A “Crankie” is a long illustrated scrolling story held in a box and cranked along for an audience to see. These “moving panoramas” originated in Europe in the late 18th century ~ a kind of great-grandmother to cinema and animation.
We Used to be Birds
An evolving image/puppet-based music video made for this original song by Jonathan Byrd in Durham, North Carolina in 2017.
Gone to Seed
An Opus of Soulful Reclamation
In Memory of Rupa Cousins
Made for the Sandglass Theater Crankie Festival: Putney, Vermont in 2017.