Rites at a Distance

A ritual performance-to-video taking place on, in, under, and around the desk.

"Bibliomancy is the use of books in divination. The method of employing sacred books for 'magical medicine', for removing negative entities, or for divination..."

Words chanced upon from chapter IV of Mircea Eliade's _Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy_:

"Ascending: a being devoted. That future climb; we shall see reach a great jar. Two small ladders; two masters admitted. Unable...yet. Ascent/return constitutes the essential act. To say nothing!? To fly!? To perch!? (could jump) Would have been too weak (remained to possess). The doctor lies on his back. According, clever; lying on his back. His cord! His head! Body! Legs! Arms! Arriving! And then!? On his back!? Re-entered fail structure. We shall study."

  • Alexis Grey Hildreth
    Director
  • Alexis Grey Hildreth
    Writer
  • Alexis Grey Hildreth
    Producer
  • Alexis Grey Hildreth
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short, Student, Web / New Media
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 40 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 24, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
Director Biography - Alexis Grey Hildreth

Alexis is a multidisciplinary artist from the Pacific Northwest. In 2014 he received a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design and in 2017 completed an MFA from the University of Waterloo. In 2016 Alexis traveled to England to work with Iain Ball as a recipient of the Keith and Win Shantz Fellowship. Alexis' work revolves around boundaries, barriers, and thresholds. He is invested in the relationship between internal and external geography, the balance of terror and awe, and with mapping the transition from one state of consciousness into another. Alexis has held a plethora of jobs; from innkeeper to nightwatchmen, from shepherd to security guard, from grocer to gardener.

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