The Stimming Pool
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 7:00pm
Inspired by the concept of an “autistic camera,” The Stimming Pool is a brilliant exercise in collaborative filmmaking in which the lived experiences of several neurodiverse artists reign supreme. A film curator of a B‑movie film club shares his fascination with underground horror with an engaged audience; a woman takes an eye-tracking biomarker test; a worker tries to settle into a busy office full of overwhelming background noises; Post-screening discussion with Javier Herrera and Kenzie Curby, both neurodiverse individuals and advocates.
In 1999, when Nisha Platzer was 11 years old, her older brother Josh died by suicide. Twenty years later, the Vancouver-based artist traces the past using the art of analogue filmmaking in her debut feature documentary, back home. Through contemplative narration and fragmentary film sequences, Nisha documents her efforts to reconnect with the memory of her deceased brother.
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