Robert Kingsbury

Mother Earth

Robert — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:11:28 +0000

Jenikz – Mother Earth from Robert Kingsbury on Vimeo.

an experimental video I created for a song by Jenikz Rego, documenting some of the strange environmental phenomena I`ve been witnessing in the past few years.. Spring flowers under snowstorms, a goose nesting in a tiny plot of grass within a parking lot.. voices of mother earth that we are no longer tuned to hear.. we can remain so entrenched in a ‘concrete’ yet metaphysical relationship with our environment. Ironically, these states of being are influenced by the very urban spaces we have ourselves created. If we take off our shoes, cultivate plants and witness the balancing act of nature, we begin to hear and feel….

Bubbles, Barcelona

Robert — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:38:01 +0000

Bubbles, Barcelona from Robert Kingsbury on Vimeo.

A video that I shot & edited of children in Barcelona popping giant bubbles blown by buskers.

Brenda McMorrow’s Hanuman Chalisa

Robert — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:38:49 +0000

A video I shot and edited for Brenda Mcmorrow, in this spirited performance of her kirtan performance of the Hanuman Chalisa.

Live looping cello with Hans Christian

Robert — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:35:10 +0000

A stirring live-looping solo by musician Hans Christian. I shot this as part of the GuruGanesha Band’s tour.

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Robert — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:55:45 +0000

Shannon Kingsbury’s Home

Robert — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:01:19 +0000

My (other) sister Shannon Kingsbury is a singer songwriter based in Guelph, Ontario (Canada). She plays the harp and her music often contains undertones of world music, a sense of theatricality and of esoteric spirituality. I shot this video in Andrew McPherson’s studio in Guelph. My neice Harmony is mentioned in the lyrics of the song. Though just 7 years old now, her existential musings have had a big influence on Shannon’s writing.

To Forget

Robert — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:05:56 +0000

A music video that I did with Simon Rabyniuk for Lisa Conway, featuring Julia Male & myself.

the Rooting Project

Robert — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 04:30:26 +0000

My sister Christina Kingsbury is an installation artist who works with a lot of natural materials, surrounding ecological consciousness. She created this tree (no, it’s not real), which has paper bark made from invasive plant species. We collaborated on an audio component coming from the tree. It tells the story, in Guelph founder John Galt’s words of the felling of the first tree to mark the city. Christina wrote a text from the perspective of the land that interweaves with her reading of Galt’s perspective. I’ve made the audio component available to listen to here:

Janet Morton’s the Ravelled Sleeve

Robert — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:39:09 +0000

I was very lucky to collaborate with visual artist Janet Morton on several video installations for her exhibit The Ravelled Sleeve in Guelph. I shot and edited the videos with Colin Couch and Andrea Nann and am featured in a 60min steadicam video installation. I won’t spoil anything about the works here.

Improvisational Meeting of Strangers

Robert — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:00:26 +0000

Improvisational Meeting of Strangers from Robert Kingsbury on Vimeo.

This summer I met Kassi Scott in an improvised dance at Somewhere There in Toronto. Based on the kinds of things that happened over the course of the 40 minute interaction, it’s surprising that we hadn’t met or talked previous to the event. There’s a bathroom just next to where the audience sits and I tried to go, with the door open (no one but Kassi could see). I was unable to release my bladder but we did get up to some release dance together and talked to the audience and each other at certain points. It turned out to be a very stimulating negotiation of intimate space, performative boundaries and personal expression.