Takeover: III. Mind Takeover
Communicating Vessels
Maïder Fortuné and Annie MacDonell
2020
32 Minutes
Date
Repeat: Dec 15-16 ET
An art professor tells the peculiar story of her student E., a strange young woman whose conceptual performance pieces and singular existence leave the professor increasingly adrift. Following the premise that water will always find its level, the term “communicating vessels” describes the way liquid moves between conjoined containers: Gravity and pressure conspire to keep the surfaces aligned, pulling the shared liquid back and forth until the separate vessels come into balance. Like the relationship between a teacher and a student, a mother and a child, or fluid passed from mouth to mouth, meaning, intention, and understanding constantly flow back and forth between us. It is the fundamental connectedness of all things, how ideas migrate and shapes shift, and the possibility of individuation without individualism. Bringing together fictional narrative, personal anecdote, and private conversation, Communicating Vessels explores how we influence each other in ways that are sometimes good, sometimes bad, yet always urgent and necessary.
This screening is part of Mind Takeover, the third chapter of the online program Takeover curated by Julian Ross for e-flux Video & Film, and unfolding in six chapters between September 22 and December 15, 2022, with the films and videos of each chapter streaming for two weeks.
For more information, contact program@e-flux.com.