Iowa City based film and video maker Leighton Pierce will present three recent films, including his newest work, 50 Feet of String (1995, 52 min.).

?This is a film consisting of 12 sections all dealing in some way with the slow and subtle repeated rhythms of daily life. The approach is highly painterly and impressionistic. The pace is slow with the intention of inviting viewers (those willing to go) into a more visceral and less verbally analytical state of mind. The ?action,? small events like the mail arriving, the storm coming, and the grass getting mowed, are secondary to the way of perceiving those events. In many ways this film reaches back into a kind of personal memory one might recall from early childhood.? (LP) Red Shovel (1992, 8 min.) is a narrow angle of view, closely watched, on the Fourth of July. Blue Hat (1993, 4.5 min.) is an impressionistic study of the work/play involved in learning simple things. All 16 mm.