to give is to receive is to give
a video collaboration by ryan tebo, tom abbs, and mp landis
digital video I 30 minutes
camera: tom abbs, mp landis, ryan tebo, michael sanzone,
davin reich, and yoonkyong kwon
music: tom abbs
painting: mp landis
editing: ryan tebo
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This is a video that charts the emotional journey of two artists as they delve into the depths and ascend the heights of collaboration. Seven years after they began their artistic collaboration (mp is a painter and tom is a musician) and four months after they began the collaborative relationship of being neighbors in the same brownstone in brooklyn, mp had kidney failure and began dialysis. In an act of tremendous generosity, tom decided to donate his kidney and mp accepted. This not only saved mp’s life, it also became a beautiful extension of their previous collaborations as artists and friends. Since the kidney transplant tom and mp’s lives and art have continued to grow, as has their relationship: they are now working together at esp disk.