Part of Prismatic Ground 2026

ouarda ouarda: yet another flower film

(Samy Benammar, with live musical accompaniment by Nicholas Ray, 2026, 25min, Expanded)

In April 2023, biologists published a study proving that plants emit sounds when subjected to various types of stress. These ultrasonic sounds remind me of the silence of our time, burying suffering. Bursts of flowers flicker along a filmstrip, just before or right after the flames. —Samy Benammar

Screening with:

Endless Ascent

(Félix Caraballo, 2026, 25min, Expanded)

A group of travelers attempts to complete the endless ascent. Endless Ascent is an expanded cinema piece combining the electroacoustic music of Merlin Campbell and the 16mm projections of Félix Caraballo. The experiment is based on the reuse of several found footage films from institutional archives. —Félix Caraballo