Videos and Screenings

(videos produced by the artist and where they were presented)

2007
"Biological Regionalism: Atlantic Cod", B/W, 10 minutes
The video was created for a residency at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. The artist provides a brief overview of his Biological Regionalism Series while providing a brief history of the Atlantic cod and its influence on the
economy of New England.

Screened: 2007 - Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA

2006
"Primal Connections", B/W Video,18 minutes and 40 seconds
The connection between nature and culture seems to have been lost, as most
of our social and economic reliance has moved to an urban setting. Our culture has developed outdoor recreational activities, zoos and pets as a way to reconnect with our innate need to be closer to nature. This film investigates one attempt to reconnect.

Screened : 2006 - Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY

2005
"Great Lakes Tributary, New York, United States, March 12th, 2005" Color Video, 5:28 minutes
"Los Jardines de la Reina (The Queen's Gardens), Cub, July 10th, 2004" 5:40 minutes
"Biological Regionalism" is a series of paintings and videos that identifies the landscape and the fish that are distinctive to a region. I envision the project creating indigenous symbols of a culture.
Seeing in the Dark

Screened: 2005 -
El Museo Francisco Oller and Diego Rivera, Buffalo, NY
Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY

"An Unkept Promise", B/W Video, 19:00 Minutes
Alberto Rey's family fled Cuba in 1963. Alberto was three years old when they found political asylum in Mexico. Thirty-five years later he returned to cuba for the first time. "An Unkept Promise" chronicles the emotional complexities of his trip, why he promised himself never to return and the invitation that makes him reconsider.

Screened: 2005 -
DeadCenter Film Festival, Oklahoma, City, OK
Burchfield - Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY

2004
"Waters off of Caibarien, Cuba". B/W Video. 1 hour and 6 minutes
The hour long footage documents the waters off of Caibarien, Cuba. This small island, off the eastern coast of Cuba, was a popular site where the balseros used to set off on their rafts to catch the Gulf Stream to Florida. The video tries to capture what the balseros would see on the beginning of their often tragic voyages.

Screened: 2005 - Burchfield- Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY

2001
"Seeing the Dark", (shot on B/W 16mm film - edited on video), 6 1/2 minutes
The short film captures Alberto Rey's first return back to Cuba after 30 years. The film is relates how he decides to stop creating paintings about his nostalgic interpretations of his homeland.

Screened: Marvel Theatre, State University of New York, Fredonia, NY