
17’ 31’’
An experimental film that explores our entangled relationship with plastic as both a naturalized and invasive presence in our lives. Using microscope imagery of microplastics found in human tears, it reflects on grief, loss, and the idea of plastic as an unexpected part of healing.
Senem Pirler (she/her) is an artist, sonic improviser, and educator. Pirler’s interdisciplinary work crosses over into sound engineering, sound art, composition, performance, video art, movement, and installation.
Monica Duncan (she/her) is a video and performance artist. Her time-based work investigates sensory perceptions, queer potentiality, and interconnectedness with our more-than human world.. Duncan’s video and performance work has been exhibited Hebbel am Ufer HAU1, Frankfurt Lab, zeitraumexit, Komuna//Warszawa, The Kitchen, Roulette, Atlanta Contemporary, Hallwalls, La Casa Encendida, ZKM, LACMA, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, amongst others. She has been a visiting artist at the Atlanta College of Art, Georgia State University, Hunter College, New School, Pratt Institute, Signal Culture, Experimental Television Center, Scena Robocza, Institute for Electronic Arts, PACT Zollverein, LMCC Governors Island and Stoveworks. Duncan received her BFA from the NYSCC School of Art and Design at Alfred University, MFA in Visual Arts from the University of California, San Diego, and while on a D.A.A.D fellowship her MA in Choreography and Performance at the Institute for Applied Theater Studies, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Germany. Duncan joined the faculty of the Department of Music, Multimedia, Theatre & Dance at Lehman College-CUNY in Fall 2019. For more information visit: www.monicaduncan.net
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