LEVIATHAN RISING

A short film by Brad Currant and Andrew Burton documenting LEVIATHAN RISING, a site-specific photographic and sound-based installation by artist Eirik Johnson presented within the historic Georgetown Steam Plant in Seattle, Washington in May 2023.

 
 
 
 

I Was Deceived

Video by Eirik Johnson, 2021

Music and lyrics by Whiting Tennis

 
 

Parchment

The film Parchment features Hiroki Morinoue, a renowned print maker and coffee farmer, as he methodically removes coffee beans from their outer parchment. The film is part of Holualoa Daydreams, an ongoing body of work made in collaboration with young adults and elders in Holualoa, a village in the coffee producing hills above Kona, Hawai’i.

 
 

Collector

The film Collector follows Carol Zakahi, Holualoa’s retired beauty salon owner, as she scrambles up her lauhala tree to collect fronds for her traditional weavings. The film is part of Holualoa Daydreams, an ongoing body of work made in collaboration with young adults and elders in Holualoa, a village in the coffee producing hills above Kona, Hawai’i.

 
 
 

Everyone’s Castle

The film Everyone's Castle follows four young adults (and a little sister) as they work together to build an imaginary castle. The film is part of Holualoa Daydreams, an ongoing body of work made in collaboration with young adults and elders in Holualoa, a village in the coffee producing hills above Kona, Hawai’i.

 
 

Field Work

The film Field Work follows Robby Mist, as he cuts sugar cane as he had in his youth when he would work in the cane fields on the island. The film is part of Holualoa Daydreams, an ongoing body of work made in collaboration with young adults and elders in Holualoa, a village in the coffee producing hills above Kona, Hawai’i.

 
 
 

Sketching Tree

The film Sketching Tree follows fifteen year-old Sam passing time beneath a roadside tree. The film is part of Holualoa Daydreams, an ongoing body of work made in collaboration with young adults and elders in Holualoa, a village in the coffee producing hills above Kona, Hawai’i.

 
 

Intermission

The film Intermission was made as a violent storm came in off the Pacific and enveloped Hiroki Morinoue’s coffee farm studio. The film is part of Holualoa Daydreams, an ongoing body of work made in collaboration with young adults and elders in Holualoa, a village in the coffee producing hills above Kona, Hawai’i.

 
 

Ota

Excerpts from a film focused on the frenetic commerce of Ota Ichiba, Japan's largest wholesale produce market. The film is part of the larger project, The Mushroom Camps, following the global economic trade route of the Matsutake mushroom, from commercial forager in the forests of Oregon to the wholesale auction markets of Tokyo.