Combining quiet observation and moments of fantasy, 'In a Nearby Field' is a film about support, heredity and the invisible little labors which sustain us.
Ren Ebel is an artist and writer from Los Angeles, California. He works with various media, such as video, sound, text and drawing. He earned a degree in film and video art from the University of California, San Diego, and a Master of Fine Arts in art practice from ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California.
Laida Lertxundi is an artist and filmmaker who lives and works between the United States and the Basque Country. Combining conceptual rigor with sensual pleasure in a process she calls Landscape Plus, her films establish parallels between the landscape and the body as centers of pleasure and experience. She is a professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Lyon and at the University of the Basque Country.
