Free Jazz IV. Geomancers Screening Programme: The Teaching of the Hands, Caroline Caycedo (United Kingdom/United States) & David de Rozas (Spain/United States)
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Title
Free Jazz IV. Geomancers Screening Programme: The Teaching of the Hands, Caroline Caycedo (United Kingdom/United States) & David de Rozas (Spain/United States)
Description
Blk 38 Malan Road, The Single Screen
2020, HD panoramic video, colour, surround sound, 47 min
The Teaching of the Hands is an experimental documentary that overwrites colonial cartographies and extractivist economies with the cosmological consciousness of indigenous people and the history of their suppression. Observational landscape views, archival footage, ancient imagery, and environmental wounds caused by infrastructural development are punctuated by re-enactments of gestures of colonial occupation. These visually compelling sequences are oriented by a narrative voiceover solely entrusted to Juan Mancias, Chairman of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas. Wielding ownership over the storyline, Mancias brings forth the perspective of indigenous people. He asserts that the cosmological value of tribal epistemologies is based on a profound knowledge of the elements and a deep relationship to the environment. The film powerfully denounces the desecration of the land and the continuous struggle of the indigenous people against ongoing forms of erasure and exploitation.
2020, HD panoramic video, colour, surround sound, 47 min
The Teaching of the Hands is an experimental documentary that overwrites colonial cartographies and extractivist economies with the cosmological consciousness of indigenous people and the history of their suppression. Observational landscape views, archival footage, ancient imagery, and environmental wounds caused by infrastructural development are punctuated by re-enactments of gestures of colonial occupation. These visually compelling sequences are oriented by a narrative voiceover solely entrusted to Juan Mancias, Chairman of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas. Wielding ownership over the storyline, Mancias brings forth the perspective of indigenous people. He asserts that the cosmological value of tribal epistemologies is based on a profound knowledge of the elements and a deep relationship to the environment. The film powerfully denounces the desecration of the land and the continuous struggle of the indigenous people against ongoing forms of erasure and exploitation.
Date
14 - 23 January 2022
Coverage
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Short Description
The Teaching of the Hands is an experimental documentary that overwrites colonial cartographies and extractivist economies with the cosmological consciousness of indigenous people and the history of their suppression.
Programme Type
Audience
General
Location
Onsite (CCA)
Collaboration
No
Commissioned Work
No
Education
No
Theme
Collection
Citation
“Free Jazz IV. Geomancers Screening Programme: The Teaching of the Hands, Caroline Caycedo (United Kingdom/United States) & David de Rozas (Spain/United States),” NTU CCA Singapore Digital Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ntuccasingapore.omeka.net/items/show/4190.
Item Relations
| This Item | Is Part Of | Item: Free Jazz IV. Geomancers |
| Item: Carolina Caycedo | Is Part Of | This Item |
| Item: David de Rozas | Is Part Of | This Item |