Screening and Discussion
Admission starts at $5
October 10, 2024, 7pm
Brooklyn, NY 11205
USA
Join us at e-flux Screening Room on Thursday, October 10 at 7pm for a screening of Voyage of Jeanette, the latest film by Svetlana Romanova, followed by an in-person conversation with the artist. This program is co-presented with Images Festival.
Exploring Indigenous identity, visual sovereignty, and the critical reimagining of history, Romanova’s Voyage of Jeanette examines how dominant narratives of Arctic regions are constructed and how they shape understandings of place and self. Set in the Yakutian Arctic, the film interrogates Western perspectives of discovery, contrasting them with the immediate realities of Yakutian communities. Through her distinct visual language, Romanova reflects on the intersection of personal and collective memory, inviting viewers to consider the complexities of identity and the persistence of Indigenous voices in a rapidly changing world.
Voyage of Jeanette (USA/Russia, 2024, 97 minutes)
Constructed out of personal notes, both verbal and visual, Voyage of Jeanette is an essay film that poses questions about the intersection between image production and the creation of narratives, which shape our perception of contemporaneity and manifest in our performances of history, heritage, and memory. The film invites the viewer to ask vital questions about the meaning of peripheries and how western ontologies of discovery and the writing of history are absorbed into, or contrast with, immediate Yakutian realities.
For more information, contact program@e-flux.com.
Accessibility
– Two flights of stairs lead up to the building’s front entrance at 172 Classon Avenue.
– For elevator access, please RSVP to program@e-flux.com. The building has a freight elevator near 180 Classon Ave (a garage door) leading into the e-flux office space. We have a ramp for the steps within the space.
– e-flux has an ADA-compliant bathroom with no steps between the event space and this bathroom.
