Vicki (Mokita)

Vicki (Mokita) from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

Created for the Vimeo Weekend Challenge themed "Untranslatable".

"Florid Psychosis" by Bill Yarrow

"Florid Psychosis" by Bill Yarrow from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

"Dirty Old Man?" by David Sullivan

"Dirty Old Man?" by David Sullivan from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

"Heart" - a haiku

Heart (Haiku) from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

My first attempt at a Vimeo Weekend Challenge (25th November, 2013).

"Playing Duets with Heisenberg's Ghost" by Peg Duthie

"Playing Duets with Heisenberg’s Ghost" by Peg Duthie from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

"On Being Brought from Africa to America" by Phillis Wheatley

"On Being Brought From Africa To America" by Phillis Wheatley from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

Featuring Josephine Baker.

"Real" by Emily Dickinson

"Real" by Emily Dickinson from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

She Walks In Beauty...

Starring Bettie Page.
Poem by Lord Byron.
Music by Handel.

The Devil's Music

The Devil's Music from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

"When We Two Parted" - Lord Byron

 

 



Cherry Knight Remixed

Golden Days

"Three Of Us"

Three Of Us from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

"The Shipwright's Love Song" by Jo Bell.

"The Shipwright's Love Song" by Jo Bell from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

"The Character Of A Happy Life" (Sir Henry Wotton)

Featuring Sammy Davis Jr.

"Breast Is Best"

Breast Is Best from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

Piano soundtrack by Chris Zabriskie.

Shakespeare's Sonnet 29 ("Fortune and men's eyes...")

Footage mostly from "Bogard" (aka "Black Fist").
Guest appearance from Sammy Davis Jr.

"'Jazz Fantasia' by Carl Sandburg" (Version 2)

"Jazz Fantasia" by Carl Sandburg from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

"Bud"

Bud from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

"In Tune" by Kellee Maize

"In Tune" by Kellee Maize from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

Guest appearance from Fred Astaire.

"Hawk" by Kellee Maize

Based on the work of Pittsburgh-based rapper Kellee Maize.

"The Letter"

The Letter from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

"The Want Of Intimacy"

The Want Of Intimacy from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

"Thunderstorm"

"Thunderstorm" (Teaserama vs The Custodian Of Records) from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

Dancer - unidentified. Music by The Custodian Of Records.

"Tease"

Tease from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

Starring Bettie Page and Vicky Lynn.

"Daft Punk Get Lucky" (subliminal version) - DJ Tarek from Paris

"Get Lucky" (DJ Tarek vs Betty Boop vs Daft Punk) from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

"Daft Punk Get Lucky" (subliminal version) - DJ Tarek from Paris. Starring Betty Boop.

"Cut Throat" (Death Grips)

Music by Death Grips. Images from "Black Fist" (1974).

"Goodwill"

 

Music by The Custodian Of Records.

"Am I Cool Now?"

A video for the track by The Custodian Of Records.

Afternoon Tea

Afternoon Tea from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.
Music by Giustino Di Gregorio.

"You're My Thrill"

"You're My Thrill" (Voodoo Suite vs Lady Whirlwind) from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

Vacation

Images from "Diary Of A Nudist" (Doris Wishman, 1961).
Music: "Memories" by Arie.

"Continuum"

"Lady Whirlwind" meets "Black Fist".

Smoked

"Smoked" from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

Contains nudity and drug use.

Sonnet 24

Shakespeare.

"Fear of Intimacy"

Fear Of Intimacy from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

Contains brief nudity.
Music: “West 4th” by Assif Tsahar and Tatsuya Nakatani

"Family Entertainment"

Music by Digi G'Alessio.

"Come Sunday"

Music by Assif Tsahar and Tatsuya Nakatani.
Contains nudity.

"Native Moments" by Walt Whitman

"Give me now libidinous joys only..."

"Jazz Fantasia" by Carl Sandburg

Stars include Fred Astaire and Betty Boop.

"Mag" by Carl Sandburg

Poem by Carl Sandburg.
Images from "Marriage Today" (1950) by Alexander Hammid.

"Pain has an element of blank..." by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson meets Ruan Lingyu

 

 

 

Four Short Poems by William Butler Yeats

W.B. Yeats - the quadrilogy.

A Drinking Song

By William Butler Yeats.

All Things Can Tempt Me

By W. B. Yeats

"Seek, Seek..."

Using material from the public domain film "Millions of Us", and the gospel song "Seek, Seek..."

"Much Madness is Divinest Sense..."

A poem by Emily Dickinson.

The Scarlet Woman

Poem by Fenton Johnson.
Images from Oscar Micheaux.
Music from Louisiana Five.