Marjane Satrapi in Beginnings by Chiara Clemente NOWNESS 2026-09-23 | Marjane Satrapi in Beginnings by Chiara Clemente
Estonia’s Võromaa smoke sauna tradition powers emotional release through sound, scent and heat NOWNESS 2024-10-18 | In Haanja, Estonia, the Võromaa smoke sauna tradition is observed as a unique path to emotional and physical wellness – a profound healing ritual, continued by the region’s rural community. Honored by the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage for its importance to Estonian culture, the practice initiates a transformative journey for those who enter into it, rooted in ancient practice and integrating knowledge of local herbology in a spiritual, sonic experience.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
Tokyo drag performer Biun shares their inner world and vision of the city to Barbara’s L’Aigle Noir NOWNESS 2024-10-16 | Relocating from Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture at 23, Japanese drag performer Biun has made their living singing in a Tokyo bar – animated by performance as a force for living, established as far back as they remember. Delivering emotionally-charged renditions on-stage, yet powered by an undercurrent of mixed feelings, Biun finds a source of escapism through singing, where all else melts away: “When I'm singing, I want to be mindless,” they explain. “I sing because singing is the only way to live. If you sing a song, you can forget how hard it is to live.” …read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
Exploring transformation through rave culture, where music and community fuel self-discovery NOWNESS 2024-10-14 | Reanimating the abstract theater of archive circus photography, director and photographer Laura McCluskey captures dancers and circus performers in a fluid state of movement for short film Into Orbit. Working with found photographs of Victorian circus performers, McCluskey cast jugglers, hoop dancers, ballet dancers, contortionists and contemporary movement artists to recreate a sense of live performance, their movements led by interaction with the set and costumes. A collaboration with stylist and set designer Pierre-Alexandre Fillaire, contemporary sculptural designs and archival theater costumes frame a series of kinetic poses – self-choreographed by the performers, and unfolding through natural, instinctive movements... read more on nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
In a sci-fi vision of São Paulo, a group land on Earth and explore the human body through movement NOWNESS 2024-10-09 | Imagining how we might experience the human body and its movements for the first time, short film Era Uma Vez Agora (Once Upon a Time Now) takes a sci-fi journey through a parallel Sao Paulo, observing the landscape from an outside perspective.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
Living sculptures animate archive circus photography through playful forms and improvised movement NOWNESS 2024-10-07 | Reanimating the abstract theater of archive circus photography, director and photographer Laura McCluskey captures dancers and circus performers in a fluid state of movement for short film Into Orbit. Working with found photographs of Victorian circus performers, McCluskey cast jugglers, hoop dancers, ballet dancers, contortionists and contemporary movement artists to recreate a sense of live performance, their movements led by interaction with the set and costumes. A collaboration with stylist and set designer Pierre-Alexandre Fillaire, contemporary sculptural designs and archival theater costumes frame a series of kinetic poses – self-choreographed by the performers, and unfolding through natural, instinctive movements.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
Movement, migration stories and water symbolism merge through the Black diaspora in South Wales NOWNESS 2024-10-04 | Connecting ancestral legacies and the thread between body and memory, Liara Barussi directs and choreographs short film Of Us, honoring the legacy of the UK’s Black diaspora through movement. Commissioned by Dr Aleema Gray for the British Library, with community arts organization Jukebox Collective, the film pays homage to Tiger Bay in Cardiff, South Wales as one of the UK’s oldest Black communities, reflecting on the Atlantic Ocean and its place in the history of the Black diaspora.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
Madhu: Reunited during Durga Pujo, two friends share a night of nostalgia and longing NOWNESS 2024-10-03 | After several years apart, Satakshi and Madhu joyously reconnect for one night during Durga Pujo. An unspoken longing resurfaces to fill the space between them...Continue Reading: https://www.nowness.asia/series/lovesick/madhu_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://www.nowness.asiaBehind the scenes on Instagram: instagram.com/nownessasiaLike NOWNESS ASIA on Facebook: facebook.com/nownessasiaFollow NOWNESS ASIA on Twitter: twitter.com/nownessasiaStaff Picks on Vimeo: vimeo.com/nowness
