On the Portal

Molly Schwartz created Watershed, a trio of short animated videos that reference the terrain, history and delicate ecology of the Tampa Bay watershed. Each animation takes place within a strata, or level of a re-imagined watershed. The Watershed triplet comes together to describe a world of atmosphere, light and living beings, traversing the screen. The individual videos will each standalone but when seen in succession will contribute to a larger story about the Tampa Bay waterfront. The video was commissioned in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

EVA LEE created Lux Flux, a light portrait of the city through video animation. Beginning with the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts and wrapping around the Tampa Riverwalk to the Tampa Bay History Center, Lee filmed all manner of lights that she encountered, from daylight to evening, on land, and by water via boat. Some examples are natural light, such as sunlight reflecting on water; man-made lights, such as navigational lights on boats and cars; architectural lights on bridges and buildings, including art projects such as the Villereal façade of Tampa Museum of Art. The video was commissioned in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.