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Lights on Shadow World–David Kessler gets a star turn
By libby
August 10, 2007 · 11 Comments
David Kessler, standing under I-95 during Zoe Strauss’ last PAP show in May.
Our video hero, David Kessler–he who one day said, how’d you like to make some videos and we said yes yes (one yes was libby, one was roberta)–got some long deserved recognition yesterday in the Inquirer yesterday.
The wonderful Daniel Rubin, one of the paper’s columnists, wrote a column all about David and his amazing noir Shadow World videos of people he finds and talks to under the el in Kensington. David is able to capture sensitive portraits of people often dismissed by society, managing to simultaneously confirm and destroy any preconceptions you may have. If you haven’t bothered to click over to Shadow World and view, now would be a good time.
David is also the videographer who made the full-length ICA film of Zoe Strauss, If You Break the Skin, You Must Come In (here’s the trailer to it).
Hooray that the bigger world is starting to find David!!! We think he’s brilliant!
David also makes Look! It’s Libby and Roberta.
Tags: daniel rubin, david kessler, shadow world
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Great news. Amazing work.
And this is from David. He was also in the Metro this week–
http://philly.metro.us/metro/local/article/Kensington_from_safety_of_home/9566.html
He writes: it’s been great to hear feedback and get a ton of comments. the two articles got me literally thousands of views.
Thanks Libby!
btw, i laugh every time i see that picture and the fact that I walked around all day with my jacket buttoned wrong. So much for the “total hipster”, as Dan Rubin put it.
You mean it’s not a fashion, like one pants leg rolled up? Silly me.
This is such excellent news!!! Congrats, David! beautiful articles and much deserved!!
Bravo to David Kessler….. he is a very talented and amazing guy.
He’s ok, I guess. Ah ha ha, just kidding! DK is super!
It’s awesome that he’s getting some press.
I thought you were starting the one button off fashion trend with that look and I was thrilled.
I’m forwarding this to David. I actually didn’t notice that the jacket was buttoned wrong. All I saw was this amazing fashion statement of 2007 meets Carnaby Street.
Ooops. And Christopher, we think David’s the best here at artblog. We’ve had the privilege not just of admiring Shadow World and If you Break the Skin…, but of working with him–and this has given us all the more reason to be filled with admiration.
Great story – and well-deserved attention for David. These short films are amazing!
Not only are they amazing. They are getting better all the time.