“[Green] keeps the boundary between physical reality and emotional truth fluid, and the constellation of work that results exudes authenticity and a raw, visceral power.”—Art in America
Gravity takes on the moving true story of a Kentucky hardware clerk, Leonard Wood, who built a crazyquilt house for his wife, Mary—a sort of healing tower to the heavens—to appeal to God to save her from cancer. Artist/musician/filmmaker Brent Green, who rebuilt the house as a film set at his rural studio, tackles questions of love and spirituality with arresting stop-motion animation evocative of Guy Maddin and Michel Gondry. Green creates a live soundtrack to the film—a dynamic folk-punk score with inventive sound effects and endearing narration—with accompaniment from Brendan Canty (Fugazi), Drew Henkels (Drew and the Medicinal Pen), John Swartz (Guy Maddin’s orchestra), Alan Scalpone (The Bitter Tears), Michael McGinley (The Bitter Tears, and Leonard in Gravity, and Donna K (Mary in Gravity).
