How to Meditate with Nature
Video referencing the availability of self improvement and quick fix meditations online, inspired by the visual style of software tutorials.
Drawing on Taoist philosophy of unification of the body and mind, I created an environment where the virtual and the real have merged, where sensual experience and internal states are visualized by the objective representations of interface. The virtual world loses its virtuality (or the real one its realness), when we can't contrast them.
William Gibson brings forth an idea of an "infinite cage”, stating that we, as carnate beings, are trapped by the possibility of infinity which cyberspace presents us. In a time of ecological crisis, the interface becomes an illusion of control.
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Zuzanna BanasińskaDirector
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Zuza BanasińskaWriter
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Zuza BanasińskaProducer
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Zuza BanasińskaKey Cast
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Project Type:Experimental, Short, Web / New Media
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Runtime:10 minutes
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Completion Date:May 26, 2017
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Country of Origin:Poland
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Country of Filming:Poland
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:Yes
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Transmissions Art FestivalKarlsruhe, Kassel, Warsaw
Germany
July 20, 2017 -
Richter FestMoscow
Russian Federation
August 19, 2017 -
Visions Anima Mundi FestivalVenice
Italy
September 8, 2017