Burmese artist Moe Satt follows hand gestures in Myanmar and their cultural and spiritual symbolism NOWNESS 2024-10-02 | Touring the cultural signals performed by hands, Burmese artist Moe Satt communicates stories from the streets of Myanmar’s capital for his video art piece Hands Around in Yangon. A close observation of hand movements across the city, engaging in manual work, food preparation and manipulating materials, Satt lenses gestures entwined with his heritage – raising questions about agency, craft, and labor conditions in his home country.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
Ballet dancer Minami Ando finds her feet in New York City, grounded by her Japanese culture NOWNESS 2024-09-30 | Born in Hiroshima before relocating to New York City to study at the Joffrey Ballet School, dancer Minami Ando is navigating the professional dance world with a quiet strength founded on her Japanese upbringing. Recognizing how profoundly Japanese culture has shaped her – its emphasis on selflessness and dedication igniting the discipline required of her craft, and the resolve to stand up to New York’s harsh realities – Ando opens up her life and experiences to director Myong-Hun Oh for short documentary City Swan.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
Mexico City, Juan Daniel García Treviño and Sasha Gonzalez’s connection unlocks new dimensions NOWNESS 2024-09-27 | Opening up the infinite possibilities of dream states through the lens of real couples, director Ariel Danziger captures Mexican musician Juan Daniel García Treviño and actor Sasha Gonzalez in a parallel world for short film Despierto. An intimate portrait, told from a different dimension, Despierto journeys deep into Dani and Sasha’s relationship as they marvel at the dreams accessed through their connection, contemplating the profound forces that bring them together in the present.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
The power of being present in the moment, and living fully to strengthen connection with ourselves NOWNESS 2024-09-25 | Capturing the importance of being present in the moment, director Pablo Soto engages with the poignancy of experience as a path to connecting with ourselves for short film Flow. Moving through a series of vignettes, different characters demonstrate moments of connection, concentration, and tranquillity, representing the profound significance of finding depth in simplicity.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
Brazilian trans artist, dancer and model Black Pearl finds freedom from Brazil’s gender norms NOWNESS 2024-09-23 | Realizing her aspirations against a backdrop of rigidity, São Paulo-born multidisciplinary artist, dancer, movement director and model Black Pearl de Almeida Lima evolved through creative expression in a landscape limited by its constraints. Now based in Berlin, but embracing her trans identity against the strict gender norms of Brazilian society, she reflects on her path and obstacles intended to obscure her femininity for short film PEARL – casting a cinematic lens on the facets of her story.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
The hum of leafblowers disturbs the suburbans, escalating tension between home and outside pressures NOWNESS 2024-09-20 | Capturing the comfort and frustration found in the sounds of the suburbs, director CG Watkins imagines rising tension against a familiar hum for short film Leafblowers. When an assistant manager awakes to activity outside, the security of life inside his home becomes at odds with the world that awaits beyond his front door, as a team of leafblowers cut through the tranquillity.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
At the Atherstone Ball Game in Warwickshire, a medieval football tradition feeds belonging among men NOWNESS 2024-09-16 | A medieval ancestor of modern football, the Atherstone Ball Game takes over the main street of the Warwickshire town in an annual tradition held every Shrove Tuesday since 1199. A game played over two hours with no pitch and minimal rules, local men and boys battle it out to be last in possession of a large ball – specially constructed each year, and adorned with ribbons and handwritten messages offered by the town’s schools and businesses.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
In Amsterdam, a group of friends meet in September to exchange stories that defined their summers NOWNESS 2024-09-13 | Capturing the feeling of transformation that occurs over the summer holidays, short film After Summer follows a group of friends in Amsterdam continuing an annual tradition – meeting each September to exchange notes from the months just passed. Born from a ritual shared between director Annie Van Noortwijk and her close circle, the film explores how these stories come to mark defining moments of change, as the friends enter a new season with altered perspectives.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
