Total Runtime: 14min 30sContent Warnings:<ul><li>Pneuma: Discussion of experiencing isolation, dissociation, grief, and invisible illness.</li></ul> <a href="https://www.restfestfilmfestival.org/shorts-block-breath" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Click here to learn about each film in this program.</a>

Pneuma (Revisited)A self-portrait and visual essay time-travelling a loop of 20 years, describing states of isolation and dissociation, invisibility and grief through the breath of a body living with chronic illness. International Premiere Artist Bio: Sop is a torn and crooked leaf, a root embedded in the dirt, a shoot reaching to the sky: An artist and musician working in crip-time using sound, performance, writing, film and objects, frequently in collaboration with others who have also experienced chronic illness. They tend to centre modes of sociality through storytelling, and they have a particular interest in opportunities for ‘healing’ outside of the medical-industrial complex, through nature, sound, somatics, group writing, dialogue and resource sharing. They are one half of Rita Munus, they sing in Child’s Pose, drum in Woolf and their solo music is called dmf. They are anti-clock, pro-informal-networks-of-care; anti-normality/standardisation; pro-interpersonal-dedication and they live and work in South East London. healing as a contentious word. sop.rest / @sop__sop__sop More about the film: 'Pneuma (Revisited)' uses a film 'Pneuma' made in 2000, originally shown silently on a loop, with the addition of excerpts from an essay commissioned by Towner Eastbourne (UK) about the work in 2021 - a year when we became more than usually concerned with the idea of ‘the breath’. I became chronically ill around halfway between these two works, and this new film can now be seen in a different context, beyond the playful, whimsical gesture for which it was originally made. This new version comments on invisible illness, grief, disappearing in plain sight, isolation and dissociation, common daily states for someone living with chronic illness. More about this film: 'Pneuma (Revisited)' uses a film 'Pneuma' made in 2000, originally shown silently on a loop, with the addition of excerpts from an essay commissioned by Towner Eastbourne (UK) about the work in 2021 - a year when we became more than usually concerned with the idea of ‘the breath’. I became chronically ill around halfway between these two works, and this new film can now be seen in a different context, beyond the playful, whimsical gesture for which it was originally made. This new version comments on invisible illness, grief, disappearing in plain sight, isolation and dissociation, common daily states for someone living with chronic illness.

Discussion of living with chronic illness.

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Pneuma (Revisited) [AD] [OC]

A self-portrait and visual essay time-travelling a loop of 20 years, describing states of isolation and dissociation, invisibility and grief through the breath of a body living with chronic illness.

Rotten Representations: one-armed go go dancerAn exploration of disability representation in "The Last Waltz" and a tribute to the one armed go go dancer. World Premiere Artist Bio: Paula Stuttman is an artist working in painting, drawing and video. Her work explores the realm of human experience. The aim is that sweet spot, somewhere between tears and laughter. Subjects include disability, love (or lack of) familial bonds and humor. She is a Part-Time Assistant Professor at the New School where she teaches contemporary art and museum studies. She works in museum education where she navigates the social experience of sharing art together. @pstuttman <a href="http://www.paulastuttman.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.paulastuttman.com</a>

Rotten Representations: one-armed go go dancer [AD] [OC]

An exploration of disability representation in "The Last Waltz" and a tribute to the one armed go go dancer.

In this clip, filmmaker Paula Stuttman introduces herself and their film, Rotten Representations: one-armed go go dancer.

An Introduction to "Rotten Representations: one-armed go go dancer" from the Filmmaker: Paula Stuttman [AD] [OC]

Shorts Block: Breath [AD] [OC]

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