Documentary
Here is the page for the short film and video documentaries about New York City Artists by Thomas W. Campbell.
The Motorcycle Art of
Linus Coraggio
This is a film about an artist with an obsessive love for Motorcycle Art. Linus Coraggio has created over 90 Motorcycle sculptures of metal and other materials since 1986. An outsider artist who works in many mediums and at many scales, he was a founder of the Rivington School of Art in the East Village in the early 1980’s and the architect behind the Gas Station, a seminal art installation/community/concept “outstillation” that was ultimately demolished amid a wave of gentrification in 1996. Despite sporadic recognition from the established art community he pushes on, and this talent for survival and creation is revealed in the series of choppers he has spent over thirty years creating. The Motorcycle Art of Linus Coraggio includes a sequence from 2009 of Coraggio working in his Bushwick studio and chronicles six months in the life of the artist as he explores the rich and classical tradition of how his Motorcycle Art fits into the dreamscape of American consciousness.
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Short Films about the
Art of Linus Coraggio
TRT: 35Â Minutes
East Village Visit with Linus Coraggio
TRT: 14 Minutes
Revisiting the Gas Station
Birth of the Sun
A short film about the artist
Grady Alexis in the East Village
Birth of the Sun is a 27 minute documentary about Grady Alexis, a little-known artist in the East Village who inspired many, struggled to develop a unique vision, and finally died in a street scuffle with an off-duty policeman. True to the kind of hand-made and found-object paintings and sculpture that Grady created, his story is told through the art and music of people who knew and were influenced by him. Grady lived on the streets for years before becoming the artist in residence at El Taller Latino Americano on East 2nd street. The film also documents the recreation of a signature work by Grady, the mural called Birth of the Sun.
Thom Corn Outake
TRT: 5 Minutes
Birth of Sun Outake 2
TRT: 5 Minutes
El Taller Collaborations
I lived around the corner from El Taller Latino Americano on the upper westside for many years and was fortunate to participate in a number of collaborations involving music, performance and film. Here is video and music from the years 2006 - 2009.​
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Here also is the page for clips from the La Grande Jatte Videos project. The film documents, via field recording,interviews and historical footage, the restoration of Eva Cockroft’s beautiful
mural called Homage to Seurat: La Grande Jatte in Harlem.
Short Films about the
El Taller Community
Length: 3:00 2006
The Last Days of La Rosita​
December 28, 2006. Closing Night at La Rosita Restaurant on Broadway between 109th and 108th Streets. Performers: Abram Alberto Guillermo Cardenas Ruben Isola Bernardo Palombo TRT: Three Minutes Shot and edited by Thomas W. Campbell
Length: 17:15Â Â 2007
Music of Nueva York - El Taller Recordings
Dan Zanes recorded a number of the songs from his 2008 album Nueva York at El Taller Latino Americano
on the Upper West Side. The short film includes performances by Bernardo Palombo, Guillermo Cárdenas,
Isidro Chavez, Ruben Isola, Dan Zanes, Colin Brooks, Saskia Lane, Jose Valdes, and many others.
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Nueva York Sessions
El Taller Latino Americano
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Length: Â 7:00 Â 2007
Compadre Pedro Juan - Studio Live Session
Rehearsal and recordings for the CD
¡Nueva York!
Dan Zanes & Friends (2008)
El Taller Latino Americano
Winter 2007
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Compadre Pedro Juan
performed by Dan Zanes & Friends
Dan Zanes
Joaquin M Del Rosario
Isidro Chavez
Jose Valdes
Guillermo Cárdenas
Saskia Lane
Colin Brooks
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Length: 5:30 Â Â 2008
El Pescador Live
El Pescador From the album "Nueva York" Dan Zanes and Friends.
Featuring Sonia De Los Santos and La Cumbiamaba Eneyé. Performed at the Bronx Botanical Gardens September 14, 2008
Camera by: Emmanuel Alexandre Jr. Thomas W. Campbell Steve Colon Christopher Figueroa Holly Leavy Bernardo Palombo
Directed and Edited by Thomas W. Campbell