Works
Climbing Eros takes place on a Greek island in the Saronic Gulf. The short film explores the stages of pilgrimage through the eyes of director Charles M Pepiton and his young son who walk the island—from the deserted lighthouse on one end to the peak of Mt. Eros—whilst artist Rebekah Wilkins-Pepiton collects botanicals to create inks for painting. Each finds a means to reconcile with loss and return to the earth and to themselves. The film features two meditations written for the film by Damon Falke—one of confession, one of returning to materiality—that knit the threads of hiking and gathering around Jean-Luc Marion’s notion that “Loving requires distance and the crossing of distance.” The film features an original score composed by Tana Bachman. Edited by Ira Dern.
Read moreThe book, Between Artists: Life in Paintings and Prose, is the result of an almost three year collaboration between Montana-based painter Tabby Ivy and Damon Falke, a US-born writer living in the far north of Norway. After a chance meeting through Facebook, and becoming familiar with and admiring each others work, Damon and Tabby met briefly in 2019. Soon after meeting, they decided to explore their work further, finding common themes in their artistic expression. Comprised of essays, paintings and correspondence between the two artists, this unique book offers insight into the creative process, the struggles and joys of pursuing art, and how art sometimes can connect us with the immediacy and intimacy of experience, as well what we carry within us.
Read moreWithout Them I Am Lost is the first feature length film from Square Top Theatre. The documentary is a meditation on landscape and the shape of home. It explores the influence of landscape on the imagination, the materiality of remembrance, and the ongoing search for home. The documentary is directed by Charles M Pepiton, written by Damon Falke, and features cinematography by Rebekah Wilkins-Pepiton.
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