Soap + Fire

Exploring the Anthropocene era characterized by human impact on the planet, this is an enlightening VR film that examines an emerging superpower undergoing mass urbanization, industrial development, and topographical changes.

Documentary short film depicting the filmmaking activity at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, featuring dozens of stars captured candidly and at work.

Expeditions in the Western Canadian Arctic

Register of the events which occurred between 9 and 15 April 1948 in Bogota as a result of the assassination of political leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán

“Tai Chi II,” similarly to Elam’s “Tai Chi Bowling” and “Tai Chi,” focuses on movement. Through a sequence of close-ups, Elam coyly records portions of several individuals practicing tai chi, primarily focusing on the practitioners’ extremities as they float about. Distinct from its affiliates, “Tai Chi II” finds the action taking place outside.

Consists of frantic and (mostly) uninformative pans sprinting across Elam's lawn.

Elam's husband prepares vegetables at the sink.

Two pumpkins.

Abstract short.

Sprocket holes moving across the screen.

Digging in the woods.

A covered bridge and the nature surrounding it.

Elam turns in place while filming nature.

An outdoor gathering.

Two women gardening on a sunny day.

At home, outdoors. Street shots.

Contrasting environments, in and outside.

Elam records several men moving boxes and furniture as they track across her backyard.

Filmed during the 52nd National Convention of the American National Association of Letter Carriers in August 1980.

Elam films her close friend, Chuck Kleinhans.