OF CREATION /
OF POTENTIAL
Flaherty Seminar Program 3
Moderated by Monika Fabijanska
In conversation with artist Cecilia Vicuña
Sunday, December 5, 2021 7:30pm
UnionDocs
322 Union Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11211
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PROGRAM 3
350 MYA (2016) by Terra Long, 5’, 16mm
Becoming Extinct (Wild Grass) (2017) by Elke Marhöfer, 23’, 16mm to digital
Kon Kon (2010) by Cecilia Vicuña, 54’, Digital
TRT: 82 mins
When the land is exhausted and the sea is poisoned and species are dying off, how can the earth communicate its needs and pass on its knowledge of growth and survival for the future? The filmmakers in this program look towards the earth with sensualist and materialist eyes, seeking to discover ancient ways of communing with the natural elements and creating new ways of being and perceiving through film. As Cecilia Vicuña writes, “To recover memory is to recover unity: / To be one with the sky and the sea / To feel the Earth as your own skin / is the only way to pleasure Her.” Immersed in this pleasure, the earth communes with the human, and through our participation, transforms us.
2021 Flaherty NYC Programmers: Kelsey White and L u m i a