Category: Film & Video

Living Condition is a multi-platform documentary film project examining the crisis in the U.S. criminal justice system through the lens of families living with a relative on death row. This in-progress project will include films, an online web and a community engagement and educational outreach project. Co-produced and directed with Nomi Talisman Below is a…Continue Reading Living Condition

Interactive project proposal for a film installation using real-time web interactivity which would allow audience members to navigate dynamic playlists of clips, sequenced through meta-data, to discover content, contexts, and relationships across multiple storylines via smart phone and I-pad. Created as a part of Living Condition a multi-platform documentary film project that examines the crisis…Continue Reading Interactive Proposal (Living Condition)

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the animated documentary Last Day of Freedom produced for KQED and released by Indiewire. Made in collaboration with Bay Area Video Coalition. Co-produced and directed with Nomi Talisman. Released: October 2015To read more about this process – see full article on IndieWIRE, originally published on October 1, 2015…Continue Reading Making of Last Day of Freedom

Untitled (Greencard) is the second in Hibbert-Jones and Talisman’s series of works examining inequality, civil rights and immigration policies towards same sex couples, prior to the legalization of gay marriage in 2015. Untitled (Greencard) is a birds’ eye view, one-shot video of Hibbert-Jones and Talisman with their young son, working on a large-scale drawing. As…Continue Reading Untitled (Greencard): Video

Psychological Prosthetics is a commissioned film, performance and installation series (2005-2010) intended to generate public conversation on politics and emotions (shame, fear and apathy) during the War on Terror years of the George Bush presidency and beyond. Employing the language and visuals of corporate marketing, alongside guerilla tactics, the project explores the ways culture supports,…Continue Reading Psychological Prosthetics: Video/Sculpture

Inspired by geographer and social scientist Doreen Massey’s notions of place as socially constructed and founded on acts of exclusion, Blue Print for Power combines drawn architectural forms and filmic representations of place, describing Zilina’s turbulent history. Created for the European Cultural Council for Frame by Frame International Animation Festival, Zilina, Slovakia (2013) Released: 2013…Continue Reading BluePrint of Power: Video

I-140 tells the story of inequality, civil rights and immigration policies towards same sex couples prior to the legalization of gay marriage in 2015. Using Hibbert-Jones and Talisman’s own situation as subject the artists held handmade signs on freeways up and down California as cars drove by, describing their $40,000, seven-year struggle to keep Talisman…Continue Reading I-140: Video/Installation

When Bill Babbitt realizes his brother Manny has committed a crime he agonizes over his decision- should he call the police? Last Day of Freedom is a richly animated personal narrative that tells the story of Bill’s decision to stand by his brother, a Veteran returning from war, as he faces criminal charges, racism, and ultimately the death penalty. The film is a…Continue Reading Last Day of Freedom: Film

Created for DISLOCATE 08’s Festival of Locality and Technology, Japan. The interactive video installation, and public project Are We There Yet? maps the internal thoughts and memories of passengers above and below ground on the Yokohama subway. Stories, sounds and video excerpts were embedded on an interactive map (a hacked computer with 32 buttons, each…Continue Reading Are We There Yet?: Video/Installation