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shareShaken, stirred, and irrepressible shorts with the kinetically combustible energy of a new era. From calisthenic subversion, butoh rock-climbing duets, frankensteined language animals, beachy body consciousness, heat map letters home, and a hot body issue.
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In this program
THE TIMES ARE CALLING
Directed by: Shu Chutian | 4 mins
Soft resistance comes alive in the midst of Chinese high school radio calisthenics.
YOUR CITY
Directed by: Ting Su | 14 mins
Between Shenzhen and New York, what begins as a mundane phone call slowly unravels into a storm of uncertainty, two queer voices, a river of analog film and thermal imagery.
HEAD OF A CAMEL
Directed by: Shannon Lee | 4 mins
A Korean American woman attempts to connect with her cultural roots by conjuring up a mystical creature from an ancient Daoist recipe.
TAMASHI
Directed by: Ashima Shiraishi, Jess X. Snow | 13 mins
A former child prodigy climber, alongside their butoh dancer father, offer a ceremony of climbing and dance to invite healing to both their fractured relationship and the land of Paiute.
BEACH DAY
Directed by: Damian Gong | 2 mins
Fish, bodybuilders, and soccer games re-materialize in a boy’s mind.
KARA: THE BURNING WOMAN
Directed by: Dale | 20 mins
Amidst killings in their countryside community, residents evolve deadly antibodies with toxic gases fatal to nonresidents. In the city, Kara experiences an extreme increase in body temperature, while her father attempts to cool her down in absurd ways.
Dates & Times
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Thu, Nov 5
8:00 am
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Fri, Nov 6
8:00 am
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Sat, Nov 7
8:00 am
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Sun, Nov 8
8:00 am
