Motion

My Apology

Poet + Performer + Co-Director: Ikran Hamza
Director + Producer: Tessa V. Wedberg
DP + Editor + Projection: Kristin Zahra

Willard and Victoria

The Glorious Giving In | McCarthy Trenching

This music video for McCarthy Trenching was made during the pandemic using film we'd already shot, film shot during the pandemic and my archival family reels from the 40's.

Director + Producer: Tessa V. Wedberg

Performer: Gabrielle Johnson
Featuring: Meredith McMullen

16mm Cinematographer: Bridget McQuillan & Kristin Zahra
8mm family reels/found footage: The Wedberg Family

Edit + Animation: Kristin Zahra

Color Correct: Jonathan Tvrdik

Hand processed Kodak 3378 Hi-Con film, courtesy Echo Park Film Center

Special Thanks:
Colin Conces for studio space, Ron Babb for the treasured Bolex, Janelle Jurgens for hand-processing assistance, Phase 3 Rentals for lights, The Union for Contemporary Art for an open space to develop the film, Pro8mm for Prep + Film Scans, Amélie Raoul + Waylon Wedberg for notes, The Analog Cookbook for inspiring our tactile filmmaking journey, and to Tessa’s family members for picking up a camera in about 1946 and capturing what they observed, noticed, and loved and to everyone who has / will do the same.

Joslyn Art Museum | Growing Thunder Collective

"Faces from the Interior: The North American Portraits of Karl Bodmer" is Joslyn Art Museum’s first project to focus exclusively on Karl Bodmer’s portraits of Native Americans. See over sixty recently conserved watercolors featuring individuals from Omaha, Yankton, Lakota, Mandan, Hidatsa, Assiniboine, and Blackfoot tribes, among many Native communities encountered by Maximilian and Bodmer during their travels along the Missouri River.

The exhibition also premieres four short films—contemporary portraits that testify to the enduring power of Bodmer’s images. Personal stories shared in these films illuminate generations of Indigenous teachings that bridge historical and contemporary featherwork and beadwork, dancing, tribal histories, and traditional ecological knowledge. Joslyn Art Museum gratefully acknowledges the participation and generosity of exhibition contributors and film participants.