Ryan Trecartin Movies

  • 2013
    Center Jenny

    Center Jenny

    Center Jenny

    72013HD

    The film focuses on the life of Jenny who has, according to many of the other characters, become too “left-of-center” while pursuing her...

    Center Jenny
  • 2007
    I-Be Area

    I-Be Area

    I-Be Area

    5.82007HD

    Dazzling and raucous, Ryan Trecartin's first feature-length video takes cues from chat rooms, social networking web sites, YouTube, John Waters, and...

    I-Be Area
  • 2024
    Spirit Riser

    Spirit Riser

    Spirit Riser

    02024HD

    Two sisters are thrown out of their isolation and onto opposite coasts of America by a terrifying cosmic entity. On their quest to reunite they...

    Spirit Riser
  • 2013
    Comma Boat

    Comma Boat

    Comma Boat

    02013HD

    In Comma Boat, we're stuck in a mock-authoritarian fantasy--a power trip. The film centers around a director-character played by Trecartin who...

    Comma Boat
  • 2009
    K-CoreaINC. K (section a)

    K-CoreaINC. K (section a)

    K-CoreaINC. K (section a)

    02009HD

    The video revolves around an unending "meeting" - a busy, aimless meeting that goes in circles to evade a traditional narrative arc. The meeting is...

    K-CoreaINC. K (section a)
  • 2009
    Sibling Topics (Section A)

    Sibling Topics (Section A)

    Sibling Topics (Section A)

    102009HD

    Trecartin returns to his conception of family-as-business-enterprise, casting parent figures as managers and executives on one end of the spectrum,...

    Sibling Topics (Section A)
  • 2003
    What's The Love Making Babies For

    What's The Love Making Babies For

    What's The Love Making Babies For

    02003HD

    Trecartin's extraordinary digital manipulations reach a new level as he speculates in vivid animation about reproduction, sexuality, and contemporary...

    What's The Love Making Babies For
  • 2005
    A Family Finds Entertainment

    A Family Finds Entertainment

    A Family Finds Entertainment

    6.22005HD

    Ryan Trecartin’s film A Family Finds Entertainment is a camp extravaganza of epic proportions. Starring Trecartin’s family and friends,...

    A Family Finds Entertainment
  • 2016
    Temple Time

    Temple Time

    Temple Time

    02016HD

    Shot in a former Masonic temple in Los Angeles – a five-story warren of large, cavernous rooms akin to a windowless convention center –...

    Temple Time
  • 2001
    Belly's

    Belly's

    Belly's

    02001HD

    This rare collection of Ryan Trecartin's early short films, produced as a student at the Rhode Island School of Design, showcase the artist's...

    Belly's
  • 2010
    Temp Stop

    Temp Stop

    Temp Stop

    62010HD

    Temp Stop, as the title implies, has a disjunctive quality that separates it from the other parts of Re'Search Wait'S. As if emanating from the...

    Temp Stop
  • 2010
    P.opular S.ky (section-ish)

    P.opular S.ky (section-ish)

    P.opular S.ky (section-ish)

    02010HD

    In P.opular S.ky (section ish), a character played by Trecartin informs us that she wants ‘to live in a world where narration is the...

    P.opular S.ky (section-ish)
  • 2019
    Plot Front

    Plot Front

    Plot Front

    02019HD

    A delirious movie installed inside a ghostly barn made with prefabricated materials. The oscillatory movement of the rocking chairs on which...

    Plot Front
  • 2010
    Ready

    Ready

    Ready

    02010HD

    In Ready, Wait, played by Trecartin, is introduced as the eponymous figure of the series. Wait waits. He forsakes a "career" in favor of a "job," the...

    Ready
  • 2010
    The Re'Search (Re'Search Wait'S)

    The Re'Search (Re'Search Wait'S)

    The Re'Search (Re'Search Wait'S)

    52010HD

    The movie is actual market research collected by Wait for Y-Ready. It doubles as the site of Wait's vacation, as well as echoed versions of scenarios...

    The Re'Search (Re'Search Wait'S)
  • 2006
    (Tommy-Chat Just E-mailed Me.)

    (Tommy-Chat Just E-mailed Me.)

    (Tommy-Chat Just E-mailed Me.)

    4.32006HD

    Trecartin describes (Tommy-Chat Just E-mailed Me.) as a "narrative video short that takes place inside and outside of an e-mail." Trecartin's intense...

    (Tommy-Chat Just E-mailed Me.)
  • 2003
    Wayne's World

    Wayne's World

    Wayne's World

    02003HD

    Trecartin and his collaborator/co-star Lizzie Fitch ponder the messages delivered by the most banal forms of mass media and pop culture in their own...

    Wayne's World
  • 2016
    Mark Trade

    Mark Trade

    Mark Trade

    02016HD

    Shot in 2013 - In 'honor, of cause fake news - less gravity here - don't bird watch with a gun - remember your dreams before they remember you : the...

    Mark Trade
  • 2010
    Roamie View: History Enhancement

    Roamie View: History Enhancement

    Roamie View: History Enhancement

    72010HD

    Roamie View: History Enhancement reveals JJ as a husk of his former self, overwhelmed by too many experimental personalities and reverted to factory...

    Roamie View: History Enhancement
  • 2015
    Yielders Path

    Yielders Path

    Yielders Path

    02015HD

    The video displays Fitch and Trecartin's signature style of ludicrous cut-scenes and ironic hyperbole. “Yielders Path” also features...

    Yielders Path