Eaven and Joseph

Les Esprits Ephemeres de la Nuit

Eaven (Supervisor, The Studio):

I am Eavan. I work for Tim. I am a supervisor at The Studio. I was one of the original core group of Cinematheque Boys. I work with HIV/AIDS boys, some of whom will be your mentors. You might work with one of these guys as a team.

I made this video with Joseph, who lives with me at The Studio. We are attempting to show you something of our inner lives and something about how we are connected as friends. The way I see the video, there is a top half and a bottom half. Both sections constantly change, and yet there is some kind of interaction where the two of us connect even as we both evolve. Friendship is really hard to find a way to describe. But as we did this, we felt our friendship growing. SHOW ME YOUR LIFE means the people in that life, too.

When Tim Barrus says, “Show me your life,” he does not always mean the room or the squat you sleep in, or even where you might hang out with other kids not unlike yourself. You should film these places, too. Because no one knows how you live but you. This is all on you. Even the camera is on you. People are donating their time, their money, their talent to make SHOW ME YOUR LIFE work. So people can know how and where you live; how you survive. Film it all. But especially film YOU. The inside you. The you only you know. You will hear Tim call these your second selves.

Tim has been making video, film, and doing photography all around the world for a long time.

You guys will be from all over the world as well.

I am looking forward to visiting this art program. I think it’s going to say a lot and it’s going to show a glimpse of life that most people know absolutely nothing about. It’s time they saw that world with your eyes to guide them.