Celebrating the launch of Attensity!, the Strother School of Radical Attention (SoRA) holds a series of four participatory events where we will collectively create and test-drive vessels for human attention. Over the course of four weeks, four hosts will activate the Sanctuary Gallery in DUMBO with sound, film, objects and movement, and lecture performance. 

This screening of a selection of Indigenous films, followed by an open discussion session, spotlights the radical attention adopted by makers and viewers of revolutionary film. We will explore techniques of filmmaking that subvert the passive gaze, and the capacity of screening/watching for catalyzing collective movement-making.

Image: Ruben Gamez, La Fórmula Secreta, 1965, Mexico. Still image.

About the artist

Emily Uruchima (New York, NY) is a Kichwa researcher born and raised on Lenapehoking territory, and currently a researcher at American Social History Project. Much of Emily’s current research and work revolves around uplifting Indigenous communities, which have historically been silenced in large public institutions. Since 2015, Emily has been organizing with Kichwa youth across Turtle Island working on language revitalization projects and moving image archiving and preservation work. 

This event continues on Saturday February 28 with a screening of Tercer Cine films by Ana Begoña Armengod.