Moving a Tree
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A short video by Avery Lawrence Camera and Direction: Ross McDermott Additional Camera: Kai Crowe-Getty and Nemanja Cetic Score: Coogan Brennan and Cleek Schrey Special Thanks to: Edith Catlin, Avery Catlin, Nemanja Cetic, Heiner Contemporary, Emily Nelson, Mark van Yahres, Kadeem Bell, Mike van Yahres, Peggy van Yahres, Maisie Osteen, Marie Schacht, Van Yahres Tree Service, Van der Linde Crane Services, Charlottesville Wrecker Company, Ivy Material Utilization Center, Fran and Winx Lawrence Artist’s statement by Avery Lawrence: “For the last five years, my family and I watched as dementia overcame my grandfather. The act of witnessing and attempting to slow down his decay brought us together. He died in January. In Moving a Tree, I explore the process of creating an homage that honors his life, his passing, and the relationship he forged with my grandmother over sixty years of marriage. There was a dying walnut tree on my grandparents’ property in Central Virginia. Through the process of moving it, I created a physical struggle that enabled me to contemplate my grandparents’ e fforts to create a whole, loving family and maintain their own compassionate relationship. The characters I portray in Moving A Tree represent my grandmother and grandfather, and this installation recreates their home.” Moving a Tree premiered within an installation by the same name at (e)merge Art Fair in Washington, DC with Heiner Contemporary Gallery in 2011. The video and installation won the SCOPE Foundation prize and were featured at SCOPE Miami Art Fair in 2011. Moving a Tree was selected in the shorts program at the 2012 Virginia Film Festival. www.averylawrence.com
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