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Ascetics with Cameras is a seva (volunteer service) organization providing multimedia services, tools and training to Shiva's Army ? the sadhus & sadhvis of Juna Akhara ? since 2004. It is our mission to not only provide multimedia tools to document and preserve the living-histories of these followers of Sanatan Dharma, but more importantly to train the members (of the oldest and largest order of Dasnaami Hindu ascetics) to document it for themselves. Giving them the skills to share with the w...
Ascetics with Cameras is an independent multimedia education project, for a select group of underrepresented Sadhvis (female ascetics) within Juna Akhara, the oldest and largest order of Hindu monks and nuns who worship Shiva. Initiated at the 2004 Kumbh Mela in Ujjain and further developed at the 2007 Kumbh Mela in Prayag (Allahabad), the project’s goal is to give cameras (photo & digital video) to women members of Juna Akhara and while keeping within the guru (teacher) / shisha (student) tra...
I went to a development training for teachers at the new museum today... this is what my group (of 3) made.
This was the video for monitor 1, as part of the instalation I did for the MIX 21 NYC Queer Experimental Film Festival Oct. 15 - 19 2008.
This was video for the second monitor, as part of the instalation I did for the MIX 21 NYC Queer Experimental Film Festival Oct. 15 - 19 2008.
This was the main projection that got bounced around a series of mirrors and walls, as part of the installation I did for the MIX 21 NYC Queer Experimental Film Festival Oct. 15 - 19 2008.
© 2008 by Nicole JaquisThe first of the series "Identical? Fraternal?" exploring the gender identity of a set of identical twins: one girly, the other a tomboy. Using archive family footage, these short loops are meant to be presented as a video installation.
"kya dekh rahe ho?" [what are you looking at?] © 2004 video installation - peephole demo - part of a multi channel video installation. This piece is an example of what it would look like with the videos looped on a small monitor mounted on the back side of an actual corigated metal fence, and viewed through a peephole cut into the fence. It was installed at Projectile Arts annual fundraising Gala event: INTUITION at MyMoon in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2005.
"kya dekh rahe ho?" [what are you looking at?] © 2004 video installation - peephole one - part of a multi channel video installation. This piece is a video looped on a small monitor mounted on the back side of an actual corigated metal fence, and viewed through a peephole cut into the fence. It was installed at Projectile Arts annual fundraising Gala event: INTUITION at MyMoon in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2005.
"kya dekh rahe ho?" [what are you looking at?] © 2004 video installation - monitor one - part of a multi channel video installation. This piece is a video looped on a TV monitor adjacent to the larger installation (main projection above an actual corigated metal fence, through which the remaining videos are viewed via peepholes cut into the fence). It was installed at Projectile Arts annual fundraising Gala event: INTUITION at MyMoon in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2005.