The South London Krump collective finding emotional release through raw, expressive movement NOWNESS 2024-09-11 | Offering a glimpse into a largely misunderstood dance style, London-based director Tobi Izedomi captures the energy, intensity, vulnerability and joy that connects the Krump community for short film A Deeper Space. A movement style that emerged from clowning, originating in the U.S., Krumping continues to evolve and thrive in the UK, resonating on a higher level as a powerful outlet for those who encounter it. Meeting with members of South London collective Gully South Block (GSB), Izedomi was given access to their Krump sessions, observing the emotional release they experience through performing, and the raw expression that channels the dancers’ affinity for movement.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
Explore touch, emotion and silent conversation on a dance-led journey into deep connections NOWNESS 2024-09-09 | Exploring the emotions and sensations of human connection, British dancer-choreographer Grace Lyell and Paris-based director-photographer Juana Wein communicate the silent conversations of the body for short dance film I Used to Be Scared of Love. Performed by Grace Lyell alongside Belgian dancer Clément Haenen, the intimate piece captures languages that have no words as a dialogue between bodies, translating the spectrum of feelings that come with romantic connections - through curiosity and ecstasy, discomfort and pain.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
In Paris, Chinese contemporary designer Jiang Qiong Er bridges traditional craft with modernity NOWNESS 2024-09-04 | Based in Paris, prominent Chinese contemporary designer, artist and entrepreneur Jiang Qiong Er entered the design world through a distinctive style, merging traditional Chinese aesthetics with modern sensibilities. Renowned for her ability to harmoniously merge Eastern and Western influences, classical reference points and considered functionality, her creative endeavors seek to bridge cultural divides, encompassing jewelry, fashion accessories, and interior design.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
MATAGI: A grieving hunters encounter with the underworld NOWNESS 2024-09-03 | A hunter consumed by emptiness encounters an otherworldly beast in the dark forest. Tokyo-based creative label PERIMETRON and MOSS STUDIO present a thrilling tale of unexpected encounters and the kind of grief that haunts, in dreaming and waking. What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted? Continue Reading: https://www.nowness.asia/picks/matagi-perimetron_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://www.nowness.asiaBehind the scenes on Instagram: instagram.com/nownessasiaLike NOWNESS ASIA on Facebook: facebook.com/nownessasiaFollow NOWNESS ASIA on Twitter: twitter.com/nownessasiaStaff Picks on Vimeo: vimeo.com/nowness
Angela Trimbur dances through the catharsis of buried emotions in an abandoned childhood home NOWNESS 2024-09-02 | Dancing through the ghosts of the past, filmmaker Sage Bennett and dancer-choreographer Angela Trimbur co-direct short film Childhood Homesick, occupying the emotional space of an abandoned childhood home.Introduced to an old convent in Brooklyn by cinematographer Rob Berry, Trimbur identified the same wallpaper that adorned her childhood kitchen, imagining the state of catharsis experienced in a place representing our early memories. As the foundations of the film’s development, this space came to embody the dusty emotions that rise from youth, evolving into largely-improvised choreography exploring past highs and lows from a new perspective, molded by experience.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
Meat processors in Ohio on the craft and criticism connected to their trade and the meat industry NOWNESS 2024-08-28 | A reflection on the meat-packing industry, communicated by those who observe its facets from within, experimental documentary Fleshwork hones in on a controversial trade and the workers who have made it their livelihood. Through conversations with employees at a third-generation meat processing facility in Jeromesville, Ohio, Brooklyn-based filmmaker Lydia Cornett engages with the artistry, physical exertion, and sensitivities of this labor, and their experience in connection to a debated industry.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
Berlin BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ outdoor community Black Canary 030 breaks barriers to connect with nature NOWNESS 2024-08-26 | Raising questions about the pervasive whiteness of the outdoor community and its inaccessibility for BIPOC people, Netherlands-based director Lidewij Hartog and cinematographer Yannick de Jager connect with members of the Black Canary 030 collective in Berlin for short documentary Black Canary. Seeking to destabilize the stereotypes that detach Blackness from the outdoors, and the ingrained narrative that conflates BIPOC communities with urban settings, Black Canary 030 is reclaiming nature for Berlin’s BIPOC and FLINTA population through collective engagement with outdoor space.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
