The following DVD and VHS compilations are available for purchase through Peripheral Produce.
Portland filmmaker and Peripheral Produce ring-leader Matt McCormick makes films that combine found and original sounds and images to fashion abstract and witty observations of contemporary culture. In his recent documentary Towlines, which features an original soundtrack by James Mercer, Matt explores the role of the tugboat in modern society, while in American Nutria he examines the plight of an imported species and chastises capitalism’s tendency to create its own disasters. The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal makes the observation that the process of destroying one art form unwittingly creates another, while The Vyrotonin Decision, created with scraps of 16mm television clips from the early 70's, reflects on some the advertising world’s more embarrassing moments. Matt's work has screened in film festivals, galleries, and d.i.y. art spaces around the globe, and his film The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal was named as one of the ‘Top 10 Films of 2002’ by both The Village Voice and Art Forum magazine. Matt has also worked and collaborated with several artists and musicians, including The Shins, Miranda July, The Postal Service, Avalon Kalin, and Calvin Johnson. DVD includes Towlines (2004), Grounded (2004), American Nutria (2003), Past and Pending (2003), The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal (2001), Going to the Ocean (2001), The Vyrotonin Decision (1999) and Sincerely, Joe P. Bear (1999)
85 minutes - Peripheral Produce No. 12 - DVD - 2004
Purchase - $24.95 (Personal use) - $75.00 (Academic use)
The original, first ever Peripheral Produce release that features a compilation of twelve experimental films and videos by Negativland, Russ Forster, Miranda July, Animal Charm, Scott Arford, Vanessa Renwick, Matt McCormick, the Olympia Film Ranch, Bryan Konefsky, Eric Ostrowski, Jon Raymond, and Julian Lawrence. The "Auto-Cinematic Video Mix Tape" is an abstract taste test of contemporary underground cinema. Comes complete with instruction manual.
70 minutes - Peripheral Produce No. 1 - VHS - 1998
Purchase - $19.95 (Personal use) - $50.00 (Academic use)
What The 70s Really Looked Like, Curated by Matt McCormick and Morgan Currie, is a media-archaeological treasure trove of 16mm commercials, PSA’s, and TV ephemera from that delirious decade of polyester and smiley faces. From the classic iconography of the Marlboro Man to the absurd pitches for Jack LaLanne's "Glamour Stretchers", this outrageously retro review of funky, clunky clips offers more than campy fun. In fact, it allows us precious insight into a lost, impossibly innocent world of fondly remembered looks, styles, and attitudes, from way back in the good ol' 20th Century. (plus) 70s Remix, Curated by Craig Baldwin and Noel Lawrence. The B-side of our disc is an amazing display of "recombinant" editing and audio design. Six of today's savviest celluloid scavengers take disposable industrial and educational films, and recycle them into uncanny collages, from the ridiculous to the sublime.
140 minutes - Other Cinema - DVD - 2005
Purchase - $24.95 (Personal use)