BlissvilleAn Investigation

The video Blissville An Investigation is about a remote corner of Queens NY within the shadows of midtown Manhattan and yet isolated from the rest of the city Embracing low budget Hi 8 video to conduct informal street interviews and investigate the origin of the name of Blissville and the characters of the town the video takes the experimental form of a docupoem Not in the traditional sense with words but as a lyrical visual odyssey The video is not so much a mourning of things past nor a nostalgia although both these elements are present It is more about the quest for and resilience of community