ARCHER BOYETTE

Archer Boyette (she/they) is an interdisciplinary artist from Western North Carolina. Her handmade, 16mm films and analog installations playfully engage with the materiality of celluloid to examine human and other-than-human coexistence, interdependence, and sanctity. 

Archer received an MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts from Duke University, where she currently works as an instructor and film programmer.

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COLD MOON COMMUNION

Melting snow. Creaking trees. The distant call of a great horned owl. A sister’s whisper.

Cold Moon Communion illuminates the sacred ties that bind land, animal, human, and plant.

Filmed in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
2025

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REVERSE BLOOM 

Directed and Edited by Archer Boyette and Emma Geiger
Filmed by Archer Boyette

Song credits:
Emma Geiger: vocals, acoustic guitar
Archer Boyette: vocals
Michael Grigoni: pedal steel
Emma Kelly: violin
Alli Rogers: engineering and mixing
M Deetz: mastering

Filmed in Hillsborough, NC and Durham, NC.2024

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EMPTY

Directed and Edited by Archer Boyette and Emma Geiger
Filmed by Archer Boyette

Song credits: 
Emma Geiger: vocals, acoustic guitar
Archer Boyette: vocals
Michael Grigoni: pedal steel
Emma Kelly: violin
Alli Rogers: engineering and mixing
M Deetz: mastering

Filmed in Durham, NC.2023

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WE BREATHE EACH OTHER IN AND OUT OF EXISTENCE
 
we breathe each other in and out of existence is a multimedia installation that weaves analog, digital, sculptural, and sonic components to celebrate the magic of plant life and create a space of environmental reverence.

Plants harvested in Pisgah National Forest.
2021

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PHYTOGRAMS

Ongoing experiments and workshops in image-making with plants and non-toxic developers. 
2020–present

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ACID RAIN

A cinematic recreation of the violence of acid rain. Hand-processed with creek water and stripped with bleaching agent.

Filmed in the Blue Ridge Mountains.2019

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©2025