Photo © John Duncan






Photo © John Duncan



The CRAVING
2010

Gary Jo Gardenhire
Melissa Pasut
Produced and directed by John Duncan
Music by Seijiro Murayama and John Duncan
DVD released by Gallery Niklas Belenius

Originally conceived as a hybrid video between the genres of erotic cinema and horror, The CRAVING evolved over a period of three years to become a 50-minute study in self-doubt. The result is a constantly-moving, amorphous Rorschach image defined almost entirely by the individual viewer, who determines but can rarely be certain of what is being projected. The visual elements are edited to the deliberately hypnotic soundtracks by percussionist Seijiro Murayama and Duncan.


















































Photo © John Duncan

The TAILINGS
2010

Produced and directed by John Duncan
Music by John Duncan
DVD released by Von Archive, Italy

















































Photo © Melissa Pasut

PHANTOM BROADCAST acoustic
2010

Produced and directed by John Duncan
Music composed by John Duncan, performed by Ensemble Phoenix


















































MAZE
Photo © John Duncan





MAZE
Photo © John Duncan



MAZE
1995

Locked naked and blind with strangers in a basement room...how long would we be left there?

Still images taken during the MAZE event flash onscreen.
Shortwave soundtrack by John Duncan.





















































THE IMMENSE ROOM
1991

Collage of images shot by Duncan in Tibet and Japan and from Japanese conventional broadcast television.
Soundtrack: THE IMMENSE ROOM by John Duncan included on RIVER IN FLAMES ~ KLAAR solo 2-CD released by Staalplaat


















































ANTHEM
1988

Reichian breath exercize performed in an abandoned building used by heroin addicts.
Soundtrack: sound of the performance.

Produced for broadcast over Rabotnik TV, Amsterdam.
PAL-format video released on Allquestions

















































TRIGGER
1988

Collage of images from Japanese conventional broadcast television,
shot in Super-8 film at slow speed (12 frames/sec.).
Soundtrack by John Duncan, with shortwave and electric ben-wa balls
(an erotic device designed for women).

PAL-format video released on Allquestions
















































BRUTAL BIRTHDAY
1988

Collage of images from American homosexual S/M films
and Japanese conventional broadcast television shot in Super-8 film at slow speed (12 frames/sec.).
Soundtrack by C.V. Massage (Yasunori Taniguchi, Katsu Mizumachi, John Duncan)recorded live at the premiere.
PAL-format video released on Allquestions















































TVC 1
1986 to 1987

Selections from pirate television broadcasts
made with portable equipment built and operated by Duncan transmitted from randomly chosen sites in Tokyo using the frequency of NHK 1 after station signoff.

PAL-format video released on Allquestions

SNAKE RIDE
John Duncan

LOVE HOTEL SURVEILLANCE
Anonymous

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Rudolf Schwarzkogler (silent)

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Fumihiko Hosou


Still from SNAKE RIDE







































THE JOHN SEE SERIES
1986 to 1987

Adult video series produced for Kuki, Tokyo.
Directed by John Duncan.
Soundtracks by Duncan and Glawng Yao (on POWER LOVE).


DOLL
FALLEN ANGEL
INKA
AIDAYUKI PASSION
POWER LOVE


Production still from FALLEN ANGEL






















































PRAYER
1982

S/M video performed by anonymous actors, partially covered by still images from news, advertising and S/M magazines. Shortwave soundtrack by John Duncan.























































HUMAN CHOIR
1979

A hand-held camera moves through rooms of an abandoned luxury hotel.
Soundtrack: Various voices, recorded with a microphone and via telephone, giving fragments from their dreams.

Produced for the series 30-Second Spotscommercial television broadcasts organized by the Long Beach Museum of Art, Los Angeles.


















































FREE
1976

1st Image:
Duncan slowly cuts a wound into his hand with a large knife.
Sound: Readings from descriptions of scatalogical sexual acts.


2nd Image:
Ants crawl over Duncan's face.
Sound: Life Song of the Flathead Native American Tribe sung by a female child.







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