The launch of Sight/Geist, the new screening series selected from an open call for NYC-based film/video artists, will occur over three thematic group screenings/discussions at The 8th Floor, 17 W 17th St NYC, free and open to all. Artists include: Simone Barros, Cassandra Celestin, Lananh Chu, Steven Cottingham, Sarah Friedland, Haisi Hu, Erin Johnson, Anne Sofie Noerskov, Georgica Pettus, Jolie Ruelle, Jess Shane & Katie Mathews, Ciaran Short, Lauryn Welch & Eloise Sherrid, and Yu Yan.

Thursday, April 27, 6-8:30pm
Sight/Geist: Policing Reality
Details & RSVP: https://www.the8thfloor.org/upcoming-events/sg1
This thematic group screening centers on the role of violence in day-to-day reality, including active shooter training, police brutality, the wide-reaching implications of the prison system, and the memories of an artist who lost his cousin to gun violence. Selected from our new Sight/Geist open call, these personal and highly charged films include A Camera Captures Images, A Court Sets Them Free (2021) by Steven Cottingham, Signal and Noise (2022) by Jess Shane & Katie Mathews, Soul Search (2022) by Ciaran Short, and Drills (2020) by Sarah Friedland.

Thursday, May 25, 6-8:30pm
Sight/Geist: Reproducible Intimacy
Details & RSVP: https://www.the8thfloor.org/upcoming-events/sg2
This thematic grouping of films addresses intimacy in a variety of bodily, reproductive, and emotional forms, chosen from our open call. Selections in this program include The Garden of Earthly Delights (2022) by Haisi Hu, There are things in this world that are yet to be named (2020) by Erin Johnson, Philosopher’s Stone: The Planet Egg (2022) by Simone Barros, The Body Is A House Of Familiar Rooms (2021) by Lauryn Welch & Eloise Sherrid, and What I Want for You (2022) by Jolie Ruelle.

Thursday, June 22, 6-8:30pm
Sight/Geist: Dislocation
Details & RSVP: https://www.the8thfloor.org/upcoming-events/sg3
This final screening program considers questions of land, belonging, movement, and autonomy through a range of artistic strategies and sociopolitical contexts. This thematic grouping features A Speaking Dendrobium (2022) by Yu Yan, Water & Wall (2021) by Cassandra Celestin, Sketches from Europe (2018) by Anne Sofie Noerskov, Coincidence of Wants (He Needs Me) (2022) by Georgica Pettus, and ˈpi-jən (2021) by Lananh Chu.