Colin Baxter aka Robin Vote, is a musician, songwriter, and home-recording artist. In this video portrait, Colin plays us a dance-inspiring tune, shows us how to record a song, track by track, and tells us why he stands for universal health care.
Video produced, shot, and edited by Julie Sokolow
China Horrell is an artist at Specter Studios who paints and customizes delightfully horrific masks and props. In this video portrait, China shows us a gruesome, mounted Tickle Me Elmo, paints a mask before our very eyes, and tells us a personal story that illustrates the dire need for health care reform.
Video produced, directed, and edited by Julie Sokolow
Rafael Abreu-Canedo is a conceptual artist living in Pittsburgh, born in Brasil. He allows his ideas to dictate the media, but if he had to use one word to sum it all up, it would be “voice”. Not only having a voice through his art, but also giving voice to the elusive abstractions and systems that shape our lives. In this video portrait, Rafael enlightens us to the wobbly pillars of our society, catches one before it falls, and tells us why he stands for universal health care.
Video produced, directed, and edited by Tim Murray
Teresa Martuccio is a Pittsburgh performance artist, photographer, and all-around creative force. In this video portrait, Teresa discusses her drag alter ego Layne James, a country singer who makes puppets and wood carvings, and tells us a story about the stress a friend had to endure due to being uninsured.
Video produced, directed, and edited by Julie Sokolow
Eanna Holton is a sculptor, make-up artist, model, and the business manager of Specter Studios – a Pittsburgh haunt company that produces masks, costumes, and props and provides comprehensive health care benefits to all its employees. In this video portrait, Eanna gives us a haunting tour of the studio, shows us how she modeled the world’s scariest duck costume, and takes us outside to see her surreal animal sculptures. She also tells us a health care story about her son that speaks to the necessity of health care reform.
Video produced, directed, and edited by Julie Sokolow
Ryder Henry is a Pittsburgh artist who creates futuristic model buildings, paintings, and spaceships. In this video portrait, Ryder shows us how to use cardboard from beer boxes to make spaceships and tells us why he stands for universal health care.
Video produced, directed, and edited by Julie Sokolow
Ken Bolden is an actor, scholar of 17th and 18th century literature, and teaching artist at the University of Pittsburgh. In this video portrait, Ken graciously delivers a monologue from the Merchant of Venice, tells us how he got into acting, and discusses why he stands for universal health care.
Video produced, directed, and edited by Julie Sokolow
Chuck LeGros is a young writer and recent graduate of the University of Pittsburgh. In this video portrait he introduces his typewriters to us by their first names, reads an excerpt from the intriguing novel he’s working on, and tells us why he is passionate about health care reform.
Video produced, directed, and edited by Sarah Huth
Camerawork and cinematography by Asher Marie Coffield
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