Desire Machine Collective, Arjuna Neuman and Denise Ferreira da Silva
Artists’ Film International
22 Aug - 15 Oct 2017
Denise Ferreira Da Silva and Arjuna Neuman
Serpent Rain, 2016
Digital video still, 27 minutes, Courtesy of the artists and Ballroom Marfa
Serpent Rain, 2016
Digital video still, 27 minutes, Courtesy of the artists and Ballroom Marfa
DESIRE MACHINE COLLECTIVE, ARJUNA NEUMAN AND DENISE FERREIRA DA SILVA
Artists’ Film International
22 August 2017 – 15 October 2017
Invocation (2015) by Desire Machine Collective, founded in 2004 by Sonal Jain (b. Shillong) and Mriganka Madhukaillya, (b. Jorhat), references the life of Hindu deity Krishna. Images of nature and masked figures performing silent rituals mingle with allusions to the supernatural. Serpent Rain (2016) by artist/filmmaker Arjuna Neuman and philosopher Denise Ferreira da Silva, explores the history of slavery and the Black Lives Matter movement in relation to time and the degradation of the natural world.
Desire Machine Collective is selected by Project 88. Arjuna Neuman and Denise Ferreira da Silva by Ballroom Marfa.
Artists’ Film International
22 August 2017 – 15 October 2017
Invocation (2015) by Desire Machine Collective, founded in 2004 by Sonal Jain (b. Shillong) and Mriganka Madhukaillya, (b. Jorhat), references the life of Hindu deity Krishna. Images of nature and masked figures performing silent rituals mingle with allusions to the supernatural. Serpent Rain (2016) by artist/filmmaker Arjuna Neuman and philosopher Denise Ferreira da Silva, explores the history of slavery and the Black Lives Matter movement in relation to time and the degradation of the natural world.
Desire Machine Collective is selected by Project 88. Arjuna Neuman and Denise Ferreira da Silva by Ballroom Marfa.