Faculty of Art
Wednesday 5 October 2016
at Coach House, Green College, UBC
The Poetics of Fragility,
By Nicolás Grandi & Lata Mani
A Transmedia Project 2016
English Español
5 p.m.: Film with introduction/discussion
Dinner at Green College available following, with purchase of a meal ticket
The Poetics of Fragility, Nicolás Grandi & Lata Mani, A Transmedia Project 2016
Film Artist Book Website —- English Español
The Poetics of Fragility (HD 63 minutes) is a kaleidoscopic exploration of the texture, vitality and aesthetics of fragility. It interweaves stories of bodily frailty with optical vignettes of nature’s delicacy to reclaim fragility as intrinsic to existence, not something to be bemoaned or overcome.
Shot in the San Francisco Bay Area in September 2015, the film features internationally renowned scholar-activist Angela Davis, the acclaimed playwright and critic Cherrie Moraga, Nora Cortiñas, the inspiring founding member of Madres de Plaza de Mayo Linea Fundadora, actor-dancer Greg Manalo, feminist performance artists Thao P. Nguyen and Martha Rynberg, theater scholar Jisha Menon, healer Christopher Miles, creative writer Xochitl M. Perales and the young trombone talent, Jasim Perales.
The Poetics of Fragility is conceived as a “videocontemplation;” a form that Nicolás Grandi and Lata Mani have been developing to explore the audiovisual medium as a sensuous tool for social inquiry with a philosophical impulse. The visually arresting and formally plural film unfolds through stories that build on and amplify each other. Moments of emotional intensity alternate with speculative calm, dramatic narration with poetry and critical inquiry into prevailing understandings of fragility.
Link to Trailer for The Poetics of Fragility: https://vimeo.com/171583149
