MYSTICAL MOVIE
dir. Irina Jasnowski Pascual, 2021
80 mins. United States/France.
No dialogue / English captions.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12 - 7 PM
ONE NIGHT ONLY! FILMMAKER IN PERSON for Q&A moderated by film critic/programmer Steve MacfarIane
(This event is $10.)

Existing somewhere between documentation of an event and stretching into a narrative skin, MYSTICAL MOVIE is set simultaneously on Mannahatta island of the 1500s, present-day Manhattan, Lake Geneva in the early 18th century and an undisclosed location in non-time. It tracks a peasant's plight as they navigate frequencies of pain and ecstasy, bound between sonic dimensions. Despite there being no dialogue, the transmission of sound is the protagonist.

IRINA JANOWSKI PASCUAL received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Cooper Union School of Art in 2017. Her sculptural studio practice extends into video and performance. In collaboration with Tyler Berrier she has co-written, directed and produced experimental opera, public access television programming and other performances. In July they premiered a theatrical work at Les Urbaines Festival in Lausanne, Switzerland. Previous exhibitions include: Sonic Prolapse at Kai Matsumiya, Manhattan, NY (2021); Set Ups: Lighting for Character Dangling Over Void at Interstate Projects, Brooklyn NY (2018); Bathroom/Bathhouse, with Agata Ingarden at Mx Gallery, Manhattan NY (2017); Suicidio Sociale at Ettablisement d’en Face, Brussels BE (2018). mys is her first feature length film, it premiered at Kunsthal Extra City (Antwerp, Belgium) September 2021.