempestad-2017.png" /> https://ericcoombsesmail.com/Unearthed-Objects Mon, 02 Dec 2024 19:32:01 +0000 Eric Coombs Esmail https://ericcoombsesmail.com/Unearthed-Objects Unearthed ObjectsS3026 and Michael Marder’s object earth Read &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Mirage, qanat, and vertical poiesis show how art can perform media archaeology.&nbsp; Journal Article, The Journal of Media Art Study and Theory &nbsp; &nbsp; 2024 (co-authored with Nima Bahrehmand and Laurids Andersen Sonne) <img width="1500" height="998" width_o="1500" height_o="998" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bc447db11b489db623ac670d2ece3f361293e619d910ca4072af0c7dc9bde895/2023_Object_Earth_B2_MDF_-12.jpg" data-mid="222755523" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bc447db11b489db623ac670d2ece3f361293e619d910ca4072af0c7dc9bde895/2023_Object_Earth_B2_MDF_-12.jpg" /> https://ericcoombsesmail.com/Documentary-Media-Poetics-a-handbook Sat, 18 Jun 2022 02:25:09 +0000 Eric Coombs Esmail https://ericcoombsesmail.com/Documentary-Media-Poetics-a-handbook Documentary Media Poetics:&nbsp;a handbook for theory and practice &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Documentary poetics are the study and practice of art as a method for building and transforming our world. They reveal the documentary impulse inherent in all creative acts - an impulse driven by experience. Open Education Resource and Course Handbook&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2021 (co-authored with Laurids Andersen Sonne) <img width="2550" height="3300" width_o="2550" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/160535f0097cd9aa02e20da5b4c8160c4bad29e534b5327057bbbce254e5f5e2/dph_cover.jpg" data-mid="145758786" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/160535f0097cd9aa02e20da5b4c8160c4bad29e534b5327057bbbce254e5f5e2/dph_cover.jpg" /> https://ericcoombsesmail.com/Rumor Sat, 18 Jun 2022 02:25:10 +0000 Eric Coombs Esmail https://ericcoombsesmail.com/Rumor Rumor&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; In a small town, a girl learns that her brothers have kidnapped the bully who drove her fraternal twin to suicide. A story about poverty, race, sexuality, and violence on the high plains. Link Short fiction &nbsp; 2019 (co-directed with Christian Hammons) <img width="4096" height="1716" width_o="4096" height_o="1716" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b3a3881b3081fa98c72da4ac5397f7ab0c435e1038e78e9549e99022748cd96d/vlcsnap-2022-03-24-20h14m49s108.png" data-mid="145777830" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b3a3881b3081fa98c72da4ac5397f7ab0c435e1038e78e9549e99022748cd96d/vlcsnap-2022-03-24-20h14m49s108.png" /> <img width="4096" height="1716" width_o="4096" height_o="1716" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8dda46d8ce3fec14363b8a7b5225dc1dcab01d676823a08891a1698015083641/vlcsnap-2022-03-24-20h16m17s670.png" data-mid="145777654" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8dda46d8ce3fec14363b8a7b5225dc1dcab01d676823a08891a1698015083641/vlcsnap-2022-03-24-20h16m17s670.png" /> <img width="4096" height="1716" width_o="4096" height_o="1716" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b8e0adb5d7bb1c73be8d0605d3d015e73cd385622b5b120f3a4f99e973bad564/vlcsnap-2022-03-24-20h12m27s135.png" data-mid="145776399" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b8e0adb5d7bb1c73be8d0605d3d015e73cd385622b5b120f3a4f99e973bad564/vlcsnap-2022-03-24-20h12m27s135.png" /> <img width="883" height="1259" width_o="883" height_o="1259" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f83d5b249d1cdbb0c2b19a6785e75b6c722c3e72cb54288d8c5458f67f7ed0c8/Screenshot-2022-06-20-at-15-21-32-Rumor-2020.png" data-mid="145933583" border="0" data-scale="89" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/883/i/f83d5b249d1cdbb0c2b19a6785e75b6c722c3e72cb54288d8c5458f67f7ed0c8/Screenshot-2022-06-20-at-15-21-32-Rumor-2020.png" /> https://ericcoombsesmail.com/Messengers Sat, 18 Jun 2022 02:25:10 +0000 Eric Coombs Esmail https://ericcoombsesmail.com/Messengers Messengers&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; In 1979, Prof. Dennis Van Gerven exhumed the bodies of 400 Nubian mummies from the desert in Sudan.&nbsp; They were itinerant farmers in the 6th and 7th centuries BC, but in the three decades after they were excavated, they would go to work again as "messengers from the poor."&nbsp; At the end of his career, Van Gerven reflects on his life with the mummies and their afterlife in the United States speaking to the problems of poverty and discrimination. Short documentary&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 2019 (co-directed with Christian Hammons) <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fdd4a295dd5540fb96f3f15f72648d418682bfe68fe8dae6a927fe4babfb816f/vlcsnap-2022-06-19-14h01m54s390.png" data-mid="145829210" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fdd4a295dd5540fb96f3f15f72648d418682bfe68fe8dae6a927fe4babfb816f/vlcsnap-2022-06-19-14h01m54s390.png" /> <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ceef73b29208c3d2f224e4cb5539aa1e17e1dfbe9722e6944cb48559e9212021/vlcsnap-2022-06-19-14h01m58s825.png" data-mid="145829211" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ceef73b29208c3d2f224e4cb5539aa1e17e1dfbe9722e6944cb48559e9212021/vlcsnap-2022-06-19-14h01m58s825.png" /> <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3334fafa44b20b129ab944cf4af4e8053986770f258f683720915cb422dfb7c4/vlcsnap-2022-06-19-14h02m20s391.png" data-mid="145829217" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3334fafa44b20b129ab944cf4af4e8053986770f258f683720915cb422dfb7c4/vlcsnap-2022-06-19-14h02m20s391.png" /> https://ericcoombsesmail.com/ESMERILLION Sat, 18 Jun 2022 02:25:10 +0000 Eric Coombs Esmail https://ericcoombsesmail.com/ESMERILLION ESMERILLION&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Y gwyllt: The empire has withdrawn, Clas Myrddin is torn. The Young Bard, courtier, and warrior, is driven mad by the slaughter at the Futile Battle of Arderydd. Fleeing to the trees of Celyddon to seek his mystic pig, the budding sorcerer prophesies from apple tree to apple tree, “Before the child, bold as the sun in his courses, Saxons shall be eradicated, and bards shall flourish!” (Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin, ca. 1250 A.D.) Short documentaries, installations, and performances &nbsp; &nbsp; 2017