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NEW! Travel to the salt flats of Lanzarote where the myth of Sisyphus merges with the workers’ repeating process, building endless mounds of salt that occupy the landscape 🌊⁠ ⁠ Director Ferdinand Feldmann lenses the Salinas de Janubio salt evaporation ponds for experimental documentary ‘Salinas’ ⁠ ⁠ Drawing parallels with the daily toil of the salt flat workers and the Greek myth of Sisyphus – condemned for eternity to push a boulder up a mountain, only for it to roll back down – Feldmann constructs ‘Salinas’ around an allegorical thread that connects man and myth ⁠ ⁠ Capturing the unintentional choreography of the workers’ movements and the rhythmic sounds of rakes, shovels and machinery, experimental documentary communicates the unique cadence of predictability against this alien landscape, ⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio to watch the full film on NOWNESS 🎥⁠ ⁠ Director @ferdinandfeldmann ⁠ Voice over @sofia_catalan ⁠ Sound @katatonic_silentio ⁠ Colourist @wvrdell ⁠

“I travelled to Lanzarote with minimal equipment and spent a week at the lagoon with the few men who work there as salt miners. Welcoming and patient in explaining their craft, they let me become an observer of their daily work. Their calm, routine movements reminded me of studied choreography.” ⁠ ⁠ NEW! Travel to the salt flats of Lanzarote where the myth of Sisyphus merges with the workers’ repeating process, building endless mounds of salt that occupy the landscape 🌊⁠ ⁠ Director Ferdinand Feldmann lenses the Salinas de Janubio salt evaporation ponds for experimental documentary ‘Salinas’ ⁠ ⁠ Drawing parallels with the daily toil of the salt flat workers and the Greek myth of Sisyphus – condemned for eternity to push a boulder up a mountain, only for it to roll back down – Feldmann constructs ‘Salinas’ around an allegorical thread that connects man and myth ⁠ ⁠ Capturing the unintentional choreography of the workers’ movements and the rhythmic sounds of rakes, shovels and machinery, experimental documentary communicates the unique cadence of predictability against this alien landscape, ⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio to watch the full film on NOWNESS 🎥⁠ ⁠ Director @ferdinandfeldmann ⁠ Voice over @sofia_catalan ⁠ Sound @katatonic_silentio ⁠ Colourist @wvrdell ⁠

NEW! Travel to the salt flats of Lanzarote where the myth of Sisyphus merges with the workers’ repeating process, building endless mounds of salt that occupy the landscape 🌊⁠ ⁠ Director Ferdinand Feldmann lenses the Salinas de Janubio salt evaporation ponds for experimental documentary ‘Salinas’ ⁠ ⁠ Drawing parallels with the daily toil of the salt flat workers and the Greek myth of Sisyphus – condemned for eternity to push a boulder up a mountain, only for it to roll back down – Feldmann constructs ‘Salinas’ around an allegorical thread that connects man and myth ⁠ ⁠ Capturing the unintentional choreography of the workers’ movements and the rhythmic sounds of rakes, shovels and machinery, experimental documentary communicates the unique cadence of predictability against this alien landscape, ⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio to watch the full film on NOWNESS 🎥⁠ ⁠ Director @ferdinandfeldmann ⁠ Voice over @sofia_catalan ⁠ Sound @katatonic_silentio ⁠ Colourist @wvrdell ⁠

#GreatGardens ⁠Artist Laura Reeder developed a collection of engaging, artist-guided activities for school groups at Stone Quarry in New York 🌀⁠ ⁠ Reeder guides kindergarten and first-grade students through her Cultivators, interactive drawing activities that explore connections between our bodies, the earth, and society⁠ ⁠ @stonequarryartpark ⁠ Video by @laurakreeder4 ⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio to lose yourself in sub-tropical landscapes and coastal retreats in Great Gardens on NOWNESS 🔗

#TuesdayTexture Experimental abstract photography from multidisciplinary artist David Garland 📸⁠ ⁠ Since 2020, Garland has been exploring the beauty of sunlight reflections using basic, hand-held materials. With his digital camera, he found that when his subjects are intentionally out of focus, fascinating optical illusions emerge ⁠ ⁠ These images, reminiscent of a mirage, are true optical phenomena, not digital creations. Garland's work is a blend of discovery and artistry, a testament to solar-powered nature photography⁠ ⁠ Photography by @davidgarlandmakes ⁠ ⁠ Tap the link bio to discover more Art on NOWNESS 🖼️

