Bio

Over the last twenty years, Barrow has used obsolete technologies to present pictorial narratives by merging the methods and cultural histories of cinema, comic books, animation, shadow puppetry and magic lantern shows. Barrow is best known for creating and adapting comic book narratives to "manual" forms of animation by projecting, layering and manipulating drawings on an overhead projector in live performance contexts.

Works

Black Heart's Desire

  • 1995
  • Daniel Barrow

The boy and the puppy are innocent one moment, and experienced the next (sexually). The line between outward innocence and inner corruption begins to dissolve, revealing a beautiful rot and decay. This video is essentially a running parallel with the proverbial Garden of Eden.

Black Heart’s Desire

Untitled

  • 1997
  • Sheridan Shindruk, Daniel Barrow

This tape, originally produced as part of an installation, examines technology by employing the language of television, and in particular simple animations made for children.

Untitled

Backwash

  • 1995
  • Daniel Barrow

"Backwash" examines a very specific almost metaphysical ritual of sexual wanting and envy. This is the third in a 3-part series of black and white performance videos.

Backwash

Party Killer

  • 1995
  • Daniel Barrow

"Party Killer" is a concept video intended for the purpose of ending a house party or quickly clearing a room.

Party Killer