This online program features ten new works by media artists and filmmakers working across Canada and internationally, including Iran, Mexico, Egypt, Croatia, the US, and the Netherlands. With works ripe with both humor and the vagaries of frustration and grief, this screening invites audiences to reflect on the nuances of “nature,” changing environmental and social ecosystems, and the relationships between ourselves and others—both beings and materials.
Part of Fall 2023, Uncategorized
Touching Nature Touching You
This program features ten experimental works by artists and filmmakers working across Canada and internationally, including in Iran, Mexico, Egypt, Croatia, the USA, and the Netherlands. With works ripe with both humor and the vagaries of frustration and grief, this screening invites audiences to reflect on the nuances of “nature,” changing environmental and social ecosystems, and the relationships between ourselves and others— both beings and materials.
Where: Online
When: Tuesday, October 10 (9am ET) – Tuesday, October 17 (midnight ET)
Free and open to the public
Programme:
Hogan Seidel, Genital Reveal Party (7:02)
Maryam Tafakory, Irani Bag (7:37)
Jessica Quiroz, Lucas (17:47)
Emily M Van Loan, T4T (2:36)
Sarah Fitterer, Shrimp Love (9:00)
Tiffany Jiang, Natural Disasters (4:20)
Nika Pećarina, To the Earthen Red (18:53)
Mena El Shazly, The Rain (4:18)
William Hongxiao Wei, Embers from yesterday, Aflame (10:00)
Leslie Lawrence & Sophia Simensky, Fear Death By Water (27:17)
Running time: 1 hour and 48 minutes
Content warning: explicit nudity, flashing lights
