RE : Studio LA — Productions
Including works created under Lumen Animae Studios (2012–2025)
Lumen Animae Studios was co-founded with Masha Vasilkovsky ז״ל
The works presented here emerge from that period and continue forward in RE : Studio LA
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WHO IS THE ZOOKEEPER
Project type: Animated FilmRelease year: 2024 (in progress)
A young soul ventures into a world of shadows, reflecting a weakened state of humanity. There she struggles to find grounding in memories of a familiar universe governed by kindness.
COMING OF AGE
Project type: Animated FilmRelease: pending
Based on the Holocaust Survival Story of David Wiener from the city of Lodz, Poland. A production of L'Tamid Project (לתמיד): animated films documenting stories of Holocaust survivors.
Mobilization Parable
Project type: Free-projectionRelease year: 2022
Designed without sound for flexible use across audiovisual installations, concerts and DJ sets, gallery exhibitions, live performance environments, and conceptual art contexts.
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CHAIN OF ROCKS in production
Project type: Animated FeatureRelease: pending
An inmate on death row, an activist who believed in his innocence, an audience that will draw their own conclusions.
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ASHE '68
Project type: VR, Sand animationRelease year: 2018
You are with Arthur Ashe as he becomes a champion for social justice on the world stage. Premiered at the US Open, shown at Sundance 2019. Commissioned by CRS, Ltd.
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SEVEN CIRCLES
Project type: Graphic NovelReady for publishing: 2022
A graphic novel based on the story of Holocaust survivor David Lenga. Collaboration with students from a storyboarding class taught by Masha Vasilkovsky.
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MYSTERIUM GEORGICUS
Project type: Multimedia Art ShowRelease year: 2017
The concept is rooted in the notion of regenerative agriculture within the Judaic tradition. Multimedia installation hosted at the Center for Georgical Jubilism, Virginia.
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L'TAMID (לתמיד)
Project type: Genocide Remembrance SeriesRelease year: 2013 - present
Together with groups of students Lumen Animae directs animated documentaries based on the stories of Holocaust survivors. L'Tamid (Hebrew: For Always). We remember.
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THE THREEPENNY OPERA
Project type: TheaterRelease year: 2013
Cut-out animation technique merges with a fully staged theater production. Play by Bertolt Brecht, music by Kurt Weill. Premiere: Walt Disney Modular Theater, CalArts.
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I SEE YOU
Project type: Multimedia TheaterRelease year: 2013
A fusion of animation, shadow theater, dance, film, and music. Directed by Lumen Animae, collaboration with Francesca Penzani and Eileen Reynolds.
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LIGHT ONE
Project type: Projection WorkRelease year: 2013
Open-air Lumen Animae Event Installation, year-opening at CalArts, 30-minute loop projected on the Wild Beast Theater exterior wall in front of amphitheater-type seating.
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DARK MATTER OBFUSCATION
Project type: Jazz BalletRelease year: 2012
Premiered at REDCAT Disney Theater, Los Angeles. Replica of the night sky in a 20-minute loop animation for the ballet.
Behind the Scenes — Lumen Animae Studios
Masha Vasilkovsky filming at the Oxberry animation stand, CalArts
Ruah Edelstein with Yuri Norstein — USC, Los Angeles
Puppet test for Oah & Harlam Episodes — Masha Vasilkovsky
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Ruah Edelstein and Masha Vasilkovsky — Emmy nomination (Ashe ’68)
Masha Vasilkovsky — Direct Animation masterclass, CalArts
Ruah at the Conference for Authors of Innovative Literature — San Diego
BIL Conference — Ruah and Masha, Long Beach, California
Ruah Edelstein during sound mix
Masha Vasilkovsky with her class filming an animated documentary based on a Holocaust survivor’s testimony
Masha Vasilkovsky — Los Angeles studio hallway (LEGEND)