Creative Capital

Richard Sylvarnes

Richard Sylvarnes is a filmmaker and photographer whose work has been shown nationally and internationally. His first feature, The Cloud Of Unknowing, premiered at the inaugural Tribeca Film Festival in 2002 and was released by Possible Films. His second feature, H.C.E., premiered as an official selection at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. His first dance-video collaboration with David Neumann, Vox Populi, premiered at the Thessaloniki Film Festival and Dances Camera West in Los Angeles. He is a founder of the band Sylvarluxe, whose first record, Viva, was released in 2005, and second record, And Then She Heard The Echo Of The Big Bang in 2008, both on Skrymir Records. In 2008, Sylvarnes presented the band’s video work at the Museek Festival in St. Petersburg. Sylvarnes has taught as a guest lecturer at Harvard University.