Ruth Hayes

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Swing Bout 2024 (5.5)

Set backstage at a major boxing event, a young boxer is plunged into a tumultuous journey from the dressing room to her ring walk in a night of deceit, betrayal, and life-altering decisions.
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The Man with the Hat 2022

A short film.
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Into The Silence 2025

Inspired by true events and set in the heart of Ireland's 1990s rave movement, two young men find themselves forever changed by one electrifying, life-altering rave. As the pulsating beats and euphoric energy consume them, they embark on a journey of self-discovery, friendship, and rebellion, seeking to redefine themselves within the underground cultural revolution of house music, where freedom, identity, and the power of sound collide.
Ruth Hayes

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Body Sketches 1978

Nine separate animated cycles of human figure drawings intercut with self-portraits and rotoscoped ocean footage repeat, converge and spill over into watery confusion
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Hemorrhage 2023

A work of agitprop against the end of Roe and the evisceration of women’s right to choose.
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Reign of the Dog 1994

An animated, allegorical retelling of the history of the conquest of the Americas. I began the film in 1985 as a sequential panel drawing of a map of Central America metamorphosing into chaos. It was titled "Patterns of Intervention" and captioned with a list of US incursions into Central America. I wanted to portray the repetitive nature of US interventionism from its roots. Research led me back in time and my idea expanded into an attempt to subvert and transform the images traditionally used to represent American history.
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Wanda 1990

Wanda is a short story of feline and feminine desire. In this delightful piece composed of video animation and live-action footage in Super and Video 8 the narrator reflects on the unrestrained behavior of her cat in heat.
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Amulet 2022

The bells, or koudounia, that goats and sheep in Crete traditionally wore served as amulets to ward off evil spirits. Still in use, they also help shepherds know where their flocks are and what they are doing. Animated to a track composed of koudounia samples, this film’s abstract imagery originated in cameraless techniques that include stencil and bleach on 16mm color stock, and cyanotype.
Ruth C. Hayes

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Eggs 1978

Animated study of eggs.
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Copper Perforation Loop Triptych 2016

Iterations of Copper Perforation Loop, an original length of direct animation created by scraping emulsion off of 16mm black leader against a 5" diameter circular disc of perforated copper. The Triptych includes the original loop, and hand processed contact prints, one of which was printed onto Liquid Light coated clear leader.