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Quebec art & nature
Mitchell and I just returned from an eventful week in Quebec. We had a perfect balance of art and nature and wanted to share with you some of the great art we experienced.
The first is a video of a video installation made in celebration of Quebec City's 400 year anniversary.
Le Moulin à Images de Robert Lepage (400e-Québec)
(It is being projected across the river onto Quebec City's Old Port grain silos.)
Mitchell & I were charged up for Ron Mueck's work that was on exhibit in Shawinigan, the closest town outside of La Mauricie National Park where Mitchell and I were camping. We had seen Mueck's work in Washington, DC in 2004 and distinctly remembered Big Man...
With the 2008 exhibit, we take away the memories of...
It's a Girl
In Bed
Posted by farrah on August 20, 2008 | 0 comments
Radiant Mind Retreat Center
We're very honored to help our friend, Geshe Dakpa Topgyal "Gesha-La" and the Charleston Tibetan Society in their mission to build the Radiant Mind Retreat Center in St. George, SC. They just finished the first structure on the 28+ acres of land; a traditional Tibetan gate that will welcome future visitors to the retreat. Mitchell & I were there this Saturday, July 26, 2008 to film the ceremony & celebration of the gate and I will be interviewing Gesha-La and others involved with the retreat center to create a promotional / fundraising video that will inspire interest, participation, & funding for the retreats completion.
The RMRC will fulfill many diverse needs including:
- Offering a sanctuary for those who need time away from their busy and often stressful lives, to contemplate their own internal world while learning how to be compassionate and ethical individuals in a family as well as in society.
- Hosting nationwide conferences and teachings on various ways and means to support spiritual growth and development.
- Sheltering for Tibetan refugees where they can become accustomed to western culture and environment
- Offering a lay teacher training program for English speaking students in response to the Dalai Lama’s request that westerners’ be trained as teachers of Buddhism
- Hosting Tibetan cultural festivals, arts, language and traditional healing methods
- Providing a compassionate environment for those who would like to spend their last days peacefully
- Providing counseling services to individuals who are in need of emotional, spiritual, and mental health support.
Posted by farrah on July 28, 2008 | 2 comments
BEN TIMPSON's Medium is the Message
We had a great time visiting Ben Timpson in Kansas City, Missouri. We were there to film Ben creating a new piece. To our suprise & delight he was dedicating the piece to Mitchell & I. His "performance piece", he appropriately gave the title "Picnic"is based on a photograph by Emily Lawrence from Charleston's Most Unique of Mitchell & I "having a picnic".
When you see Ben at work; it's no suprise that Marshall McLuhan is one of his major influences. No, it's not McLuhan's design that influences Ben, it's his philosophy that "the medium is the message".
Ben will be having a show in Charleston this Fall/Winter where his originals will be on view for the first time! The audience will be able to view the print as well as the original slide under a magnifying glass. "The Making of the Picnic" video will also be screening as part of the exhibit.
Posted by farrah on July 3, 2008 | 2 comments
Finding Pura Vida - Full Movie Post, Extra Footage and Trailer
THIS IS A FULL MOVIE POST, BUT.....Purchase the DVD and Book - A portion of every purchase goes to the kids at Casa De Suenos!
Extra footage below on the Pura Vida Entrepreurial Project
And finally... the trailer / teaser (hey, wait is this in reverse order!)
Posted by mitchell on May 18, 2008 | 1 comment
Standing Room Only Premiere of Pura Vida!
many thanks to everyone who came out to support the Pura Vida Media project at the Charleston International Film Festival this past weekend. We had to convince the festival organizers to sell 20 standing room only tickets and we still turned away 20-30 people. It was bedlam. And the film was very well received artistically which was very important to us.
Also thanks to the 150 or so folks who helped us raise over $3000 at the after party fundraiser. We shipped several thousand dollars of media to Steve Sanchez in Arizona for a film premiere and media fundraiser there and there will also be one in Costa Rica in September. All proceeds benefitting the orphanage.
Here are some pics below from the event. Thanks to Chuck Heilig for his fantastic camera and post-production work, Fuzzco, Colleen Terrell and all the sponsors for making this a great project. And of course Tim McManus without whom this would have definitely never happened.
Baird Hoffmire, winner of the super sweet Dewey Weber longboard donated by McKevlins Surf Shop (and my brother in law who lives in Atlanta far from the waves. So we are getting to keep this bad boy at our house!)
Scene from the very packed after-after party at the Trusted Palate. Cary Ann Hearst and Micheal Trent are as good as old soulful country blues gets. For sure. Thanks to Beth and Ian at the Trusted Palate.
More pics coming soon!
Posted by mitchell on May 8, 2008 | 1 comment
Pura Vida Event - May 3, 2008
Posted by mitchell on April 9, 2008 | 2 comments
LEEP Web of water trip ends: Websode 5 posted.
Here is the final webisode for the Web of Water trip. What a great three weeks, meeting amazing people and seeing hidden gems right here in our own state. There are several more interviews to do and then we will go into final production on the DVD and photo journal. The short version will come out in late Spring and the longer version will be out this fall. Please stay tuned for our launch event. Thanks to everyone who helped make the trip possible in cluding the South Carolina Heritage Corridor.
Web of Water Webisode 5: In the Coastal Zone from Web of Water on Vimeo.
Posted by mitchell on March 20, 2008 | 11 comments