OTHER FILM

 

“Working with composer Greg Karnilaw has always been a creative and satisfying experience. He is not only a skilled musician and composer, but has a sensitivity to emotion and storytelling that makes him an amazing collaborator. His compositions have consistently brought my film work up to a much higher level, and the beauty of his work has been noted by audience members and festival programmers alike.”
— Augusta Palmer, Filmmaker
This short is inspired by the work of Leo Rabkin, an amazing 92 year-old New York artist, who creates what he calls "nugatory divagations" using materials that might be viewed as worthless (nugatory) to create unexpected experiences off the beaten track (divagations). I love the sense of play and the tension between representation and abstraction where Leo's works seem precariously perched. Check out a recent piece about Leo's work in Art Critical: Rhinestones, Goggle Eyes and Flocking: Leo Rabkin’s Visual Poems, by Aimee Brown Price http://www.artcritical.com/2012/06/09/leo-rabkin/ for info about Rabkin's show, up until June 22nd, 2012 at the Luise Ross Gallery http://www.luiserossgallery.com/ Thanks to Leo for letting me play with his "toys for grown-ups." Greg Karnilaw's fantastic music, Sabina Hahn's playful animation, Juan Carlos Borrero's rich cinematography and Chris Arnold's percussive editing made it a joy to create this piece!
A short documentary about Leo Rabkin, whose work often takes the form of boxes full of "nugatory divagations," with a great score written & performed by Greg Karnilaw.
An Excerpt of Cultural Animal's first feature documentary, IF YOU SUCCEED, from 2007.