[Frameworks] meditative films?

[kate lain]

Hi, Frameworkers.  I’m teaching a multi-part film/video-making workshop for
high schoolers.  We’re exploring rituals of care, different self-care
practices, calming techniques, etc., and the students will be making a
collaborative collage film/video related to all that.  I’d love to show
them some examples of moving image works for inspiration (or send them
links to things they can check out on their own).

Do you have any recommendations for short films, videos, animations, gifs,
video art, etc. in the experimental/art vein that are that are viewable
online that might fit with this?  (I'm not looking for things like straight
documentaries on self-care or anything -- I'm thinking about works that are
more poetic, more in the arena of video art or experimental film.)  Note
that these students are brand new to experimental film, so I’m not looking
for particularly challenging works that could be frustrating to them.
Instead, I’m looking for pieces that are slower, poetic, perhaps
repetitive, meditative that someone might be able to relax into.  A couple
of films that come to mind are Amy Halpern’s “Invocation” (except there's
no digital version, dang it, and I can only show digital at this school)
and James Whitney’s “Lapis”.  But I hope to find more works that, like
"Invocation," work with representational imagery—and works that, in
particular, use documentation/documentary-style moving images since the
students will recording visuals and audio at the school site where we’re
working (though we may do some basic animation as well).

I’m particularly interested in works by artists of color and queer artists,
but I’m open to other suggestions as well.  Thank you in advance for any
recommendations!

Best,
Kate Lain

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kate lain
katemakesfilms.com
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