Still from Mount2
2023
Video run time: 13:21

Mount Film Credits
Concept/Director/Producer: Lauren Kasmer
Director of Photography: Shohei Fukushima
Director of Photography: Alicia Robbins
Editor: William Allen
Soundtrack: Jennifer Ricciardi
Performers:
Misato Daryl Rose Iida
Monthira Soonthorsarathool
Satoe Fukushima
Yuko Nakata
Yuki Ishihara
Cilka Mark

Mount was a non-narrative video originally created for Momenta Online Exhibition during the Covid pandemic.
here.

Mount2 was updated for the Notions of Places installation.
It is a poetically layered piece, which reflects on a devastating fire that decimated Kasmer's home and on the wildfires
that ravaged southern California and its environs.

It also addresses the overall climatic impact of what man has been
responsible for through a disrespect for the natural order. As our collective and personal lives are impacted by external elements she finds that the connection to nature becomes the grounding vehicle for healing and new growth. What grows from ash, is an inspiration for personal recovery, creativity and seeds new ideas,stories, and explorations.
A force majeure causes one to reach for beauty, contemplation and a return to an internal eden.

The soundtrack by Jennifer Riccardi is a vital part of the video, which captures and reinterprets natural, terrestrial and extraterrestrial sounds as well as singing, spoken and healing vibrations.

for Mount2 video.






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