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A photograph of a white woman in a long sleeved, brown dress. She is wearing a red mask, black-framed glasses, and has shoulder length gray hair. Next to her is a podium resembling a tree trunk. On top of the trunk is a crankie–a moving panorama painting–displaying tree roots. Behind the display and woman is a white wall with a birch tree branch motif.
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Underground Crankie & Make the World Anew 2
Jo Schlesinger
I had always wanted to learn how to make crankies but had never found the time until the pandemic shut life down. I made "Make the World Anew" during a Zoom Crankie Class in March 2020 with musician/artist Ellen Gozion and the other in a Connected by Nature class in September of 2021 with artist Isaac Bower, [which] I haven't yet been able to make it into a video.
As an avid dancer, "Make the World Anew" illustrates how my life turned upside down with hopes of reuniting with my friends again.
