artist: Mark Freeman

title: Body Without a Brain

portfolio: https://www.markfreemanfilms.org

Mark Freeman is a professor emeritus of Television, Film and New Media at San Diego State University. He has produced and directed, written and edited programs for broadcast on public television. Freeman's films have won numerous awards. They have screened at museums including the Museo do Oriente (Lisbon), Weltmuseum (Vienna), Hong-Gah Museum (Taipei), Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of Natural History, the American Museum of Natural History and the Museum of Modern Art (NY).

BODY WITHOUT A BRAIN is a high risk, physically demanding dance for camera. Rianto seems to be in a trance as he creates an unpremeditated encounter with the elements. He describes the work as like a tree without roots. The piece embodies anxiety as the natural world becomes ever more threatened. Filmed in Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo).

Rianto is in the moment. He offers it to you.

This work was exhibited in the Museum of Wild and Newfangled Art's Opening Show which took place from January 8 through April 29, 2021. The exhibition included work such as a mini zoom Opera, Jazz Bass Quartet, Interactive Multimedia, a variety of Dance Films, an Interactive Poetry Generator, Experimental Photographs, Video Art, Gifs, Computer Generated Artwork, Animated 360 video, and a live performance. The show has been added to mowna's collection, which is available for viewing online at https://www.mowna.org.

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