Fern SILVA

(1982- )
Nationality: American

Fern Silva (b. 1982, USA/Portugal) is an artist who primarily works in 16mm. His films consider methods of narrative, ethnographic, and documentary filmmaking as the starting point for structural experimentation. He has created a body of film, video, and projection work that has been screened and performed at various festivals, galleries, museums and cinematheques. He studied art and cinema at the Massachusetts College of Art and the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts. He is Visiting Artist in Residence in the Film & Electronic Arts Department at Bard College and is based in New York.

13 MOVIES IN DISTRIBUTION

A ROLL FOR PETER - Collective film
2016-2023 / 16mm / b&w / silent / single screen / 55' 49 / 150 €
distribution: DCP on server or Digital file on server
RIDE LIKE LIGHTNING, CRASH LIKE THUNDER
2017 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 9' 00 / 47 €
distribution: 16mm or DCP on USB stick or Digital file on server
THE WATCHMEN
2017 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 10' 00 / 52 €
distribution: 35mm or DCP on server or Digital file on server
  SCALES IN THE SPECTRUM OF SPACE
2015 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 7' 21 / 29 €
distribution: DCP on server or Digital file on server
  WAYWARD FRONDS
2014 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 13' 15 / 49 €
distribution: 16mm or DCP on HDD or Digital file on server
  TENDER FEET
2013 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 10' 00 / 34 €
distribution: 16mm
  CONCRETE PARLAY
2012 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 18' 00 / 60 €
distribution: 16mm
  PASSAGE UPON THE PLUME
2011 / 16mm / b&w / silent / single screen / 6' 40 / 27 €
distribution: 16mm
  IN THE ABSENCE OF LIGHT, DARKNESS PREVAILS
2010 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 13' 30 / 35 €
distribution: 16mm
  SERVANTS OF MERCY
2010 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 14' 30 / 46 €
distribution: Digital file on server
  SAHARA MOSAIC
2009 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 10' 00 / 35 €
distribution: 16mm
  AFTERMARKS
2008 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 7' 00 / 30 €
distribution: Digital file on server
  SPINNERS
2008 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 7' 00 / 28 €
distribution: Digital file on server