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Silent Film, no color. Pour over, pliés, patience. 2020
Videos
SILENT FILMS March 2020 - March 2021
Black and white videos made at home, in pajamas, from while sheltering in place. It was a solemn time, a confusing time, a lonely time, a creative time. To me, color was a universal language, one that brought with it a joy, a delight. I wasn't sure if color/full spectrum had a place at this time. I knew we still needed delight no matter how difficult the time. How many scenes could I create within the the confines of my home? Can I make something that delights people by using what is at hand and without relying on color to do so? Is there something funny about vulnerability? everyday ? Is it still art/Art if it lives online and made in the home? Can music be a replacement for color? I spent some time this past year, in my pajamas, thinking about these questions and the everyday in a time when every day felt the same. I wanted to make something entertaining and relevant for others, but also muster some cheer and momentum for my own self. We were all grappling with the same uncertainty, so I refocused my emotions to find some amusement through making these one minute films, in the hopes that others would find some necessary amusement in them too.
Picked Up The Guitar, 2020
Silent film, guitar by Mississippi John Hurt.
Catching Up On Necessary Reading, 2020
Silent film, no color, many books.
The Indoor Picnic
Silent Film, cast of one, party for three 2020
Miss Canada
Silent Film, No Color on Canada Day, July 1, 2020 with host Cibou the terrier mix.
Back In The Ring
Silent film series.
No color, gloves on.
Boxing Day, Dec 26, 2021.
Twisting In The New Year
Silent film with records, ‘dancing’ and special appearance by Sweet Lime the dancing black cat. Jan 1, 2021
Loves Me, Loves Me Not.
Silent film on Valentine’s Day, home alone with a rose. Feb 14, 2021
Super Bowl Shuffle
Paintballs vs Footballs (or Chiefs vs Buccaneers depending on what you’re into) Feb 7, 2021. Moves by NYC Ballet Principal Tiler Peck, music ‘Blinding Lights’ by The Weeknd.
How To Self Care Sunday
Silent film, mood lighting, yogurt, cucumber slices, stack of magazines, time. Some Sunday in February 2021.
Courting: Lawn Bowling
Excerpt from Courting a 12 minute video made with the support of an Agility Projects Grants for a two person exhibition The Measure of Enjoyment with Jeremiah Jenkins at the Berkeley Art Center in 2018.
Riffing on favorite themes of play and pleasure, Leah Rosenberg’s newest work explores a place for painting that is colored by both failure and potential.
Building on years of paint-driven exploration, Rosenberg uses paint as practice, as meditation, as object, and as environment. The 12-minute video begins with the artist in her studio pouring, drying, slicing, and wrapping layers of paint into brightly colored orbs reminiscent of fruit or balls. As the subject of the film, she both creates and reimagines her work in the world. The film follows the artist around San Francisco searching, through improvisation and play, for the purpose of these paint balls.
Transported to various places that might seem an appropriate or familiar setting, the balls are put into action–rolled and lobbed, tossed and gathered–their use and uselessness revealed. These paint balls also appeared in the gallery, posed around the space and on a custom-made see-saw bench, as if in conversation. More than props, these objects made entirely of paint find their place in the gallery, as spectators of their own past adventures into the outdoors.
Thank you to Jeff den Broeden and Amber Cady for filming, edition and direction.
Courting: Juggling Practice
Excerpt from Courting a 12-minute video made with the support of an Agility Projects Grants for a two person exhibition The Measure of Enjoyment with Jeremiah Jenkins at the Berkeley Art Center in 2018.
Riffing on favorite themes of color, play, and pleasure, Leah Rosenberg’s newest work explores a place for painting that is colored by both failure and potential.
Building on years of paint-driven exploration, Rosenberg uses paint as practice, as meditation, as object, and as environment. The 12-minute video begins with the artist in her studio pouring, drying, slicing, and wrapping layers of paint into brightly colored orbs reminiscent of fruit or balls. As the subject of the film, she both creates and reimagines her work in the world. The film follows the artist around San Francisco searching, through improvisation and play, for the purpose of these paint balls.
Transported to various places that might seem an appropriate or familiar setting, the balls are put into action–rolled and lobbed, tossed and gathered–their use and uselessness revealed. These paint balls also appeared in the gallery, posed around the space and on a custom-made see-saw bench, as if in conversation. More than props, these objects made entirely of paint find their place in the gallery, as spectators of their own past adventures into the outdoors.
Thank you to Jeff den Broeden and Amber Cady for filming, edition and direction.