The Ellies
Cara Despain
2025 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
Cara Despain
For a cinematically scaled, multi-channel video installation of glowing uranium glass breaking in slow motion, highlighting the nuclear legacy of her home region and this hidden part of American history.
“Earthbound Objects” is both a video installation and a quiet narrative film that simultaneously explores the story of the man who holds the Guinness World Record for the most lightning strikes, and themes of existential loneliness.
Ellies Award
2025 Creator Award
$12,500
2018 Creator Award
$8,000
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