Mara Mills describes film as part of Clouds and Perception
Current: A single-channel version of the video sculpture No Escape is included in the Bernal Heights Film Crawl on Cortland at the Inclusions Gallery, 627 Cortland Ave. in San Francisco on Friday, September 5th as part of a program of media works made by Recology Artists in Residence. Screenings are at 7pm, 8pm, & 9pm.
Clouds and Perception has been selected for the Chicago Underground Film Festival which runs from September 17 through September 21 2025. It is part of the program Shorts 5: Vox Machinarum which screens at the Harper Theater on Friday, September 19 at 5:30pm and Sunday, September 21 at noon. Get tickets at link above!
Recent Exhibitions, Publications, and Ongoing:
A single-channel version No Escape was on loop in Minnesota Street Project's Media Room as part of Art/Education/Community – 35 Years at Recology AIR, an exhibition highlighting artworks made during Recology San Francisco Artist in Residence Program from July 23 – August 30, 2025.
Experimental Modalities: Crip Representation and Access with Electronic Arts Intermix, my curatorial essay has been published as part of Leonardo's Criptech and the Art of Access issue edited by Vanessa Chang & Lindsey D. Felt. The essay is open access.
Steel Tongue Accordion Ears, a sound work commissioned by MIT's List Visual Arts Center, is a part of their on-line artist led summer program titled Replenish.
(Mis)Reading the Image: Selections by Darrin Martin, a video screening curation in collaboration with Electronic Arts Intermix, looking at their collection through the lens of accessibility and disability representation took place at their New York City Canal Street location on March 30th, 2023. A free, closed-captioned online streaming version of the works and the discussion afterwards is available at the title link above.