14 Oct 10/08/24 Neurocultures Project: The Stimming Pool

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In conversation (online) with:
Sam Chown Ahern, Georgia Bradburn, Robin Elliott-Knowles, Benjamin Brown & Steven Eastwood

Tuesday | Octobor 08, 2024 | 12PM – 1:30PM ET

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Neurocultures Project: The Stimming Pool — Models for Co-Created Filmmaking in the Context of Neurodivergence

 

[Image Description: A person in a colorful costume stands inside an empty, blue-tiled swimming pool. The pool has some scattered floatation devices. The title of the film, The Stimming Pool, is displayed in bold yellow text on the right side of the image. Above the title is a festival laurel “CPH:DOX Official Selection 2024.” Below the title are the film’s credits, including the creators, collaborators, and sponsors]

 

The Stimming Pool is a feature film co-created by The Neurocultures Collective and Steven Eastwood, funded by Wellcome Trust, Film London, and Arts Council England (the collaboration also created the parallel multiscreen exhibition STIM CINEMA). This hybrid feature film breaks new ground by centring autistic voices, offering viewers an immersive experience into neurodiverse perspectives. The project sought to treat neurodivergence as the lens through which to challenge the neuro-normativity of conventional film form, instead proposing an autistic camera perspective through which to create a film that is as much about flowing through environments and recognising patterns as it is about representation. The Stimming Pool worked from a fully accessible production, including disability riders, features an almost entirely autistic cast, is co-owned across all co-creators.

Presenters: Sam Chown Ahern, Georgia Bradburn, Robin Elliott-Knowles, Benjamin Brown, Steven Eastwood