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S4RA, Portugal, 2022, 8 minutes
New York Premiere

By placing automation within this simulated i̶d̶l̶e̶ garden it arises the complexity of what being human is in this electronic age. Learning, leisure and work share the same interchangeable framework in this post-truth dynamic where operations are engineered in an ambiguous way to praise & glorify the strenuous path of c̶o̶n̶t̶e̶m̶p̶o̶r̶a̶r̶y̶ labour system.
{ hybrid emulation that deals with coding as the backbone structure of a semiotic < container >  / . }

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PSYCHIC SYMBIOSIS
VLM, USA, 2022, 3 minutes
New York Premiere

PSYCHIC SYMBIOSIS is a serene, lens-based, dance film created between the artist, a Luna moth, and a pile of dust. The film investigates atomic consciousness through a panpsychic lens. Inspired by ancient mythology, contemporary dance, and post-humanist theory, the film's sources include classical "Myth of Psyche", Yvonne Rainer's 1966 "Hand Movie", and Dr. Donna Harraway's 1988 "Situated Knowledges." In PSYCHIC SYMBIOSIS, all three material protagonists are filmed sculpturally in a decentralized and multi-perspectival gaze that is complete macro with close-ups, diverse camera angles, and rhythmic jump-cuts. Encapsulating these choreographies is a multi-layered elemental soundscape of low humming thunderstorms, playful water droplets, and tinkling temple bells. Collectively, VLM's lush atmospheric sounds and uncanny visual motifs create the dreamscape of PSYCHIC SYMBIOSIS—a soothing and surreal space where consciousness flows intuitively between bodies of gesture, texture, and sound. PSYCHIC SYMBIOSIS was filmed, edited, performed-by, and sound-scored by the artist VLM.

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