CLICK on the image below to view the film, On Heavy Lifting.
Screenings and festivals
Heavy Lifting Listening Tour: 15 screenings of the film here
Mendocino Film Festival 2024: June 2 at 5pm in Reel Mendo series here
About
On Heavy Lifting is a film experiment that draws on readings of Theresa’s poems, live footage of the bookmaking process, and digital projections to create an immersive experience of the artists’ book. Moving beyond the instructional video typical of artists’ books that walk the viewer through a complex book structure, this experimental film provides an immersive experience of the book itself and its complex compositions of birds, words, shadows, and spoken word. The intent is to evoke the fullness of the artists’ book through a multi-media experience of its many facets.
The film is included with each limited edition book on an SD card, and will be broadcast online soon in an effort to satisfy the search for “an ethics, craft, and politics of urgent making.”
17:12 min
Collaborators
Frej Barty, videographer
Paulo Ferreira, reader We are saddened to announce that Paulo died on April 25, 2023. Please read his obituary here.
Georgina Marie Guardado, Lake County Poet Laureate, reader
Dennis Letbetter, videographer
Eleana Newton, editor
Iana Porter, videographer
Arlo Reeves, videographer
Sidney Regelbrugge, Mendocino County Youth Poet Laureate, reader
Felicia Rice, producer/director and film subject
Will Rice, composer and producer
Jim Schoonover, reader and videographer
Kara Starkweather, film subject
Shmuel Thaler, photographer
Gustavo Vazquez, consultant
Theresa Whitehill, poet, reader, and film subject
Trailer
Click on the image below for the trailer for On Heavy Lifting.
For more on the entire Heavy Lifting Project, return to HEAVY LIFTING main page here.