Pictured above: Expedition Content (2020) by Ernst Karel & Veronika Kusumaryati

Ernst Karel & Veronika Kusumaryati’s Expedition Content

An immersive marvel of sonic ethnography, Karel & Kusumaryati’s Expedition Content draws on audio recordings made by recent college graduate and Standard Oil heir Michael Rockefeller as part of the 1961 Harvard–Peabody Expedition to Netherlands New Guinea that set up tents among the indigenous Hubula (also known as Dani) people. In their nearly imageless film, Karel & Kusumaryati document the strange encounter between the expedition and the Hubula people. The work explores and upends the power dynamics between anthropologist and subject, between image and sound, and turns the whole ethnographic project on its head. (The Cinema Guild)

Advance tickets here. $12 General/$10 Cinematheque Members and members of Gray Area.
Festival Pass here. $110 General/$90 Cinematheque Members and members of Gray Area.
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SCREENING: Expedition Content (2020) by Ernst Karel (US) & Veronika Kusumaryati (Indonesia); digital video, color, sound, 78 minutes.
TRT: 78 minutes

full program details here