Inhale / Exhale

inhale and exhale are experimental films by Michèle Saint-Michel and part of a multi-screen inhale / exhale series. The films are edited here to show how they look played simultaneously.

The inhale / exhale series is in conversation with the work of film diarist Anne Charlotte Robertson and the self-portraits of artist Eleanor Antin. When played together, the main figure flits from screen to screen in a dizzying choreography, existing everywhere and nowhere.

Music composed by Sam Carr (inhale) and Dr. Sophie Stone (exhale).

  • Michèle Saint-Michel
    Director
    Lost Sock Collection, School of Life, Don't Tell Me I'm Beautiful
  • Sam Carr
    Film Composer
  • Dr. Sophie Stone
    Film Composer
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Experimental, Installation, Multi-Screen
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 35 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 29, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    50 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Great Wave Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    October 17, 2020
    World Premiere
  • The Menteur
    Paris
    France
    June 4, 2021
    French Premiere
Director Biography - Michèle Saint-Michel

Michèle Saint-Michel is an artist, experimental filmmaker, and author. Designed to promote healing, her works encourage healthy coping and recovery from difficult experiences. Saint-Michel’s work is deeply rooted in experiential time and cultural constructions of the feminine.

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Director Statement

"The struggle of all artists, but the womxn artist in particular, to show up and allow ourselves to be seen authentically in artistic terms, in nurturing roles, as sexual beings, as multi-dimensional stardust wrapped in flesh and bone—it’s all a lot to be going on with. I hope some of that nuanced multidimensionality comes through in this work."