We chat with Ghislan Timm(Jess-lin/Jiz-lan) (she/they) an experimental filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist based in Tkaronto (Toronto). We talk nighttime collage making, Romare Bearden, the way stillness feels, August Wilson, nature as the great muse, Jackie Shane's connection to Toronto, and finding references in the everyday.
Recommendations from this episode:
Romare Bearden, A Life in Art
August Wilson on His Pittsburgh Cycle
Jackie Shane
Money ( That's What I Want) Live Jackie Shane
salt nayyirah waheed
Ghislan's work is influenced by Afro-Caribbean folklore and culture, Afro-futurism, soundscape, and cinema, and often appropriates archival film and imagery to shape non-linear narratives from fragments of memories.
ghislantimm.format.com| @orphicinema
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