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.