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This shorts program considers the humor, grief, discomfort, and sometimes even the parties that can arise in the face of death and dying.
What would it look like to dance with death? Where do death and capitalism intersect? Are there “good” ways to die? All these questions and more are taken up by a selection of works by filmmakers including Barbara Hammer and Younes Ben Slimane, among others.
See the complete Resting Places lineup.
IMAGE CAPTION Vital Signs, courtesy of Canyon Cinema.
Vital Signs (Barbara Hammer, 1991, 10 mins., 16mm) The Ecstasy of Decay no. 2: The American Corpse (Angeline Gragasin, 2011, 7:26 mins., digital video) Sister (Kevin Jerome Everson, 2019, 2:18 mins., digital video), courtesy of the artist, Trilobite-arts DAC, and Picture Palace Pictures The Promise (Paige Taul, 2019, 6 mins., digital video) Another Horizon (Stephanie Barber, 2020, 8:54 mins., digital video) We knew how beautiful they were, these islands (Younes Ben Slimane, 2022, 20 mins., digital video) Big_Sleep™ (Evan Meaney and Amy Szczepanski, 2015, 27:44 mins., digital video) The Snowman (Phil Solomon, 1995, 8 mins., 16mm)
FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY Cardinal Health
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Rohauer Collection Foundation
WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY Greater Columbus Arts Council The Wexner Family National Endowment for the Arts Ohio Arts Council L Brands Foundation The Columbus Foundation Nationwide Foundation Institute of Museum and Library Services Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Mike and Paige Crane Axium Packaging CampusParc Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams President Kristina M. Johnson and Mrs. Veronica Meinhard Nancy Kramer Larry and Donna James Lisa Barton Johanna DeStefano Jones Day Alex and Renée Shumate
Vital Signs: Short Films at the End of Life