Watch a spoken word journey into the female Iranian diaspora and the conflict that presents itself through distance⁠ ✨⁠ ⁠ In short film 'To Exist', Iranian-British filmmaker Nahal Ashrafi looks to process the experience of women from the Iranian diaspora, exploring the conflicting emotion of being granted new freedoms in the UK, yet remaining unable to silence the call of a distant home⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio to watch the full film on NOWNESS🎥⁠ ⁠ Director @nahalashrafii ⁠ Cinematographer @zak_watson

NEW! From his Milan workshop, Italian master watchmaker Rodolfo Saviola connects with the philosophy of time in a film by Ivan Olita 🕰️⁠ ⁠ Behind an unmarked door, four floors up from a quiet Milan courtyard, lies Rodolfo Saviola's workshop. For forty years, its walls have been adorned with an array of synchronized timepieces⁠ ⁠ Entering his world upon repairing a vintage 1920s watch, director Ivan Olita documents Saviola’s inner sanctum and the metaphysical dimension of his craft for short film “Master of Time” ⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio to watch the full film on NOWNESS 🎥⁠ ⁠ A @brv.enterprises production ⁠ A film by @ivanolita ⁠ Cinematography @ubaldi.alessandro Music @thereduke

“I’m passionate about finding historical places, and Milan always blesses me with the most authentic old-school shops imaginable. When Rodolfo let me in, it felt like entering a sanctum devoted to the art of timekeeping. Amid the organized chaos, the overlapping ticking and synchronized chiming of the clocks created an unforgettable sonic tapestry.”⁠ ⁠ NEW! From his Milan workshop, Italian master watchmaker Rodolfo Saviola connects with the philosophy of time in a film by Ivan Olita 🕰️⁠ ⁠ Behind an unmarked door, four floors up from a quiet Milan courtyard, lies Rodolfo Saviola's workshop. For forty years, its walls have been adorned with an array of synchronized timepieces⁠ ⁠ Entering his world upon repairing a vintage 1920s watch, director Ivan Olita documents Saviola’s inner sanctum and the metaphysical dimension of his craft for short film “Master of Time” ⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio to watch the full film on NOWNESS 🎥⁠ ⁠ A @brv.enterprises production ⁠ A film by @ivanolita ⁠ Cinematography @ubaldi.alessandro Music @thereduke

NEW! From his Milan workshop, Italian master watchmaker Rodolfo Saviola connects with the philosophy of time in a film by Ivan Olita 🕰️⁠ ⁠ Behind an unmarked door, four floors up from a quiet Milan courtyard, lies Rodolfo Saviola’s workshop. For forty years, its walls have been adorned with an array of synchronized timepieces⁠ ⁠ Entering his world upon repairing a vintage 1920s watch, director Ivan Olita documents Saviola’s inner sanctum and the metaphysical dimension of his craft for short film “Master of Time” ⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio to watch the full film on NOWNESS 🎥⁠ ⁠ A @brv.enterprises production ⁠ A film by @ivanolita ⁠ Cinematography @ubaldi.alessandro Music @thereduke

#JustDance Watch as Justice Jamal Jones explores themes of transformation, with the Siren as the embodiment of Black queerness and Vodou symbolism in the short film ‘Notes on a Siren’ 💫⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio to watch the full film on NOWNESS 🔗⁠ ⁠ Film by @justicejamaljones ⁠ Produced by @valiantpictures @rainbowfarmprod ⁠ In Association with @realnewcollective ⁠ Executive Producers @mattactually @friedricekid

#PortraitOfAPlace The Samburu, Nyerere, Mountain Range, Kenya ⁠ The Samburu people, whose population is around 160,000, originally resided in the Nile Valley region of Sudan ⁠ ⁠ About 500 years ago, they migrated southwards, alongside the Maasai, traveling along the Rift Valley plains. Eventually, they established themselves in northern Kenya, settling just south of Lake Turkana⁠ ⁠ Photography by @jimmy.nelson.official ⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio to explore the globe virtually in Portrait of a Place on NOWNESS🔗

#SundayShorts Watch a meditation on the Japanese art of flower arranging and the power of plants as carriers of memories 🌺⁠ ⁠ In experimental documentary 'Ikebana', Canadian-Argentinian filmmaker Rita Ferrando explores the traditionalism tied to the Japanese practice, reimagining the art of flower arranging through meditations on its deeper meaning⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio to watch the full film on NOWNESS🎥⁠ ⁠ Director @ritaferrando ⁠ Animator @lilyjshhh ⁠ Music @caseymq ⁠ Producer @lucent.film