InLight RICHMOND

Justin Lincoln
Commuting / Home Movies

Commuting uses a mirror effect to convert a train commute in Kansai,Japan into a kaleidoscope of shapes and colors. By screening this outside and at large-scale, it is intende to collapse the architecture of one region of the world onto that of downtown Richmond.

Henry Gwiazda
Fargo, ND
claudia and paul


claudia and paul is an experiment to discover what artistic event would occur if we could juxtapose simultaneous activities. Would our actions appear more meaningful? Each motion, whether it is made by human, animal, object, light or sound is connected and extended by other motions. Each movement by itself is meaningless, boring, cliched, but seen as one component of a larger artistic phenomenon, it becomes important, meaningful.

Michael Filimowicz
Surrey, British Columbia
Light Intervals




Janpim Wolf
Arlington, VA
Playing with Matches


Playing with Matches explores the use of matches as a light source for photography. Although the photographer controls and exploits the flame, the match in turn chooses what will be exposed.

Amie Oliver
Dreams and Possibilities / Starry Night

A video still from Oliver's stop action sequence Starry Night.

Dreams and Possibilities consists of footage in Madrid where people on the street were interviewed about their dreams and possibilies, combined with footage that other Praxis members shot in their various studios and cities all over the world. Each artist uploaded footage into a designated sight on the internet where it could be downloaded and deconstructed. This snippet of a larger project explores the universal need to dream. Starry Night, a stop action video, consists of digital drawings that will are inspired by walking in an unlit terrain in France on a starry night.

Gilberto Martinez
Hyattsville, MD
El Alacrán


El Alacrán, meaning The Scorpion, is about carnival in Havana in general, and particularly the comparsa—a Cuban music and dance style with roots in the Congo—that was founded in 1908 and dedicated to Yemaya, Yoruba Goddess of the Seas. In Cuba, comparsa also refers to an association of musicians and dancers who come together to make music especially for carnivals, but also for other occasions. This documentary examines El Alacrán’s legendary history and its importance within the carnival tradition in Havana.

David Williams
WARTX

Acclaimed filmmaker David Williams created this video to honor the tenth anniversary of 1708's annual Wearable Art Event. His documentary captures the spirit of the artists, models and designers who make this event so compelling to watch. DVD's will will be on sale at InLight Richmond with 100% of the proceeds to benefit 1708's programming.

Craig Pleasants
Amherst, VA
Requiem

Requiem is a film of approximately five minutes duration. It is centered on an a capella round, by Hayden, called PERFECT LIGHT, sung by an amateur group of women singers. It is set in an ethereal, abstract non-place, filled with flowing tubes of sheer fabric. It is an installation at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts by the sculptor Katherine Kavanaugh. The concept behind the film is that it is created by a fictional character in a novel by artist. The novel is titled The Marketplace of the Dead, and is in revision.