the woman in the eye

the woman in the eye

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Here's my blurb on this film: "Combining playful archival footage, street videography, and intimate interviews, this experimental documentary short explores the advertising takeover of public space in New York City. Through the eyes of three women, the filmmaker reflects upon capitalist visuality and the everyday gestures that challenge it."

Coming soon: a trailer for my 1-hour documentary on three young musicians and their experiences of migration and emigration in Uruguay.

Próximamente: un trailer para mi mediometraje documental sobre tres músicos jóvenes y sus experiencias de la migración y la emigración en Uruguay.

murga queso magro

murga queso magro

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Un video "backstage" de la murga Queso Magro durante la temporada de preparativos para el carnaval 2006. El video se edit en el disco de la murga en Bizarro Records (Montevideo). El primer tema se trata de una nueva ley contra el humo de tabaco (muy parecida a la de New York City); el segundo habla irnicamente de la supuesta mediocridad de los productos culturales Uruguayos; la msica al final muestra cmo las metforas de ftbol impregnan la murga. A backstage video of the murga (carnaval choir) Queso Magro during the season of preparations for the 2006 Carnaval. The video was released on the murga's record, on Bizarro Records (Montevideo). The first song is about a new anti-smoking law in Uruguay (much like New York City's); the second is a send-up of the supposed mediocrity of Uruguayan cultural products; the music at the end shows how soccer/ game metaphors permeate murga. Subtitles in English. RL: camera, sound, editing. Emile Bokaer: production assistant.

Below are the recordings I made in 2005 with my last band in New York (Hands in Pockets). They are not videos but songs with photos attached. If I could figure out how to change the order in which they appear, I would leave the untitled one till the end as it is kind of not a song but more of an experiment.

untitled

untitled

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song recorded by hands in pockets. carousel field recording: rachel lears & leo goldsmith. sampler: rachel lears. sythesizers: william laviano. photo by rl (new york).

out of the movie

out of the movie

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song words and music by rachel lears; recorded by hands in pockets. rachel lears: voice, synth. william laviano: beats. leo goldsmith: bass. allan rubinstein: guitar. photo by rl (montevideo).

more dreams about buildings

more dreams about buildings

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song words and music by rachel lears; recorded by hands in pockets. rachel lears: voice, guitar. william laviano: beats, synth. leo goldsmith: bass. photo by rl (montevideo)

industry

industry

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song words and music by rachel lears; recorded by hands in pockets. rachel lears: voice, guitar, beats, flute. william laviano: synth sounds. leo goldsmith: bass. photo by rl (montevideo).

¡que bailen las viejas!