Jonathan Skurnik

Los Angeles — nearest ocean:  Northern Pacific
European Heritage

About the art

The Jewish ritual of Tashlikh offers an opportunity for us to release the qualities that no longer serve us in a body of water. This single channel video traces the flow of water from California's high Sierras to the sea. It screened at a community Tashlikh event beside the LA River in the city of Los Angeles.

About the artist

Jonathan produces award–winning documentaries for broadcast and educational distribution. His films tell the stories of people and communities struggling to overcome oppression to reach their highest potentials. In addition to his documentary work, Jonathan founded the Workfare Media Initiative, The Youth and Gender Media Project and The Cante Sica Foundation, three foundation-funded grassroots outreach and engagement projects that provide transformational educational experiences through facilitated screenings and discussions and immersive digital resources on the web. Jonathan also directs short fiction films, is a film professor at UCLA and Chapman University and works as a visual artist.