Descriptions (ongoing)
Chris Rypkema
Paintings (ongoing)
Main Film
Moving between two intertwined relationships—one with a mother, whose illness draws them into cycles of travel and reflection, and the other with a lover, a relationship built through a shared visual language of intimacy, perception, and presence. Shifting between landscapes—airports, trains, bodies of water, city streets, and quiet nature—time becomes fluid. The film captures the … Main Film
Eighteenmile Film
I have a rough edit of this video and have started some experiments with adding handheld footage and different sounds to see if it opens up new layers of tension or texture. The pacing is slow and contemplative, echoing the movement of the creek.
Driving Image (2025)
I pulled up an hour before sunset. I burned driftwood. Sent a photo to Bo who had just arrived in the city. Rilke spent a lot of time writing letters. After ten years he wrote to a friend with excitement because he completed a work. The coastal light faded. The gradual decline was longer than … Driving Image (2025)
State Forest Film
A portrait of a State Forest campsite.
Walk Log (ongoing)
Description Walk Log is an ongoing series of observational texts from unplanned walks, most often in New York City, focusing on what lingers in memory. An evolving experiment in perception and language. Process & Structure 1-hour walk in the city with no planned route or endpoint.Observe what you see and hear.Write longhand for 1 hour, recording … Walk Log (ongoing)
Family Album (ongoing)
This project is shaped by images collected from my family archive during the final months of my mother’s life, writings, a class I took at the International Center of Photography, Res, Gravity and Grace by Simone Weil, Ben Fama’s poetry reading group, and the Montauk Residency with Bo.
Montauk Residency, 2025
Fence (2016)
Black Friday Everyday (2023)
Site-specific installation at Black Friday Everyday in Sunset Park, using objects found on-site. It is believed that the installation remained in place until the store’s permanent closure. The work is documented as a double-sided 4×6 print. Made in collaboration with Bo-Won Keum.
Slips (ongoing)
River I, 2023, HD Video, Stereo River II, 2023, HD Video, Stereo Battery Tunnel, 2023, HD Video, Stereo Chinatown Walk, 2023, HD Video, Stereo Shopping Cart, in progress Descriptions, in progress Wedding Video, in progress The Fence, 2016, HD Video, Stereo