In between childhood wonder, idle reverie, and planetary grief, a meditation emerges on what it means to tend the subtle pulse that binds species and generations. Through disappearing rituals, spells against catastrophe, and the renewed power of aging bodies, these works inhabit the delicate spaces where intimacy meets enormity. How do we belong to our lives when our lives belong to something infinitely more vast?
Program:
Hojita de tamarindo (Tamarind leaf) (2023, EC/PA, 6’)
Christian Obando
FLOWERS (2024, EC, 29’)
José Cardoso
Fjord Time (2025, US/SE/NO, 4’)
Jonathan Onsuwan Johnson, Carleen Maur
Niches (2024, US, 7’)
Janelle VanderKelen
As I Belong to my Life (2025, US, 4’)
Sarah Bliss
Why Does The Nightingale Sing? (2024, PT, 20’)
Jake Bellew
Two young sisters guide us through a meditation on time, play, and nature—using the present moment as a spell against acceleration.
- Year2025
- Runtime4 minutes
- CountryUnited States, Sweden, Norway
- DirectorJonathan Johnson and Carleen Maur
In between childhood wonder, idle reverie, and planetary grief, a meditation emerges on what it means to tend the subtle pulse that binds species and generations. Through disappearing rituals, spells against catastrophe, and the renewed power of aging bodies, these works inhabit the delicate spaces where intimacy meets enormity. How do we belong to our lives when our lives belong to something infinitely more vast?
Program:
Hojita de tamarindo (Tamarind leaf) (2023, EC/PA, 6’)
Christian Obando
FLOWERS (2024, EC, 29’)
José Cardoso
Fjord Time (2025, US/SE/NO, 4’)
Jonathan Onsuwan Johnson, Carleen Maur
Niches (2024, US, 7’)
Janelle VanderKelen
As I Belong to my Life (2025, US, 4’)
Sarah Bliss
Why Does The Nightingale Sing? (2024, PT, 20’)
Jake Bellew
Two young sisters guide us through a meditation on time, play, and nature—using the present moment as a spell against acceleration.
- Year2025
- Runtime4 minutes
- CountryUnited States, Sweden, Norway
- DirectorJonathan Johnson and Carleen Maur