Safari

Director: Catherine Chalmers
Format: HDCam   Runtime: 8 minutes
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screening in: Experimental Shorts

Screening Times

7:00 PM, Friday March 7th - Dobie
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9:00 PM, Thursday March 13th - Dobie
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Synopsis:
'Safari' is an evolutionary melodrama. Here the cockroach emerges from the primordial sea, crawling on land for the first time. Then, navigating the lush, verdant jungle alongside Chalmers' ground-hugging camera, the cockroach encounters oversized insects, amphibians, and reptiles. When two gigantic rhinoceros beetles lock horns in aggressive combat, it is like 1950s sci-fi movies in which irradiated insects rule the earth. Yet this intimate vantage point also magnifies the striking physical beauty of these tiny creatures, inviting an appreciative reappraisal of numerous species we typically overlook or devalue as mere pests.

Director's Bio:
Catherine Chalmers holds a B.S. in Engineering from Stanford University and an M.F.A. in Painting from the Royal College of Art in London. She has exhibited her artwork around the world, including P.S.1 (a MoMA affiliate), New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC; MASS MoCA, North Adams; Kunsthalle Basel; Kunsthalle Vienna; MOCA Taipei; National Museum of Photography and Film in England, among others. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Time Out NY, ArtNews and Artforum, Flash Art, Blind Spot, Discover and Film Comment. She has been featured on PBS, CNN, CBS, NPR, and the BBC. Chalmers lives and works in New York City.