Baker Artist Portfolios

These videos reflect my ongoing association with the Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS) at M.I.T.  When I participated in CAVS activities as a Research Fellow from 1981-1994, I produced several videos documenting events produced by former CAVS director Otto Piene and associated artists including Charlotte Moorman, Nam June Paik, Paul Earls, and Aldo Tambellini.

Moving Home started as a book in progress during previous years as a Baker Artist participant. This critical body of work would share the journey of Ginnie McKnight's childhood as a young foster Youth in Chicago, IL and Indiana and how she successfully aged out of the system to become a talented published Visual Artist. Instead of waiting for funding, in late 2017 Ginnie McKnight began tailoring her life story in short documentary film format. As the Director, Producer, and editor of the film, Moving home explores the internal journey of her desire to find home throughout her life.

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In 2014 a small group of  craft artists  gathered in Chicago to discuss the future of the American studio craft movement. During those conversations several attendees lamented the fact that no history of the movement or the community they felt so much a part of had been written .
Additionally it was noted that any first hand history of the movements beginnings had to be gathered soon because many of the original craftspeople were World war II vets and/or Black Mountain School graduates and as such were no longer working or in some cases had died.   

Body Builder is an in-progress feature documentary about Jake Schellenschlaeger, the strongest 14 year old in the world. It is the classic coming-of-age tale told through the hyper-real world of bodybuilding. As Jake’s muscles and internet presence grow, we observe a boy in transition, trying on all the parts of the idealized man he hopes to become. 

Filmed throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo in the final days of a devastating three-year war, 'Coffin Maker' weaves together three separate journeys: a coffin maker in Goma, front line footage of a rebel army in retreat, and a mass funeral for military officers killed in the conflict. It is a study of death in theory, practice and consequence, and ultimately, how a culture interprets loss as justification for its future.

Directed/Shot/Edited by Theo Anthony
Produced by Simone Bazos
Original Score by David Bird

Portraits of cops, taken on the night of 4/27/15.

Filmed on location throughout the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, “Chop My Money” is the story of three kids living on the streets of Goma. Combining music video, documentary, and narrative styles, the story was written in conjunction with the actors of the film, giving an outlet to stories rarely seen, through voices that are heard even less.

Directed/Shot/Edited by Theo Anthony
Produced by Allen Amani

Featuring
Manu Bahiti "Patient" Jean Christophe
Guillain Paluku
David Muhindo

Here are a collection of photos from my visit in May, 2016, to Havana, the capital city of Cuba.

These are my photos of urban scenes, mostly from around Baltimore City & environs; but also from outside Maryland. There are two categories, Urban #1 and Urban #2, within this project.