Heat-Seeking, the film Jordan Crandall produced for inSITE2000, made use of and mimicked surveillance technology deployed along the US-Mexico border. Exploring themes of erotica and violence through five fantasy sequences woven into the overall structural narrative of mobility and monitoring, the film was shot on location in San Diego and Tijuana over the course of seven days in August 2000. Crandall stated that he wanted to use the language of cinema, advertising, and the “strategic seeing” of military systems to produce a film that would investigate interior and exterior borders. The piece was presented in two formats that each referenced mobility and ultimately established a reconfigured role of the viewer. In Tijuana, the film could be seen on the video billboard at the Cuauhtémoc Circle, where scenes would be interspersed with advertising and other public media. In San Diego, Crandall’s film could be seen on hand-held cell phones using streaming video technology. The mobile aspect of the project, developed by the artist and engineers from Qualcomm and Packet Video, was among the first examples of a film being shown on a handheld phone through a cellular network.
Curators: Susan Buck-Morss, Ivo Mesquita, Osvaldo Sánchez, and Sally Yard
Venues: Glorieta de Cuauhtémoc, Tijuana and in(fo)SITE, San Diego.
Crew
Jordan Crandall - writer/director
Neil Kendricks - producer/production designer/1st assistant director
Jonathon Millman - director of photography
Mike Parry - videographer
Cat Mazza - assistant to the director
Kat Forcadas - production coordinator
Carlos Devarona - assistant camera/2nd assistant director
Micky Govern - grip/gaffer
Stacy Sievek - best boy
Annette Lunde - makeup
Tomas Fuhr - fight coordinator
Tricia Avant - production assistant
Bill Coleman - production assistant
Chris Hammonds - production assistant
Jeannie Hanenkrat - production assistant
Xavier Leonard - production assistant
José Luis Martin - production assistant
David Mollering - production assistant
Actors
Jolene Anderson
Angelique Kiss
Mark DeWhitt
Michel Bayan
Special thanks to
Kathy McCurdy – San Diego Film Commission
Ulises Hernández – Comisionado Estatal de Filmaciones, Secretaría de Turismo
Juan Tintos Funcke – Secretario de Turismo del Estado y Presidente de la Comisión de
Filmaciones
Carlos Besné Irigoyen Ontiveros – Director de Policía y Tránsito Municipal
Miguel Ángel Ledesma Romo – Anuncio e Imagen de Baja California
US Border Patrol, San Ysidro Port of Entry
Filmmakers Collaborative
Eyebeam Atelier
Qualcom
Packet Video
Flir Systems, Inc.
Susan Burks
Caltrans
Indie Grip & Lighting
The Cheese Shop
Locations
Av. Revolución
Miguel Robles
Game Busters Arcade
Dr. Steve Gormican and Scripps Hospital
Ron and Lucille Neeley
Ken Riley and the San Diego Maritime Museum
Twin Oaks Golf Course
Dedicated to Robert Gold