7-year-old Juice sets out to protect Grandma Lovely’s memories as her dementia progresses NOWNESS 2024-08-23 | 7-year-old Juice has one mission this year: to help Grandma Lovely retain as many memories as possible in order to halt the onset of her early dementia. But, as the youthful energy that fuels their days becomes increasingly disrupted by Grandma’s bizarre behavior, the realities of her Alzheimer’s unfold, and the fragile memories they share become a vital resource to preserve.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
Luke Jaden lenses the power and intimacy of motherhood in a cinematic document of his son’s birth NOWNESS 2024-08-21 | In a cinematic meditation on the birth of his second child, Detroit-based director Luke Jaden captures the almost unfilmable, and the emotions that accompany it, for short film Hemingway. Seeking to illuminate the natural birthing process through which his son enters the world, the film presents a raw, honest document of a significant and personal event, navigating the unpredictability of the stages of labour, and the vulnerability that directs its course.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
Hungarian-born visual artist Yulia Mahr explores renewal, personal landscapes and new perspectives NOWNESS 2024-08-19 | Through her lens-based and sculptural works, Hungarian-born British visual artist Yulia Mahr has become widely recognised for unpicking the fabric of existence. From Studio Richter Mahr – the Oxfordshire studio complex she co-founded with Max Richter – Mahr’s creative explorations have expanded and transformed within a communal landscape, with roots in identity, personal history, and the experience of geographic displacement.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
On a weekly pilgrimage to the JobCentre, Adeel Akhtar portrays the barriers of government support NOWNESS 2024-08-16 | A pilgrimage that soon shifts into purgatory, after losing his job, Amar embarks on a weekly 24-mile round trip to the closest JobCentre – a journey he takes on foot after the local bus route is cut. Made more gruelling while he comes to terms with his father’s death, he faces the reality that attending the funeral and missing his next appointment will jeopardize his access to support, turning inwards to avoid declaring the news to his younger brother.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
Movement drives the Greek soulmates myth and Plato’s words on love against the New York skyline NOWNESS 2024-08-14 | Exploring the origins of love and the search for connection, director Gregor Petrikovič delves into the ancient Greek myth of soulmates for short film One, Another – portraying humans as once-united beings, split into halves by the gods, and left longing for completeness from their missing counterparts. Divided to curb their power, this search for reunion to heal their incomplete nature is what Plato described as love’s beginnings – the eternal quest to heal our divided selves and find our matching half.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
An android explores human behavior from an outside perspective at a secluded country home NOWNESS 2024-08-12 | Observing human behaviors when they become distorted, Filipino-American director Brad Tangonan considers how an android might make sense of our actions in the short film Crossing the Uncanny Valley. Striking a balance between the eerie and the familiar, the film follows an android named Isaac to a secluded country home, where he explores what it means to behave like a human from his own outside perspective.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
Outside Maputo, Mozambique, a community connected by albinism overcomes its cultural perceptions NOWNESS 2024-08-09 | In the suburbs of Maputo in Mozambique, a community – most of whom live with albinism – has been empowered through co-existence, in a country where the rare condition has often been stigmatized, attached to dangerous myths and discrimination. With the threat of violence, abduction, and disappearances that can isolate Mozambique’s albino population, contributing to an ongoing human rights situation, living collectively has enabled the community to identify beyond their albinism, deconstructing the superstition that accompanies the condition they share while growing understanding alters the outlook….read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
British artist Anna Dickinson explores the interaction of light and materiality through sculpture NOWNESS 2024-08-07 | British artist Anna Dickinson has been creating vessel-like objects for more than 45 years, expanding upon the distinct language between light and glass by enabling an unpredictable dialogue to occur through the materiality of her sculptures. As the foundations of Sentient / Forms, her first solo exhibition in Denmark at Copenhagen’s von Bartha gallery, 13 new pieces are dispersed as if alien, conscious beings on a foreign planet, developing sentience and inviting close examination of the interactions between them.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
