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SELECTION OF OUR FAVORITE PROductionS
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CHAIN OF ROCKS in production
Project type: Animated FeatureRelease year: 2023
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 RemembranceRelease 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: Site-Specific InstallationRelease 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 with Lumen ANimae
Masha Vasilkovsky filming on Oxberry animation stand
Ruah Edelstein and Yuri Norstein, USC, Los Angeles
Masha, Oah & Harlam Episodes film shoot
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Ruah and Masha, Emmy Nomination (Ashe'68)
Masha, Animation Direct Techniques masterclass, CalArts
Ruah at the conference for Authors of Innovative Literature, San Diego
Ruah and Masha at BIL Conference, Long Beach, California
Ruah, sound mix for film D100T