Kristine Leschper has been a pal and supporter of The Resource Exchange for many years, incorporating reuse and sustainable practices into all her works as an artist. We’re celebrating her soon to be released album, “The Opening, Or Closing Of A Door”, out March 4th on Anti- Records, by sharing this behind the scenes look at the sustainable set she built for an ongoing project. The set was also featured in the music video for “Ribbon”!
“I am a devoted resource exchanger, and I wanted to let you know about a project I have been working on.
Over the past few months I set out to build a minimal theatrical set design out of entirely recycled and repurposed materials – a few small items and hardware pieces had to be purchased new, but we ended up with at least 95% repurposed materials!
This is an ongoing project that I will continue to develop and expand upon for live shows in 2022. Thank you for all that you do!”
-Kristine Leschper
- 9 yards of fabric
- several containers of textile ink
- metal pulleys
- additional fabric (recycled bedsheets)
- plywood
- wardrobe
This isn’t Kristine’s first sustainable set. For a previous project in 2018, Kristine made a replica of herself for a music video using plaster, canvas strips, cotton batting, and acrylic paint we diverted from the waste stream.
Her album,“The Opening, Or Closing Of A Door”, comes out on March 4th and the release show will be at Johnny Brenda’s with Kassie Krut, April 9th.
Congratulations, Kristine! Thank you for sharing this incredible project with us!
Video Credits
Director: Kristine Leschper
Director of Photography: Daniel Brennan
Starring: Kristine Leschper, Garrett Burke, Sammy Weissberg, Amy Trompeter, Inez Sebastião De Carvalho, Em Downing, Gerasimos Livitsanos
Set Design: Kristine Leschper, Eli Kleinsmith, Garrett Burke
Gaffer: Jeremy Teran
Key Grip: Mad Bishop
Grips: Kevin Johnson, Ben McLaughlin
Production Assistant: Matt Michaud
Editor: Jake Lazovick
Production Company: Powered By Wind
“I would like to additionally thank Vox Populi, where these ideas first began to take root, and Resolution Rentals, where we used a production studio, camera and lighting equipment.”