Jacob, Body Seer explores the connection between trauma
and visionary experience. Situated against the backdrop of
America’s own psychogeographical “dark night of the soul,’’
the character of the “Body Seer” invokes the hidden
resonances between vulnerability and vision as he assumes
his witness body—a subtle skin that exposes rather than
insulates—and encounters the mysterious figure of the Bird
Catcher.
"Jacob, Body Seer" is a part of the experimental narrative
project, "The New Wilderness Gospel," which employs text,
sound, video, still images, and live performance to explore
the interdependence of environmental and existential
wilderness.
In collaboration with Joshua Levi Ian
(2018) digital video, color, sound, 8 minutes; presented by
San Francisco Cinematheque and San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art on June 8, 2018
jacob, body seer
Jacob, Body Seer explores the connection between trauma and visionary experience. Situated against the backdrop of America’s own psychogeographical “dark night of the soul,’’ the character of the “Body Seer” invokes the hidden resonances between vulnerability and vision as he assumes his witness body—a subtle skin that exposes rather than insulates—and encounters the mysterious figure of the Bird Catcher.
3 minute excerpt, (2018) digital video, color, sound, 8 minutes; presented by San Francisco Cinematheque and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art on June 8, 2018.