In this 2-hour session, I will draw on indigenous knowledge, academic perspectives, and other sources to challenge the centrality of human narratives.
Together, we will explore how cinematic action can elevate the often unseen beings that we share our world with. I'll share practical techniques to decontextualize human-focused perspectives and incorporate the more-than-human into creative visual practices. This seminar will open new possibilities for storytelling, inviting a deeper connection to the natural and beyond-human world.
Linda Paganelli is an artist, anthropologist, and filmmaker integrating more than human perspectives in her storytelling. Drawing on over 13 years of experience across diverse contexts, Linda guides participants toward non-extractive, ethically grounded visual practices that challenge dominant knowledge paradigms and foreground embodied positionalities. Since 2018, she has been working with More-Than-Human frameworks, creating short documentaries such as Journey of Waves and Imprinted, as well as installations including Carbon Spa in collaboration with scientists from the university of Twente (Netherlands) and ECO-MOURNING developed through the Community of Practice with CitizensLab (Germany). Her practice center interspecies relationships, ecological interdependence, and the agency of non-human beings in visual storytelling.
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