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The Pine Barrens

a documentary by David Scott Kessler. Music by The Ruins of Friendship Orchestra

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The Pine Barrens on Instagram

The Ruins of Friendship Orchestra has a new full length album comprised of music recorded for The Pine Barrens film.

If you have been following @pinebarrensfilm at all for the last 10 years, you would know that this film project and The Ruins of Fri

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The Pine Barrens has always been a collaboration between the greatest of friends gushing with mutual admiration. Every member of The Ruins of Friendship Orchestra has incredible projects, passions, and side hussles.
One such is @mithrascandle owned a

The Virtual Event at Middle of Nowhere
@pinelandsalliance Bishop Farmstead is something we are really excited for!

For the first time we will be live streaming The Pine Barrens in hi-res as The Ruins of Friendship Orchestra perform the score in real

Middle of Nowhere: a chosen place
At Pinlands Preservation Alliance @pinelandsalliance
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Middle of Nowhere is a multimedia event questions and celebrates our relationship with the natural world curated by David

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experimental shorts at Middle of Nowhere: a chosen place

Humans will have to change their relationship to the natural world. 
This isn't just an imperative. This is a certainty. 
As our climate changes and manufactured systems m

Middle of Nowhere: a chosen place is a multimedia event happening just outside the New Jersey Pinelands at the Bishop Farmstead headquarters of @pinelandsalliance featuring live music, experimental film, and a screening of The Pine Barrens accompanie

Tickets on sale now for Middle of Nowhere on Sept.4th at Pinelands Preservation Alliance.

We have a full day planned celebrating the natural world and our role in it with music, film, and art. All taking place at the beautiful Bishop Farmstead barn

These are images from the last 2 times we screened The Pine Barrens with a live score by The Ruins of Friendship Orchestra. First @rooftopfilms Summer Series in Green-Wood Cemetery and then at Middle of Nowhere 2019 at @whitesbogpreservation.

Two y

Here's your chance to see the film scored live!

After two (very long) years, The Pine Barrens is back with a series of screenings, most of them scored live by the fantastic Ruins of Friendship Orchestra.
Not only that, but we have developed partners

Ruins of Friendship Orchestra practicing can only mean one thing. Big announcements coming in the next few days.
#middleofnowhere

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We are thrilled to be included in @mimesisdocfest 2021. Boulder, Colorado August 4th-10th with in-person and virtual screenings.
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#documentary #pinebarrens #pinebarrensnj #filmfestival #ethnography #environment #doc #njpinebarrens #documenta

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Get them bloobs, people.

I grabbed a stick with some usnea on it last time I went kayaking in the Pine Barrens. Here's some shots under my new macro lens.
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#pinebarrens #pinebarrensnj #moss #lichen #macro #macrophotography

May 27: Pinelands Discussion Series: David Scott Kessler talks about his film, “The Pine Barrens”

Presenter: David Scott Kessler

David Scott Kessler is a Philadelphia-based experimental filmmaker who spent 7 years immersed in the landsc

We had the most magical couple of days on the Mullica courtesy of our friends at @pinebarrenspost. What a way to experience the Pine Barrens. Camp along the river, paddle up to Batso Village and back, cook some delicious meals on the grill, then coll

We are in NYC tonight for the opening of Maya Lin's Ghost Forest at Madison Square Park. Maya Lin installed several dead White Atlantic Cedars from the Pine Barrens in the park in a stunning work that calls attention to climate change.
In conjuction

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