Twister. 1976. Digital video from Super 8. Silent. 2 min.
Wind currents on a debris-strewn street corner.
Waiting for the Wind. 1982. Digital video from Super 8. 8 min.
“Nares creates a tornado-like catastrophe with a hand-held super-8 camera, a shooting ratio of three to one (about $100 worth of film stock), and remarkable timing…fine filmmaking control is uses to suggest the terror of a world completely beyond personal control…Nares opens up the possibility of metaphor, evoking forces both terrifying and exhilarating.” Amy Taubin
Weather Bed. 1991. Digital video from Hi8. 3 min.
Tracking a storm in the bedsheets.
Lighthouse. 1991. Digital video from Hi8. 18 min.
A wandering being in search of sustenance in a wintry wasteland experiences a strange transformation, eventually learning that the best way to get is to give.
Piano. 1991. Digital video from Hi8, sound. 8 min.
A semi-visible pianist plays. In memory of the poet, pianist and Judo black belt, David Rattray.
To Make a Prairie. 2010. Digital video from 16mm. 14 min.
A young girl in the last summer of her childhood, alternates between solitary play and the discovery of her power to influence the world around her. “One of the most beautiful cinematic works I've ever seen.” Lucy Sante.
Primary Function. 2007. HD video. 2 min.
A struggle for ascendancy between the conceptual and perceptual divisions of the mind, presented through the recreation of a standard cognitive function test.
Runtime 55 min.