Whispers in the Air

This program presents the work of four filmmakers who foreground the lives of keystone species during the current mass extinction event.

If canaries were silent alarms, these films act as whispers in the air. all roses sleep (inviolate light), lii bufloo aen loo kishkishiw (Buffalo Wolf Memory) and The Backpack of Wings: Modern Mythology consider our shared futures alongside our more-than-human kin. 

Dianne Ouellette 
Alana Bartol and Bryce Kynski
Hyeseon Jeong and Seongmin Yuk

Curated by Jaclyn Quaresma

all roses sleep (inviolate light)
Alana Bartol (Sessional Faculty), Bryce Krynski
Canada | 2022 | 14 MIN

An ultraviolet olfactory video, shot from a bee’s point of view as it flies through a prairie landscape. Audiences utilize a scratch and sniff card while following along as a solitary bee searches and dreams of a rose. This film is meant to conjure questions about our shared future.

all roses sleep (inviolate light)