Connecting With Nature | 2011 | DV | 1:28

Synopsis

An infomercial and an audio guide to spiritual enlightenment spawn an instructional video epitomizing New Age commodification. Is it a “rototiller” or “gateway to universal reality?”

Screenings/Exhibitions

June 30, 2016. Going Natural, The Short Circuit, Brighton, UK. Organized by Jayne Wilson.

April 25, 2014. Domesticity, The Picture Show, Brooklyn, New York.

November 23, 2013. Best of Strange Beauty, Carrboro Film Festival, Carrboro, North Carolina.

September 15 – 16, 2012. Feed Your Food, Ingenuity Festival, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio. Curated by Bruce Checefsky.

September 8 & 9, 2012, OFF, Oblò Film Festival, Lausanne, Switzerland.

August 10, 11, 17, 18, 29 & September 7 – 9, 2013. Mobile Republic, AND (Abandon Normal Devices), UK.

June 1, 2012. The Light Factory Filmmakers’ Showcase, Charlotte, North Carolina.

May 5, 2012. Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

April 14, 2012. Filmideo, Index Art Centre, Newark, New Jersey. Curated by Lowell Craig.

April 14, 2012. Right Ascension, Images Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario. Curated by Selena Lee and Carly Whitefield.

February 25, 2012. Utopian Abortions, Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, Illinois. Curated by Studio 27.

February 17, 2012. Strange Beauty Film Festival, Durham, North Carolina.

February 11, 2012. The 8th Berlin International Directors Lounge, Berlin, Germany.

September 10, 2011. “Connecting With Nature.” Recycled Cinema, Sydney Underground Film Festival, Sydney, Australia.

July 22, 2011. The Land, Gimli Film Festival, Gimli Manitoba.