EVERYTHING IS PERFECT AND NOTHING IS PERFECT
Contemporary Film + Video about Nature

Curated by Gregory Zinman

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This program takes its name from novelist, activist, and Georgia native Alice Walker’s quote, “In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.” 

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This program takes these words to heart, contorting and bending to explore stunning visions of nature by contemporary women artists. Addressing the human impact on our world and exploring environmental beauty in equal measure, these films take viewers from psychedelic South American landscapes to cosmos-spanning eco-criticism, and from the earliest photographic techniques to meditations on today’s AI and digital technologies. Themes of care, dissent, critique, awe, and self-preservation all dovetail in this kaleidoscopic collection of cinematic perspectives questioning what it means to see and hear the “natural” world today. 

 

About Off the Wall: The largest movie screen in the Southeast, illuminating Atlanta's Beltline Trail with film and video art from around the world.