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Tessa Hughes-Freeland is a British-born experimental film maker and writer living in New York City.
Her films have been shown in a variety of venues, from international museums to seedy bars.
The subject matter of her films is confrontational, transgressive, provocative and poetic.
She works in a wide variety of mediums and formats.
The personality of her work makes it hard to categorise.
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THE BUGLost Movie is a film...
In the years before Ronald Reagan...Blank City 2011
In the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never come from comfort, and it was precisely those dire circumstances that inspired artists like Jim Jarmusch, Lizzy Borden, and Amos Poe to produce some of their best works. Taking their cues from punk rock and new wave music, these young maverick filmmakers confronted viewers with a stark reality that stood in powerful contrast to the escapist product being churned out by Hollywood.
A short film to accompany the...Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 6: The Good Son) 2010
A short film to accompany the reissue of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album The Good Son (originally released in 1990). The result is a determinedly human portrait of the unique body of work produced by the band over the last 25 years, told through those who have lived and loved the music, including close collaborators.
A short film to accompany the...Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 1: From Her to Eternity) 2009
A short film to accompany the reissue of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album From Her to Eternity (originally released in 1984). The result is a determinedly human portrait of the unique body of work produced by the band over the last 25 years, told through those who have lived and loved the music, including close collaborators.
A short film to accompany the...Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 3: Kicking Against the Pricks) 2009
A short film to accompany the reissue of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album Kicking Against the Pricks (originally released in 1986). The result is a determinedly human portrait of the unique body of work produced by the band over the last 25 years, told through those who have lived and loved the music, including close collaborators.
A film exploring the nature of...
Jane Gone is a blues music...Jane Gone 1987
Jane Gone is a blues music video made by Tessa Hughes-Freeland, in collaboration with the infamous New York band, The Workdogs—of whom fellow Cinema of Transgression filmmaker Jon Spencer (Shithaus) was once a member of. The band and Hughes-Freeland had performed together on several occasions prior, combining live music and projections, and formed a bond through the conceptual performance Church of the Little Green Man for whom The Workdogs were the church band. The film is a further development of Hughes-Freeland combining found and original footage in an experimental and ironic manner.
1986 performance of the Butthole Surfers documented...
Carlo McCormick was invited to curate...The Virginia Tripping Film 1985
Carlo McCormick was invited to curate an East Village Art show at a gallery in Richmond, Virginia. Filmmaker Tessa Hughes-Freeland took filmic evidence of the infamous exhibition that featured downtown artists such as David Wojnarowicz, Marilyn Minter, Luis Frangella and more painting naughty murals while on acid.
Mike Bidlos performative recreation of Yves...Mike Bidlo: NOT Klein 1985
Mike Bidlo’s performative re-creation of Yves Klein's, "Anthropométries de l'époque bleue" at the Palladium in NYC.
Documenting Graffiti culture in a basketball...Graffiti Hall of Fame 1984
Documenting Graffiti culture in a basketball court in the Bronx. The filmmaker was accompanied by Martin Wong who said, "bring your camera". The Graffiti Hall of Fame is the result.
Tessa HughesFreelands Baby Doll is a...Baby Doll 1982
Tessa Hughes-Freeland’s “Baby Doll” is a tiny slice of cinéma vérité from 1982 about the girls working the now defunct Baby Doll Lounge on Church and White St. in downtown Manhattan. It captures a moment before NYC got sanitized.
