WRONG NUMBER: FILMS BY FRANK HEATH
PROGRAM 2

MONDAY, MARCH 9 – 7:30PM
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 – 10PM + Q&A with Heath and actor/collaborator Jesse Wakeman moderated by Jon Dieringer (THIS EVENT IS $10)

INVASIVE SPECIES
Dir. Frank Heath, 2012
English 11min
Haunted by a cipher transmitted from invasive wildlife in Greenwood Cemetery, a caller hires a local advertising firm to address the situation and assess the link between organic systems and encrypted data.

MINIMALISM
Dir. Frank Heath, 2024
2min
A chronicle of shrinking technology that follows the drive towards miniaturization, from early cell phone ads and pocket-sized gadgets to neural implants and simulated realities. Music: Laugh Ash (Ches Smith), ‘Minimalism.’

ON THE BEACH

Taking its name from a Cold War novel by Nevil Shute, which follows the sole survivors of a global nuclear fallout as they wait for the radiation to drift overseas, On the Beach traces the urgent and miscalculated efforts of a two-person film crew as they attempt to document and preserve key facets of modern civilization before it’s too late. Interviews with figures working at crucial sites related to the future of humanity—the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, an underground vault for the storage of films, and a gene bank carved into the side of an Arctic mountain—send the protagonists searching department stores, subway video retailers, and supermarkets for commercial solutions to their existential problem. Originally produced as a web series for the online magazine Triple Canopy, this is the first time the work has been screened in its entirety.

ON THE BEACH 01: MADE TO BE FOUND
Dir. Frank Heath, 2014
English, 21min

Peter and Dwight struggle with their assignment as they survey a department store in search of props for a film shoot inspired by the wisdom of CERN physicists.

ON THE BEACH 02: A PRIME CONDITION
Dir. Frank Heath, 2017
English, 19min

Peter and Dwight study the contents of a massive underground storage facility for Hollywood films, located in a salt mine in Kansas, to ascertain the crucial monuments of cinema history with the guidance of a local video retail expert.

ON THE BEACH 03: MIDNIGHT SUN
Dir. Frank Heath, 2018
English, 15min

Peter reports a supernatural occurrence he experienced at a local supermarket while contemplating footage sent from the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.