Patrick Blenkarn & Lily Ross-Millard

Heart & Soul: S 12. Ep. 10. was collectively devised by its directors, sound designers, and performers. The foundation of its creation was a movement-based exploration of a red apartment. Through this process, the space transformed into a place of entrapment and stagnancy: we watch as two bodies—resilient in their movement—endure the oppressive stillness of the room.

Kattie Coolidge

Children of Takaya: Dance group Children of Takaya perform the Slahal Dance - Spirit of Slahal.

Slahal is a bone game/hand game/stick game - it has been played all throughout North America. Two teams would sit across from each other. There are two bones that could fit into a hand - one is marked and the other is plain. The bones are hidden in clenched fists, and the object is to guess the unmarked bone. If you guess right the bones are handed off to the other team. Whoever was holding the bones would be singing. The game could go on for days sometimes - sometimes it was used to settle disputes; sometimes it was played just for fun, sometimes it even prevented war.

The movements of the dancers, the spinning, were to try to confuse the other team so they weren’t sure which hand the bone would be in.

This film melded traditional dances with modern visual arts; placing the dancers in front of mere shots of nature rather than out in nature themselves helps to bring together the traditional with the modern.

Ralph Escamillan

Faux Solo: Empty space, a human body, and eight articles of clothing. Faux Solo explores the dialogue and collaboration between the body, sound, clothing, and the space. Each article of clothing dictates the next move into the unknown space; sound amplifies the impact of the colliding costumes and contrasts to the space surrounding it. In the end, the thread of the film, the human body, is left on its own and continues as a remnant of all that has accumulated.

Inspired by the voyeuristic and fantastical feeling of Prada and Nike commercials, shots and images are imbued with a feeling of desire, allure and the impulse for more. The body is on view yet it is also the tool for manipulating the clothing and environment - the subjective/objective, personal/public is continually emphasized and revealed.

Dylan Maranda

That Which We Are: Highlighting the movement and skill of the human body, the tumultuous Pacific Ocean and the expression of soul displayed daily in Pacific Northwest surfing. Filmed over the course of a week in Tofino, British Columbia, That Which We Are attempts to capture and present the spirt and magic of Canada’s west coast through visceral imagery, sounds and movement.

Francesca Frewer & Hector Palacois

Winterfeldplatz and elsewhere: Dream worlds collide when two sleep walkers meet.