The Beauty of the Shadow

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The Steve Lady under strobe lights and 16mm projectors. 

San Francisco 1998. Edited in Brooklyn 2008.

The beauty of the shadow

This is a work in progress still from a short video I started editing this morning. About ten years ago I shot this footage with my friend Steven, a series of portraits of him under strobe and 16mm projector lights. Since his passing last week I've been going over a lot of the work we made together, and found this almost forgotten footage. I also found an email from Steven where he describes some videos I had sent him. The description says more about Steven, his insight and creativity, than I feel it really says about anything else.

i'm gasping.
they are so beautiful and unsettling at the same moment, my favorite combination. as you know i've always had an affinity for the beauty of the shadow. i can't help but project all sorts of mythological allusions to the dark woods, with mothers protecting scared little girls, arsonists, glowing swans and drowning refugees.

SEAVIEW in Rio

Seaview is playing next week at the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival next week. The line up for the festival is amazing with Arturo Ripstein and Derek Jarman retrospectives, a great international selection, lots of new Brazilian cinema and a focus on Japan and England.  

Here are the dates and times for our film.

VISTA PARA O MAR - SEAVIEW

SEX (3/10) 12:00 Espaço de Cinema 3 [EC349]
SEX (3/10) 20:15 Espaço de Cinema 3 [EC353]
DOM (5/10) 18:00 Est Vivo Gávea 4 [GV448]
QUA (8/10) 22:00 Est Barra Point 1 [BP165]

Nicky and I will be at the screenings for Q+A

Brooklyn

Harlem

Steven O. Price. 1971 - 2008.

My dear friend Steven passed away today. A performer like no other, courageous, witty, beautiful, and an inspiration to all he met. He will always be missed and loved.

The Rooms - excerpt

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Here's an excerpt from a new short film I just finished with my friend Tim Blue.
Its a sectional piece. And this is one part of it.

All Steve Lady all the time

L'ombra - The Steve Lady

God Bless America and Sarah Palin