Je Ne Sais Plus [What Is This Feeling]

9X16mm performance, sound, 10min. 2012-present
An obstacle course between the heart and the doctor’s office leads to [DESTINY.] Playing her tower of projectors to the timing of a prerecorded soundtrack that pivots around international versions of “You Don’t Own Me,” Kristin Reeves meditates on the materiality of the body and the struggle to achieve personal sovereignty within its bounds. Built on 27, 10-second 16mm film loops constructed from optically printed found footage and direct laser-animation techniques.

“Je Ne Sais Plus” is Lesley Gore’s French version of “You Don’t Own Me.” The translation of je ne sais plus is I don’t know what I once knew, or I don’t know anymore. What is this feeling?

4min. single-channel video adaptation: https://vimeo.com/242395789

Bodies for Power and Strength media feature-length program presented by Shapeshifters Cinema at Mosswood Chapel, Oakland, CA March 12, 2023

Performance History:

2023     OPTRONICA1:16MMPOLYVISION with Kristin Reeves and Ivy Woods, two-person expanded cinema program, presented by Other Cinema at ATA, San Francisco, CA

2023     Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program presented by Cinema Project, at Pacific Northwest College of Art, Willamette University, Portland OR

2023     Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program presented by Shapeshifters Cinema at Mosswood Chapel, Oakland, CA

2023     Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.

2022     Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program and festival headliner, The Engauge Film Festival, Seattle, WA.

2022     Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program, The Centro Cultural de España, (Cultural Center of Spain in Mexico), Mexico City, Mexico.

2021     20^th Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Program 5: Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program, Milwaukee, WI.

2020     Leap Fest Vertical Cinema, Expanded Cinema by Kristin Reeves, University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA.

2019     Exposure Series: The Expanded Cinema of Kristin Reeves, Clemens Fine Arts Center, Paducah, KY

2018     Cinema Expanded Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2017     Solo program, invited, Ear & Eye Clinic, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL

2015     Solo program, internationally adjudicated, Antimatter Media Art Festival, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria, BC, Canada

2013     Outside the Screen, invited, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL

2013     Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Milwaukee, WI (Best Performance)

2013     Jurors screening, invited, Haverhill Experimental Film/Video Festival, Haverhill, MA

2013     Experimental Film Festival Portland, internationally adjudicated, Portland, OR

2012     Mono No Aware VI, internationally adjudicated, Brooklyn, NY