French Judoka Blandine Port on glory, injury, and rebuilding from Olympic non-selection through art NOWNESS 2024-08-05 | Entering the grueling world of an elite athlete is marked by its disappointments as readily as its victories. And, while posed for Olympic glory and its simmering potential, the battle to qualify and compete ends in defeat for many – as French Judoka Blandine Port faced in her non-selection for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Exploring her resilience for short documentary Blandine - Heart and Grit, writer-director Agathe Breton journeys into Port’s process of physical and mental reconstruction as she builds an identity beyond that of an athlete. Deconstructing the media treatment of women in sports through the connection between emotional vulnerability and physical injuries, Breton illuminates the challenges Port and other women face when disillusionment and injuries disrupt the pursuit of glory....read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
An Afro-surrealist voyage into Black British music as a force for community and transformation NOWNESS 2024-08-02 | Descending through a black hole into radical imaginings shaped by Black British music, multidisciplinary artist Rohan Ayinde and director and installation artist Tayo Rapoport initiate an Afro-surrealist journey into the past, the present, and the reparative potential of the future for their debut short film iwoyi: within the echo.Developed in collaboration with Errol and Alex Rita’s South London musical movement and curatorial studio, Touching Bass, iwoyi: within the echo translates their transportive multi-channel installation film, commissioned by the British Library and curator Dr. Aleema Gray, constructing a multisensorial space within its landmark exhibition Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
Living in New York City, Rtusha Kulkarni resists the pull of home and expectations to make it work NOWNESS 2024-07-31 | As a young director – born in India, raised in Minnesota, and now based in New York – Rtusha Kulkarni has built a relationship with the city reflecting that of many who have made the same move: a continual paradox of love, pressure, and the expectation that justifying their life there rests on making it work. A celebration of embracing life as a self-made New Yorker, in spite of the conflicted emotions that come with living here, filmmaker and friend Victoria Rivera channels Rtusha’s story into short film Amma – holding a mirror to her own journey from Columbia to NYC fifteen years before. Through phone calls fielded from family back home, the film explores the daily choice to push through the struggles and find success on her own terms, battling against the ongoing pull of ‘home’, and the pressure to settle down away from the city....read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
In his Paris home, French shoe designer Christian Louboutin talks collected objects and inspirations NOWNESS 2024-07-29 | Recognized worldwide for his iconic red-soled shoes, French designer Christian Louboutin has earned a firm place within the fashion vernacular, generating international fame with his luxury footwear designs, and celebrated for his unparalleled creativity and innovation.Sculpted with a discerning eye for proportion – and grounded by his inimitable personal stamp – Louboutin’s trademark stilettos have made an indelible mark on fashion, restoring the stiletto’s popularity in the ‘90s and ‘00s, and becoming a symbol of elegance for endless celebrity fans and loyal followers. Since he first opened his store in 1992, and still today, a passion for collaboration has underscored Louboutin’s design practice, recognizing the transformative power of art as a core motivation behind his work and continued legacy.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
In the Camargue, a woman connects with past love and memory through a tape buried in the salt hills NOWNESS 2024-07-26 | Centering the natural landscape of the Camargue in a story of love since passed, and restored through nostalgia, Swiss director Alexandre Schild paints the impact of memory and loss through symbolism for short film Les Collines de Sel. Returning to the region in Southern France, and the salt hills that defined her teenage years, a young woman unearths a buried tape left by a former love, lost to suicide, serving as a time capsule from a past life and the relationship that shaped her youth. Representing nature as a gateway to the beyond, the hills become a symbol of the salt of tears and the salt of the earth, physically materialized through the landscape’s visual strength and authenticity as the protagonist confronts her past and her grief.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
Poignant poetry reflects the light and shadow of the trauma cycle and cultural attitudes in Taiwan NOWNESS 2024-07-24 | Transforming a spectrum of complex emotions into visual metaphors, director Candice Lo carries the poignant poetry of Taiwanese female activist Victoria Hwang into experimental short The Tinted Bloom – translating Hwang’s experiences as a survivor of sexual assault.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
