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Rob Summerlin is an award-winning storyteller who moves between illustration, music, film, and performance. He is Queer, French, and American living on the unceded ancestral land of the Ramaytush Ohlone.
Summerlin has an affection for dusty eccentric fringe characters whose inner lives bubble with contradiction. His tools are restraint, humor, quiet tension, and a naive hand.
Residencies etc.
- Shakespeare & Co, Paris, “Tumbleweed” 2013
- Aspen Institute Poetry Workshop 2017
- Alchemy Arts Center, San Juan, WA 2023
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THE POET AND THE PLANT PROJECT 001
THE POET AND THE PLANT
Links
Letterboxd
The Redford Center
— Full filmDESCRIPTION
Sometimes making friends with a plant is easier than making friends with a human.
“We made a kickstarter and raised a whole bunch of money to make a good looking film. Shot in New York City and finished at the end of 2019, we took it on the film fest circuit in 2020 just as the pandemic was beginning. Unfortunately, our circuit was entirely online. Fortunately, we were still able to make some glorious connections and meet awesome people. Grateful for an awesome, cast, crew, and community who made it posible.” - Rob