D2E Video Project

The Down to Earth video showcase premiered Friday night with several of the filmmakers in attendance and a special guest appearance of the six Boston high school students who appear in Island Ambassadors. The Ambassadors are volunteer rangers at the Boston Harbor Islands National Park. They speak about how the retreat to the natural stillness of the islands balances their very urban lives in Boston.

The videos are all very diverse and they added a nice element to the show. We appreciate all of the submissions and look forward to having another community project for next year.

For anyone who wants more information on the videos and the artists who made them, check this out:

What is Sustainability (2:00) -- an introduction to the themes of the program by Mark Adams, painter and cartographer with the National Park Service.

Human Nature (3:00) -- Linda Price-Sneddon. Linda is a painter and educator from the Boston area with an atmospheric take on the contrasts between urban and rural landscapes.
http://www.pricesneddon.com

Model of the Universe (4:20) -- About environmental sculptor Natalie Miebach, two-time fellow at the fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown MA.
http://nathaliemiebach.com/

The End (1:30) -- painter/sculptor/filmmaker Carlos Ferguson has created a whimsical take on the end of the world.

Climate Change in Malawi (3:00) from the Photostory Project created by Wellfleet photographer Deirdre Portnoy. Dee puts cameras in the hands of people in developing communities in Haiti, Peru and Malawi.

Shine Your Light (3:00) by Adam Frelin. Adam's ingenious method captures and redirects a familiar beacon. Adam teaches at SUNY Albany.
www.adamfrelin.com

As Is - Down-Sized Life (excerpt about Truro sculptor Joyce Johnson) (5:00) by Dr. Maryanne Galvin. Dr. Galvin profiles the lives of women who have made the most of simplicity in their lifestyles. The piece focuses on distinguished Cape Cod sculptor Joyce Johnson.
www.mgproductions.biz/About/

Inchwork from Science Shorts by Boston video artist Sam Smiley. Sam's videos crystalize and reinterpret the science documentary style.

Swarm -- Poems by Nick Flynn (3:00). Nick's book, Blind Huber, is a series of meditations on bees and beekeeping.
www.poemhunter.com/nick-flynn/

Code Red Bunny (1:00) from Science Shorts by Sam Smiley.
www.virtualberet.net/

Floating Boulder (2:00) -- a paradox by Adam Frelin.

Kettle Pond Swim (3:40) by Mark Adams and Matt Bates, is an underwater montage filmed in Wellfleets little known freshwater ponds.

Maidenfly Love (1:00) from Science Shorts by Sam Smiley.

Hognose Snaking (3:00) by wildife biologist Todd Tupper with Mark Adams. The beauty and charm of reptiles -- the tragedy of roadkill.

Sea Turtle Disentanglement (3:00) by the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies. Scott Landry of the Center documents the rescue of a giant loggerhead sea turtle. The Center's programs include whale conservation, Massachusetts Bay water quality and land-sea interactions.
www.coastalstudies.org/

Arbor Day (3:00) by Boston filmmaker John Coyne. A springtime sprint through the Arnold Arboretum.

Christmas Warming Alphabet (2:30) by conceptual artist and gadfly Jay Critchley. Jay's work skewers consumerism and the loss of community character.
www.jaycritchley.com/

Boston Harbor Island Ambassadors (9:50) by the Island Alliance.
www.bostonislands.org/ia/index.asp
www.bostonislands.org/ia/youthprograms_bean.asp