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Recent Acquisitions
Originally released on 16mm film; available for presentation in digital formats. Digital scanning by Vulnerable Media Lab, Queen's University."Set to the music of composer Toshi Ichiyanagi, Cherry Blossoms suggests something of [Georgia] O'Keeffe's delicate yet bold representation of floral life." – Jesse… ⊕
This work was produced through The European Cultural Centre’s performance art workshops. During the summer intensive, I was given the opportunity to respond to Maya Deren’s film Meshes of the Afternoon (1943). While studying the film, I was drawn to the use of doubling and reflection Deren achieved through camera… ⊕
Comment tenir le vide: 3 tentatives (How to hold the emptiness: 3 attempts)
2023, 07:53 minutes, colour
tapecode 543.17
This video is broken down into 3 chapters: Le Slow (slow dance), Le vent (the wind) and La barrière (the barrier). The central theme of loss in this performative work is portrayed through the attempt to hold onto breakable or intangible things. In the vast surrounding landscape, the actions are juxtaposed to the strong… ⊕
Concrete Shape is a site specific film created and performed by Jesi Jordan at the Diego Rivera Anahuacalli Museum in Mexico City.The special effects are hand made using biodegradable materials such as Oaxacan clay, lava rocks, cactus husks, chicken eggs, and water.
A couple stands in stillness, facing each other from two singular islands. Their bodies interrupting the endless blue surroundings. The movement of the tide and the light slowly transforms the landscape, altering both the terrain and their connection to each other. Time and shape become the continually changing measurements of… ⊕