Matt Mikkelsen

We Are Working Together

After the death of a community member from eating traditional Unangax food, one woman begins researching toxic algal blooms that are impacting local food supplies.

Ibach

An Ibach piano receives a makeover after surviving an international move and playing for four generations of pianists.

The Dawn Chorus

Witness the first light and sounds of a new dawn breaking, as observed around the world one year ago. Patrick Shen’s cinematic meditation was created during the first COVID-19 lockdown by 35 artists from over 13 countries on May 3, 2020. With a soundtrack filled with environmental bird songs and ambient aural awakenings, the contemplative and collective portrait moves from darkness to light as a metaphor for hope and rebirth. 2020, United States, digital, nonverbal, 21 min.

Water Flows Together

Colleen Cooley, a Diné (Navajo) river guide on the San Juan River, works to share native perspectives on issues of water-resource management. Her knowledge represents centuries of often overlooked indigenous experiences, histories and perspectives.