Artist Peter Spanjer explores water in black queer cinema as connection forms at a swimming pool NOWNESS 2024-07-22 | Studying the distinct visual language of queer cinema, Nigerian filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist Peter Spanjer explores how intimacy escalates when the private and the public intertwine for short film SWIM. Identifying water and public space as recurring motifs within black queer narratives, the London-based artist traces the emerging connection between two men at a swimming pool, reflecting their emotional responses through fragmented light and nuanced movement as conversation unfolds.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
Up close and personal with the Hanoians shaking up Vietnam’s film industry NOWNESS 2024-07-20 | From Chaos to Creation with Antiantiart: the cover stars of NOWNESS PAPER ASIA's inaugural issue are introspective and vulnerable in a new short film by Khanh Nguyen & Lam Dao DaoContinue Reading: https://www.nowness.asia/story/0s-antiantiart-nowness-paper-asia_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://www.nowness.asiaBehind the scenes on Instagram: instagram.com/nownessasiaLike NOWNESS ASIA on Facebook: facebook.com/nownessasiaFollow NOWNESS ASIA on Twitter: twitter.com/nownessasiaStaff Picks on Vimeo: vimeo.com/nowness
Belgian artist Francis Alÿs studies the universal power of play and Children’s Games at the Barbican NOWNESS 2024-07-19 | Since 1999, Belgian artist Francis Alÿs has engaged with the universality of play while travelling the world, documenting the ingenuity of children’s games across different global contexts. Illuminating the limitlessness of children’s imaginations – transcending war and challenging circumstances – the games become intimate portraits of childhood against varied socio-political landscapes, with play as an invisible thread.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
From Fukui to Buenos Aires, discover the epic journey of a 200-year-old traditional Japanese house NOWNESS 2024-07-13 | Discover the extraordinary tranquillity of a traditional Japanese house which has travelled 20,000 km – from the mountains of Fukui to a town in Buenos Aires.Continue Reading: https://www.nowness.asia/picks/ikigai-argentina-macarena-rubio-juan-cavia _______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://www.nowness.asiaBehind the scenes on Instagram: instagram.com/nownessasiaLike NOWNESS ASIA on Facebook: facebook.com/nownessasiaFollow NOWNESS ASIA on Twitter: twitter.com/nownessasiaStaff Picks on Vimeo: vimeo.com/nowness
From Renata Adler’s Speedboat, a female reporter is part of a strange research task in New York NOWNESS 2024-07-10 | Famously plotless, yet collaged from her experiences as a journalist for The New Yorker, Renata Adler’s 1976 cult novel Speedboat paints an absurd picture of life through incongruous incidents lived by a young NYC reporter.Isolating one of the novel’s surreal moments, New York-based writer and filmmaker Jess Magee interprets Adler’s storytelling for short film SPEEDBOAT: THE STANFORD URBAN-CONTAMINATIONS STUDY – documenting a street encounter with a scholarly man, who convinces her to let him collect a "slide" from her shoe in the name of research. As a tribute to Adler’s belief in short film as an ideal medium for “profiles, short stories, fables, allegories, satires [and] jokes,” Magee builds a campy backdrop for Speedboat’s succinct, colorful language, as the scene takes a comedic shock turn.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
Benjamin Millepied interprets Jeff Buckley’s music in new choreography from upcoming show Grace NOWNESS 2024-07-05 | Reinterpreting the music of Jeff Buckley for a new production Grace – opening in Paris in November 2024 – French choreographer Benjamin Millepied offers an exclusive preview of original choreography developed for the piece with short film New Year’s Prayer....read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
On Lanzarote’s salt flats, workers build endless mounds of salt, mirroring the Sisyphus myth NOWNESS 2024-07-03 | Finding a source of fascination in the ever-repeating cycle that accompanies the salt mining process, director Ferdinand Feldmann travelled to Lanzarote, lensing the Salinas de Janubio salt evaporation ponds for experimental documentary Salinas. Watching salt water channel through a network of basins, slowly evaporating as it progresses, the few remaining men who work at the lagoon – many for over 30 years – build countless small mountains of salt to dry and then harvest, entering a repetitive routine with no apparent end.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
In his Milan workshop, Italian watchmaker Rodolfo Saviola connects with the philosophy of time NOWNESS 2024-07-01 | Tucked away behind an unmarked door, four floors up from a secluded courtyard in Milan, stands a workshop preserved in time. As the primary workspace of master watchmaker Rodolfo Saviola, its walls and surfaces bear a vast assemblage of clocks, watches, and timepieces, ticking in tandem – collected and constructed over four decades....read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
