May 2024
2 Episodes
Volume 9 of GOOD SYMPTOM features films by Aleksey Ushakov and Yue Hua, plus a critical essay by Jared Pappas-Kelley
Short Films:
"Collection of Stones" ~ 09:01 | Aleksey Ushakov | 2022 | Russian Federation
"'Time is a loop,' I wish" ~ 03:28 | Yue Hua | 2022 | USA
Critical Essay:
"Holes & String" ~ a critical essay by writer, artist and GOOD SYMPTOM contributing filmmaker Jared Pappas-Kelley
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09:11Episode 1
Collection of Stones
Episode 1
Collection of Stones ~ 09:01 | Aleksey Ushakov | 2022 | Russian Federation
“It was dangerous to stay, due to queerness and my anti-war position,” queer identified, Russian filmmaker Aleksey Ushakov has shared about his country’s invasion of Ukraine. Vehemently opposed to the attack, Ushakov fle...
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03:39Episode 2
"Time is a loop", I wish
Episode 2
"Time is a loop", I wish ~ 03:28 | Yue Hua | 2022 | USA
From filmmaker Yue Hua comes the 16mm film, "Time is a loop", I wish—a tender rumination on time and loss. This sweetly evocative personal piece pairs nostalgic-feeling film footage of toys, wobbly cradle Balance Balls, and light and shad...
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MAY 2024 EXTRA: A Critical Essay by Jared Pappas-Kelley (PDF)
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In "Holes & String," artist, writer and GOOD SYMPTOM contributing filmmaker Jared Pappas-Kelley reflects on the objects and instantiations we collect and the absences they represent.
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Good Symptom Land Acknowledgment (pdf)
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The 3rd Thing is located at the southern tip of the Salish Sea on the traditional, unceded land of the Medicine Creek Treaty Tribes, among them, the Nisqually, Squaxin and Stehchass peoples. As part of our work to create a culture of intimacy, accountability and radical imagination, we acknowledg...
