S Y N O P S I S
“Story Of The Stone” is an embodied telling of the Stone’s journey as an echo of human experience. River ecologist Ulrich Eichelmann, speaks about Stones being prevented from carrying out their life purpose because they are blocked by dams and other man made obstructions. If the Stone is being blocked from their evolutionary flow by systems of capitalism and colonialism, how might human kin be stuck from connecting and becoming who they truly are? Conceived/moved by Kendra Adler, filmed by Phoenix LoSavio and scored in collaboration with Noah Rubin, the film follows the framework of a Stone’s life from creation to sand.What emerges is an authentic, improvised expression of the journey a Stone takes. It is a dialogue with the Stones, their challenges, their disconnect, and their celebration.
The score weaves the thread of Stones holding geological and ancestral memory through the vocal sounding from Kendra Adler’s bones. Adler’s improvised movement comes from connectedness to the natural essence moving through the body, losing oneself to the sensations in the quality of texture that the human body creates with the natural world...to be a conduit of its message, of its movement. This work is a call from the Stones, asking us to remember who they are, who we are, to come in contact with our own evolutionary story and the ways in which we might be dammed/ damned by society.
T R A I L E R
“Kendra Adler’s “Story of the Stone” illuminates the
deep and meaningful life of a stone. In an intimate conversation with her surroundings, she zooms in on the granular details of a journey so often unseen,
an evolution undeniably metaphorical to our own.
Excited to see more from this unique voice!”
“A powerful audiovisual exploration
of self, nature and time. I loved it!”
T H E V I S I O N |
“Story Of The Stone” is a call from the Stones, asking us to remember who they are, who we are, to come in contact with our own evolutionary story and the ways in which we might be dammed/ damned by society. The film serves as a visually meditative inquiry that creates the potential for a somatic awareness of our connectedness and cycles to all beings on planet Earth.
“Story Of The Stone” is a call from the Stones, asking us to remember who they are, who we are, to come in contact with our own evolutionary story and the ways in which we might be dammed/ damned by society. The film serves as a visually meditative inquiry that creates the potential for a somatic awareness of our connectedness and cycles to all beings on planet Earth.
T H E D I R E C T O R S |
K E N D R A A D L E R
Kendra Adler is a multidisciplinary artist and somatic movement facilitator - using movement to investigate the connection between nature and the human body. Her improvisational movement is the physical conversation between the element and herself. Guiding her to discover the complexities of external and internal space. Through photography, film, ritual performance, movement, and land art - she explores the subconscious, texture, tones, and the subtle sensations that arise within nature and human nature. Her work invites a remembrance of our connection to self and earth on a cellular level. An inquiry of the in-between, liminal places where these two facets dialogue with one another in various forms. An ongoing practice of listening, awakening and destroying. This is her first short film and hopes to continue creating visual work that embody the messages of the Earth. She is based in Los Angeles, CA.
P H O E N I X L O S A V I O
Phoenix is a multi-disciplinary artist with a focus on movement through filmmaking and sound. Through her understanding and quest to learn through mythology, symbology, ancient traditions, and astrology, she creates worlds that assist us in deepening our understanding and connection to consciousness. This is her first short film feature. She lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
T H E S O U N D D E S I G N E R |
N O A H R U B I N
Noah Rubin is a Los Angeles based artist, producer, writer, and editor. His music credits include grammy-winning A&R work for global EDM phenomenon Flume, production on two highly regarded albums for Wu-Tang Clan, as well as mixing for experimental electronic producer and Kanye West-collaborator Evian Christ. Rubin is also the director of, “The Lipstick Effect”. A short film that was an official selection in the first inaugural Bushwick Film Festival.
