GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER

2021 FVNMAS Festival - Program 1 - To Touch With Your Eyes

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14 films in package
ripe motive
A stop motion animated film created from the artist’s own textile pieces.
Paige Thomson Alexander Q & A
Paige Thomson Alexander discusses ripe motive with Amy Beste (Director of Public Programming for FVNMA) and Frédéric Moffet (Department Chair, FVNMA).
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The___________World
A personal essay about connection and disconnection, in and through different realities.
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Peixuan Ouyang Q & A
Peixuan Ouyang discusses The___________World with Amy Beste (Director of Public Programming for FVNMA) and Frédéric Moffet (Department Chair, FVNMA).
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BUT
A flower dreams; a room appears; a sun is ticking; a tree says to the flower: ”You are in a video game...Wait for the dream to end...”
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Haomin Peng Q & A
Haomin Peng discusses BUT with Amy Beste (Director of Public Programming for FVNMA) and Frédéric Moffet (Department Chair, FVNMA).
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Home
An exploration of the artist’s personal memory and shared memory as a citizen under China’s rapid urban development through the lens of a demolished old house.
Night Patrol
A security guard performs surveillance under surveillance while creating a video about surveillance prior termination from the museum he formerly performed surveillance.
Kye Benjamin Stone Q & A
Kye Benjamin Stone discusses Night Patrol and Hear! Hear! with Amy Beste (Director of Public Programming for FVNMA) and Frédéric Moffet (Department Chair, FVNMA).
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Sonic Playground
A Virtual Sonic Sculpture, documenting our awareness, movements and subtle interactions with the sonic world.
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She Became Visible
Grace, a Chinese American transracial adoptee, encounters class and cultural differences, both joyful and painful with the people she least expects, catalyzing a rediscovery and rework of her understanding of her Asian identity.
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Ān Kassel Q & A
Ān Kassel discusses She Became Visible with Amy Beste (Director of Public Programming for FVNMA) and Frédéric Moffet (Department Chair, FVNMA).
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Life Story
A choice made by war photographer.
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Feng Yunjuan Q & A
Feng Yunjuan discusses Life Story with Amy Beste (Director of Public Programming for FVNMA) and Frédéric Moffet (Department Chair, FVNMA).
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To Touch With Your Eyes

Various directors, USA, China, Japan, 2020-2021, 76 min

May 10 - 16


Forging new paths through virtual and tactile worlds, this dazzling collection of short works offers unexpected insights into old institutions, communion through simulations, and reflections on the pain and joy of visibility.

Night Patrol is about a security guard who captures video footage while performing surveillance on his night patrol. He patrols the spaces of one of the largest American art museums. The patrol becomes a time-based performance monitored and timed by superiors. Here, the guard becomes creator who becomes actor, and the patrol becomes the action in a video piece. He creates document of surveillance under camera, only this time it is under the surveillance of the creator. As the guard’s performance progresses, the creator asynchronously reads from the letter of termination stating a failure of "proper patrol officer protocols".

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    12 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Kye Benjamin Stone
  • Filmmaker
    Kye Benjamin Stone