Earth Balance - An exploded view inside the creative mind of Rankin Renwick

Rankin Renwick has worked with experimental and poetic documentary forms for over 40 years. Eschewing an allegiance to any one medium or form, Renwick builds authentic works revealing an insatiable curiosity and unflinching engagement with the world around them. Often focusing their lens on nature, freedom and the locales of their adopted home, the Pacific Northwest, Renwick uses avant-garde formal elements to explore radical politics and environmental issues. Renwick will be joining us for this one-night-only event to share a specially-designed exploded diagram presentation of five video installations, plus related single-channel videos they have made over the years showcasing their wide spectrum of interests including jellyfish, wolves, dogs, cats, whales, chimps, Vaux Swifts, ants, elephants, and spirits, as well as gentrification and genocide. These installations, and the additional single-channel conglomerations, have been shown in festivals and museums around the world, including the Centre Pompidou, The Exploratorium, and the MIXNYC Festival. Some of the installations now reside in permanent collections of museums. "There is nothing quite like preparators showing up to haul your bulky-ass, space-hogging installation out of your house in exchange for a big-ass check!" (RR)