Stephanie Lynn Rogers

Portfolio Category: Video

  • Making Mov(i)es

    Making Mov(i)es

    Making Mov(i)es from Stephanie L. Rogers on Vimeo.

    Making Mov(i)es was a collaboration between The Advocate Center for Culture and Education, Cycles, and Stephanie Lynn Rogers. This project began as a series of workshops for teenagers at the Advocate Center on bicycle maintenance, led by Jacob Kenney of Cycles and Stephanie Lynn Rogers. During these workshops, it was clear that the youth had a lot of experience with both bike repair and biking, and that they used bikes to travel all over the city of Philadelphia.

    Philadelphia has the highest bike commuting percentage of any big city in the country, due in part to the strong traditions of cycling for both transportation and recreation in neighborhoods like North Philadelphia. If you looked at images or read stories about bicycling in Philly though, you might get the impression that it’s mainly a white, middle class activity. We used GoPros and a DSLR to record the bike experiences of teenagers at the Advocate Center.

    Shortly before we began this collaborative project, Neighborhood Bike Works (Philadelphia’s bike non-profit) consolidated their programming in West Philadelphia. Our hope is that by combining bike resources (Cycles) with a community organization that has a powerful social justice framework (the Advocate Center), needed tools and resources will continue to be available in North Philadelphia.

  • Video Work

    Video Work

    Rogers’ videos are meant to be viewed on a 32 inch plasma screen. Your computer will do just fine. Your phone is not big enough to experience the work the way it’s meant to be viewed. All videos are excerpts of longer works.

     

    Meditation from Stephanie L. Rogers on Vimeo.

     

    Flies on Window Sill from Stephanie L. Rogers on Vimeo.

     

    Bird Breathing from Stephanie L. Rogers on Vimeo.

  • 27 Dead Birds

    27 Dead Birds

    27 Dead Birds was a site-specific installation in the main hallway of Tyler School of Art during October of 2014. The work included photographs, video, and a place for community members to respond.

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    The installation also included an image of the building’s footprint, which mapped the locations of the dead birds.

    Map of Tyler School of Art with locations of dead birds mapped
    Dead Birds around Tyler School of Art:
    Non-scientific Observations

    Bird deaths due to collision with windows are common at Temple University. This is a likely cause of death for all of the birds pictured here.

    All photographs were taken in the immediate vicinity of Tyler School of Art between August 30 and October 8, 2014.

    Red dots represent the approximate location where each photograph was taken.

    Presumably birds also die from hitting the eastern windows facing 12th Street. No photographs were taken there due to the thickness of the bushes.

     

    Bird Breathing from Stephanie L. Rogers on Vimeo. 1 minute, 2 seconds.