Founder
Artistic Director
My life is my dharma;an open aware heart is my camera.A oneness with my world is my film.Hence, my art becomes an act of faith‐in‐the‐world.
Notes from Johnson's spiritual memoir, winter workbook 2025
Eleanor Claire Johnson is a transformational artist, dramatist, filmmaker and videographer, scholar and humanitarian. She has been artistic director of the laboratory since its founding in 1976.
Her films, archive and theatre work are presented on this site, including SHE WENT IN SEARCH OF A NEW AMERICA and the archive dating from 1976.
Her other work, including her spiritual practice and Feeding Your Demons, is described on her own site.
With gratitude
This work was made possible by the many people who worked alongside Eleanor Claire Johnson over the decades: the performers, filmmakers, collaborators and friends who shaped the laboratory's productions and films.
It has also been sustained by the people who believed in it. Their support has allowed the laboratory to continue for more than four decades.