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on September 24
Stephen Dest
Posted project update #3The Art of Storytelling...
Post CommentHere is a wonderul article about writer/director Stephen Dest and The Art of Storytelling...
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on August 29
Stephen Dest
Posted project update #2The art of the Independent...New Haven, CT.
Post CommentHere is the most recent press regarding My Brother Jack and turning a city into an Independent Film Community.
The Elm City will be the star of Stephen Dest's new film (video)
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on August 6, 2011
Stephen Dest
Posted project update #1The ART of the Independent.
KEHLER LIDDELL GALLERY
873 whalley avenue - new haven, connecticut - 203.389.9555
PRESS RELEASE
MY BROTHER JACK - Larry Morelli and Silas Finch
Kehler Liddell Gallery is pleased to present “My Brother Jack” an exhibition of painting and drawing by Larry Morelli, and mixed media sculpture by guest artist Silas Finch. Morelli and Finch are the silent muses behind “My Brother Jack,” an independent feature film by writer/director Stephen Dest that will be shot in New Haven this fall. Dest’s worldwide search for artists to inspire complex characters from his script came to a Cinderella style close when visited the studios just down the street from his set. The exhibition will feature works that appear in the film, as well as related undisclosed works.
Larry Morelli paints with a rare combination of unyielding gusto and sophistication, akin to the great gestural abstractionist Willem de Kooning. His paintings explain human existence as a series of moving marks—metaphorical swarms of self-awareness, memory, and the undefined. Frequently, Morelli leaves sections of his canvas exposed to instigate tension between figure and ground, and the conscious from the subconscious. For this show he will present a retrospective of work from the 1990’s to the present.
Silas Finch makes work from found objects, scoured from swap shops, flea markets, curb sides and antique stores. His interest in American history, icons and technology inspires his work, which references a century of events, from the JKF assassination to the Watergate scandal to the invention of clip-on panty hose. Finch takes pleasure in making work that revives obsolete objects and makes meaning out of lost or anomalous parts. In Finch’s hands, the life of an object never dies, it changes.
The gallery will host a special opening reception party to bring together the artists and the cast, crew and production team of “My Brother Jack” with the New Haven public on Saturday, August 6 from 7-9pm. The party will include a sneak peak screening of promotional footage from "My Brother Jack” that will remain on view throughout the run of the show.
The gallery will host a conversation with the artists on Sunday, August 14 at 3pm.
Press Contact: Sarah Fritchey, kehlerliddell@gmail.com, or 203-389-9555.
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on August 6, 2011
Stephen Dest launched a project
My Brother Jack Feature Film by Stephen Dest
My Brother Jack is a feature length independent film by acclaimed writer/director Stephen Dest (Blind-Cannes Film Festival 08).
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on June 13, 2011
Stephen Dest
backed a project
Pizza, A Love Story...a documentary on the ultimate slice! by Gorman Bechard
PIZZA, A LOVE STORY is the first real look at the phenomenon that is Sally’s, Pepe’s, and Modern...the greatest pizza in the world!
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251% funded $2,011 pledged
- 26 backers
- Funded Jun 30, 2011
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on June 13, 2011
Stephen Dest
backed a project
Museum of Non-Visible Art- Praxis & James Franco collaborate by Brainard and Delia Carey
The Non-Visible Museum of Art is where ideas and images become part of the New Economy. Praxis collaborates with James Franco on this.
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323% funded $16,197 pledged
- 164 backers
- Funded Aug 31, 2011
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on November 10, 2010
Stephen Dest
Posted project update #9Yale Daily News
Post CommentThank you all for your support. The momentum continues to build for MY BROTHER JACK. Check out this article in today's Yale Daily News:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/nov/10/new-studio-to-film-in-new-haven/...
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on October 30, 2010Funded!
My Brother Jack by Stephen Dest
My Brother Jack is a feature length independent film by acclaimed writer/director Stephen Dest (Blind-Cannes Film Festival 08) to be filmed in CT.
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101% funded $20,300 pledged
- 37 backers
- Funded Oct 29, 2010
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on October 27, 2010
Stephen Dest
Posted project update #854 HOURS TO GO!
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on October 25, 2010
Stephen Dest
Posted project update #7New Haven Independent - New Article
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Stephen Dest and My Brother Jack are spotlighted in this new article in the New Haven Independent.
Stephen Dest
New Haven, CT
Stephen Dest is an award winning writer/director of both stage and film. His short film Blind screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008 and was subsequently sold to Movieola, a Canadian based film channel.
Artist Talk - Sunday, August 14th at 3pm featuring Stephen Dest, Silas Finch and Larry Morelli @ Kehler Liddell Gallery.