Folds of Existence: Films for Ecstasy

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Films for Ecstacy

Curated by Cassandra Davis

This screening takes the form of a collective viewing experience inspired by the installations of Pipilotti Rist. Works by Chicago-based filmmakers and artists are encouraged to be viewed at a slower pace while watching from the floor. Psychedelic soft pillows are available for the audience to lay on/cuddle with while watching a program of short films that intend to bring the viewer into a transcendental and ecstatic state. Do enjoy.

Participating artists:
Installation by Mary Ancel

With works by:
Snow Yunxue Fu
Claudia Hart 
Tatsuyuki Aoki 
Jodie Mack
Lal Avgen
Joe Albert Houlberg 
Sama Waly 
Michael C Andrews 
Adam Bach 
Tamer Hany Hassan
Benji Blessing
Julia Pello 
Cassandra Davis
Zachary Allen Fontenot

Folds of Existence

Programmed by Lorenzo Gattorna and Mary Ancel

Pre/Post-screening projections by Sean Benjamin

A screening series of contemporary moving image that mediates the precarious boundaries between public space and personal psyche. Ranging from the meditative and transcendent to the cacophonous and debaucherous, these layered realities attempt to reclaim timeworn ideologies, made manifest via social network dynamics, contested geopolitical histories, formulaic mass entertainment, ecstatic virtual imaginings and oscillating collective projections. This powerful compilation of works challenges the currency and potentiality of events, and points towards alternative aesthetics and modes of existence. The programs presented include short-form, feature-length, single-channel and installation-based works.