Perceptions – 2026

Thursday, April 16, 3:00 PM

The Fly of Theseus
Director: Zinn Rogers, Experimental, USA, 3 min
If a fly eats a plant, does the fly become the plant?

Animal Eye
Director: Carlo Nasisse, Documentary, Costa Rica, USA, 14 min
Scientists and philosophers encounter the limits of their own vision through the eyes of animals.

Braided Sand
Director: Tracy Abbott Szatan, Experimental, USA, 17 min
Braided Sand engages the geologic materiality of imaging and communication technologies. There is no lens without sand, which itself is the result of millions of years of geologic activity. Filmed at a sand mine, a glass factory, and a nanotech laboratory, juxtaposing human and geologic timescales.

9,192,631,770 Hz
Director: Todd Chandler, Documentary, USA, 14 min
In conversation with his young son, a filmmaker wonders about time.

There’s a Hole in the World Where You Used to Be
Director: Mariam Ghani, Experimental, Afghanistan, Italy, Lebanon, Turkey, USA, 16 min
Both grief and black holes are so dense and intense that they bend space and time around their specific gravity – each absence both a wound in the heart and a hole in the world.

Into the Dark
Director: Fiona Otway, Documentary, USA, 18 min
In deep darkness, an artist collaborates with fireflies to reveal hidden landscapes.

The Stars Watch From Long Ago
Director: Stacey Steers, Experimental, USA, 24 min
A tiny farmhouse spins through the cosmos. On board is silent film actor Lillian Gish, alone in the vastness. A dreamlike construction conjures a surreal meditation evoking wonder, loss, connection and longing.