Art/Experimental Shorts

Where movement meets the avant-garde, dance is reimagined through the lens of experimental film.

Step into the unexpected at our Art/Experimental screening, where dance meets visual art in bold and unconventional ways. Hosted at the Catharine Clark Gallery, this program invites you to experience movement through the lens of video art, animation, and avant-garde filmmaking. These genre-defying shorts push boundaries of both dance and cinema—embracing abstraction, ritual, and emotional depth over traditional storytelling. From intimate meditations on motherhood to kinetic rituals of resistance, each film challenges perception and offers a fresh perspective on what dance can be. Expect a night of stirring visuals, conceptual play, and artistic exploration in a space where art and movement truly merge.

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This program contains mature content. Parental discretion is advised.

Venue accessibility: The curb cut will be directly in front of the entrance on 248 Utah Street and there is an accessible entrance to get into the gallery.

Program Info

Wednesday, November 5 at 7:30PM

Venue: Catharine Clark Gallery

Runtime: 53 minutes

GA $25 / Arts Patron $45

Program Films

Five people of various ethnicities in light-colored clothing stand in a close line outdoors, embracing each other gently with eyes closed, surrounded by greenery and sunlight near a rocky water area.
A group of women gather at a river to express renewal, wild and pure, and a cycle of creation through pain and strength.
Shoko Tamai
Shoko Tamai
(United States, 2024) 4:27 minutes

Flow

A black‑and‑white image shows fragmented reflections of a standing figure in dark clothing. The figure appears in multiple mirrors, cropped at the shoulders.
A haunting exploration of familial bonds, intergenerational memory, and the enduring impact of shared narratives.
Kamila Kuc
Kym McDaniel
(United States, 2024) 12:20 minutes

I Was There

A woman in a blue dress lies on dry, brown grass with arms and legs spread out in a tense position, facing upward.
A quiet portrait of early parenthood, "Motherhood" captures the tender, complex rhythms of life with young children.
Nicole Spring
Stephanie Kim
(United States, 2024) 3:09 minutes

Motherhood

Three barefooted women in flowing white skirts hold onto each other, preventing one another from falling, against a dimly lit stage background.
Three women embody resistance in a visceral exploration of reproductive rights, religion, and bodily autonomy.
Savannah Dunn
Savannah Dunn
(United States, 2025) 12:53 minutes

Silence

A humanesque figure in a black bodysuit and circular black head cover moves across a tangle of fallen branches. The angle makes them look tiny, and bug-like.
An improvised movement in the woods becomes a ritual shaped by rhythm and repetition.
Markus S Fiedler
Markus S Fiedler
(Germany, 2025) 3:04 minutes

IADM, #4: Uproot (The Rhythm)

A person is silhouetted against dramatic rays of light, standing with arms bent, elbows upwards and hands pointed down, creating a striking and theatrical effect. The light radiates outward, highlighting the figure’s shape.
Indigenous women dance across time and memory in a whirlwind of resistance, reclamation, and rebirth.
Caroline Monnet
Clara Furey
(Canada, 2025) 10:11 minutes

Pidikwe (Rumble)

Three women wearing colorful clothing sit together through a field of tall, yellow grass with a dense forest and rolling hills in the background. On their laps, they hold puppets of older women with their hands clasped.
Brought to life through puppetry, three older women remind us that joy, movement, and friendship never age out.
Dana Wilson, Jillian Meyers, Megan Lawson
Dana Wilson, Jillian Meyers, Megan Lawson
(United States, 2025) 6:25 minutes

Still Got It

Against a black background, white smoke curls towards a person's bare back.
Body and landscape merge in this macro-visual meditation on movement, nature, and the space where they become one.
Tsung-lung Cheng
Tsung-lung Cheng
(Taiwan, 2024) 18:55 minutes

Nothing Between Body and Earth