My new piece “Later in Life” is now on view at Skirball Cultural Center through next spring, 2025.
“Later in Life,” 2024
8 channel 4K video, 33:21 min, color, sound.
ABOUT: Visual artist and filmmaker Sabrina Gschwandtner’s multi-screen video installation presents six Los Angeles adults who reflect upon their B’nai Mitzvah. “Later in Life” asks what it means to embark upon a Jewish coming of age ritual - traditionally performed at age 13 - as an adult.
Gschwandtner, who is both one of the subjects featured in the work and its director, composed the 8 channel video from personal stories and footage of local Los Angeles synagogue architecture and design, revealing the diverse nature of contemporary Jewish experience.
Featuring: Ya’akov Ronnie Britton, Sabrina Gschwandtner, Geoff Martin, Shanti Reinhardt, Joyce Rubin, and Joey Soloway.
Director: Sabrina Gschwandtner
Producers: Sabrina Gschwandtner, Jason Spingarn-Koff
Editor: Kevin Jones
Director of Photography: Jenni Morello
Assistant Editor: Talia Mindich
Assistant Camera: Lea Salanon
Sound: Omar Barraza
Gaffer: Trey Betts
PA: Gabi Marler
Hair & makeup: Nichole Servin
Colorist: Jamie LeJeune/Cinedocs
Sound mix: IMRSV
Archival footage and photography: Liz Collins, Sabrina Gschwandtner, Shanti Reinhardt, Joey Soloway, Wilshire Boulevard Temple Los Angeles
Additional participants: Debra Azar, Rabbi Mari Chernow, Rabbi Calvin Dox-DaCosta, Sally Dworsky, Rina Etkes, Cantorial Soloist Shelly Fox, Rabbi Susan Goldberg, Cantor Don Gurney, Ari Herstand, Jul Vann Levine, Rabbi Susan Nanus, Duvid Swirsky
Special thanks: Erin Wright