Art/Experimental Shorts | SFDFF 2025

Where movement meets the avant-garde, dance is reimagined through the lens of experimental film.

Step into the unexpected at our Art/Experimental screening, where dance meets visual art in bold and unconventional ways. Hosted at the Catharine Clark Gallery, this program invites you to experience movement through the lens of video art, animation, and avant-garde filmmaking. These genre-defying shorts push boundaries of both dance and cinema—embracing abstraction, ritual, and emotional depth over traditional storytelling. From intimate meditations on motherhood to kinetic rituals of resistance, each film challenges perception and offers a fresh perspective on what dance can be. Expect a night of stirring visuals, conceptual play, and artistic exploration in a space where art and movement truly merge.

This program contains mature content. Parental discretion is advised.

Venue accessibility: The curb cut will be directly in front of the entrance on 248 Utah Street and there is an accessible entrance to get into the gallery.

This program is co-presented by Catharine Clark Gallery and BOXBLUR

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