2014 Due North, The Crane Building Curated by Marianne Bernstein Lopi, meaning “wool” in Icelandic was a companion piece to Lopapeysa, meaning “sweater”, a 15 minute experimental documentary filmed on residency in Skagastrond, Iceland. Lopapeysa, having a more narrative structure, told the story of a traveller as he tries desperately to have an “Icelandic” experience. The story is told in a way that leaves much up to the viewer about what is real and what is fictionalized; what is considered authentic and what is based on preconceived ideas that a tourist might project onto the landscape in order to fulfil their own personal mythology. Lopi was stripped down, re-edited, and altered with additional visual effects to further distance it from the original, mainly documentary material, and was structured around a recording of my own fortune being read Skagastrond’s Museum of Fortunetelling, one of the town's only public places. All the of the footage was filmed for the specific aspect ratio and scale of the Crane Building's 100ft installation space called “The Icebox”. Lopi played on that wall while Lopapeysa played on a small monitor near a fire and velvet and fur covered couch in the next room, focusing directly on how scale and comfort alters the experience of the two works. The score for Lopi was created as a collaboration between The Ruins of Friendship Orchestra, all Philadelphia musicians, and Mr. Silla, the solo incarnation of Icelandic artist Sigurlaug Gísladóttir, known also for her work with Múm. The four musical pieces were created through email correspondences. Ruins played the score live on the closing reception of Due North.

Lopapeysa a short film, written and directed by David Scott Kessler Through documentary, travelog, and fictional narrative, Lopapeysa follows a traveler's saga as he subjects himself to a series of unrealistic tasks in an attempt to experience a vision of Iceland largely colored by his own expectations and imagination. 2015 Rooftop Film Festival (official selection) filmed at Nes artist residency in Skagastond, Iceland starring Sarah Hawkins music by Mary Lattimore and Ben Warfield directed and edited by David Scott Kessler