Convento São Francisco de Mértola
jarred alterman
Jarred Alterman is a Brooklyn Based filmmaker with an award winning film currently on Sundance Channel, “Mott Music” - a look inside a piano factory, and the characters that dwell within…
He has worked with avant-garde dance choreographer Merce Cunningham & video artist Charles Atlas.
Jarred came to Mertola in September 07’ to make a documentary film about the Convento Sao Francisco, and to experience the artist-in-residence program. The film This River Is Deep features The Greatest Little Big Band in the history of Megaverse, Freya Pocklington, and all of The Zwanikken family.
See trailor on This River Is Deep
While making the documentary film, 2 side projects surfaced: A collaboration with Geraldine Zwanikken , entitled “Moving in The Cosmos” which features a series of portraits with Geraldine & her tryptic “Cosmos”.
The other project is a collaboration with Christiaan Zwanikken- a film in early development, involving a legion of Lizard Men who discover an alien ship buried deep within an excavated Mine.
