The Waves

50 min / 2021

The Waves follows three characters who are particularly sensitive to the world. Together they decide to cultivate sensitivity as a practice, with a focus on forces deemed invisible. The Waves takes its title from the novel by Virginia Woolf, written in parallel soliloquies in the mind of each character. The film follows the shared inner monologue of these three characters as they explore the vulnerability of their own bodies and the world around them, passing along objects, gestures, and aphorisms. The Waves developed out of the series of garments Faraday Wear.

Performance and voice over: Kevin Talmer Whiteneir Jr, Dao Nguyen, Anya Smolnikova
Additional performance by: Rebecca Janovic, Mitsu, Extra, Ininwewi-gichigami, Anishinaabewi-gichigami
Paintings by: Anya Smolnikova
Music from: mytho​-​logicking by Anya Yermakova & Peter Bradley
Filmed on/with: Gaa-zhigaagwanzhikaag / Šikaakonki (Chicago) and Minong (Isle Royale)

In the exhibition While We’re At It @ 6018 North, Chicago, IL (2021) - - - from inside Faraday Wear (tent for gathering)

Documentation by Useful Art Services.