Horrors unfold when a footballer is isolated in hospital under crumbling resources and underfunding NOWNESS 2024-06-28 | ecognizing how horrors can exist in reality – and the potential governmental decisions have to influence the likelihood of mishaps under crumbling resources – writer-director Peter Franklyn Banks turns personal experience into a cautionary tale for short film Nearly Never. When an amateur footballer is hospitalized following an injury, he finds himself isolated and awaiting treatment – giving way to a series of scares made possible by systemic failings. Conceived as a foreboding commentary on chronic underfunding in the UK’s NHS, and the threats posed by putting insurmountable pressure on staff, Banks draws on the psychological impact of being mistaken for another patient – and very nearly undergoing an operation that was never intended for him.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
African-American semi-pro surfer Julian Williams’ Hawaii sees nature and racial prejudice collide NOWNESS 2024-06-26 | Born and raised in Hawaii, Julian Williams is a semi-pro surfer on the precipice of making history. Now based in Los Angeles, and poised to move up the ranks as Hawaii’s first pro African-American surfer, his skilled ease navigating the ocean’s waves lies in stark contrast to the racial prejudice he confronted to get there – reinforcing the complex ethnic hierarchy that exists in the island state. As the subject of short film MAKAI, director Loris Russier follows Williams’ journey into surfing against Hawaii’s breathtaking natural landscape – and the backdrop of racism that stained his experience growing up.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
French artist and AI early adopter Philippe Parreno turns exhibition-making into contemporary magic NOWNESS 2024-06-25 | Philippe Parreno never ceases to redefine the art of exhibition-making. Using film, performance, sculpture, and installation, the French artist orchestrates time and space to create environments where the exhibition itself is the artwork. In this installment of Meet the artists, Art Basel visits Parreno in his Paris studio to discuss how he invites audiences to experience art, not just view it.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
Capturing identity, home and adolescence in Germany’s East and South East Asian diaspora NOWNESS 2024-06-24 | Reflecting on identity and what we define as home, photographer and creative director Prissilya Junewin recognized alternate understanding in her own experience – and within Germany’s East and South East Asian diaspora. Raised in Germany, the Indonesian-born Chinese photographer sought to explore these themes on film for As far and close as here – partnering with director Ale Ruiz-Zorrilla to accompany a wider photographic project on togetherness, adolescence and adulthood in a diaspora context.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
In a futuristic Osaka, sinister corporations offer body copyrighting services for the highest price NOWNESS 2024-06-23 | Taiwanese director and visual artist Yuen Hsieh returns to NOWNESS Experiments with a thrilling extension of his original dystopian universe of revolutionary technologies, corporate surveillance and weaponised Big Data networks, and endless body modifications, where the lines between life and afterlife, cyberspace and reality have blurred beyond recognition. In Digital Body Copyright, Hsieh collaborates with the Japanese extreme black metal gabber music group and performance art unit Violent Magic Orchestra (VMO) to imagine a futuristic red light district in Osaka. Beyond overwhelming neon lights and enticing signs advertising desire, sex and the ideal self, shadowy entities deal in people’s data and hold the key to the most profound existential questions of the era. Continue Reading: https://www.nowness.asia/series/nowness-experiments/digital-body-copyright-yuen-hsieh_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://www.nowness.asiaBehind the scenes on Instagram: instagram.com/nownessasiaLike NOWNESS ASIA on Facebook: facebook.com/nownessasiaFollow NOWNESS ASIA on Twitter: twitter.com/nownessasiaStaff Picks on Vimeo: vimeo.com/nowness
In Colombia, a girl takes a risk to dance to Champeta – and wake her father from his grief NOWNESS 2024-06-21 | Shot in Colombia, Victor Bastidas’ short film Casete Rojo centers a girl’s indomitable urge to dance to Champeta, despite her father’s objections – and her complex efforts to connect through music. A portrait of a father and daughter, bonding over shared mourning, she takes a risk to help her father wake up and close the distance formed through grief – undermining his authority to break the cycle they find themselves in.…read more at nowness.com_______________________________________Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nownessLike NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nownessDaily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness
