Karl Lind

All human beings and sentient lifeforms everywhere, I truly believe that creativity unlocks the universal key to first imagining and then accordingly actualizing a better world.

karl lind, in the can productions, film, video, curatorial, disconnected, lullaby, portland, super 8, skateboarding, odds and ends, oregon, experimental, curation, curatorial, odds and ends, video production, film production, editor, DVD authoring, Music Video, The Repair, PDX Film Festival, documentary, Sisterz of the Underground, Ubervision, Gates of Steel, Karaoke

Both Cinema and Television have fascinated me for as long as I can remember, in my attempt to pay them due tribute I have been nurturing a passion for being behind the lens making films and also putting together film and video screenings: the combination makes my heart and mind sing.
Since 2002 I have made several short videos and films and worked in collaboration with fellow artists on many more. My personal work tends to find me incorporating found as well as original imagery to make conceptual and emotionally charged experimental films and videos, I have worked in video as well as small gauge film (Super 8). Subject matter wise I am endlessly fascinated with investigating notions about human memory, emotions, nostalgia and how we accordingly store and process these experiences. Music and sound always play a an integral part in my filmmaking process; in several instances an audio track created by a fellow collaborator inspired me to then create a visual track to accompany it.

I am a Director, DP/Shooter and a Video Editor/DVD Author the business arm of my brain is known as In The Can Productions and we can cover your film and video needs from A to Z, ranging from the micro to the macro and concept to completion. We specialize in creating memorable and original short form films, music videos and ad spots.

Some of our client and project roster as of 2008 includes work for:

Adidas, Cascade Aids Project, Nike, Cedar Sinai Park, Earth Class Mail, Oregon Ballet Theatre, The Chalkboard Project, NIA Fitness, NW Film Center, Film Action Oregon, Oregon Dept. of Kickass, Paccess, Rodeo Film Co., Portland Oregon Women's Film Festival (POW FEST!), Sour Apple Productions, Peripheral Produce & many more.

In November of 2006 I began a curatorial art project in the form of a video screening series called Odds and Ends, I was originally inspired series to organize a show after being asked to do a showcase of my short film work with Portland’s Gallery Homeland I instead decided that it would be much more fortuitous as well as challenging to program an evening of short film and video work and within thirty days I had assembled a great screening that was well received and attended. Curatorial events have since become a great joy in inspiring me as an artist and have also allowed me to get really involved with presenting work to the community. This October at the invitation of the Urban Nomad Film Film Festival the Odds and Ends Screening Series will be making it's international premiere at the Taeipei Biennial.