Film Screening: Sea State
Directed by Jordan Freeman

The violent forces of the sea converge on a boat in the water. Mariners must read the wind, swell, and currents, overwhelming forces which influence each other as surely as they impact the boat. Sea State explores the momentary convergence of these conditions which impact a boat at sea. Safe passage at sea requires an instinctual understanding that no force exists in isolation, a critical lesson for our survival on land. Sea State challenges viewers to understand the crises of our world as related through their points of impact. In a world of accelerating and converging crises, facing ecological and social collapse, we can no longer treat the threats which we face as separate. 

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Exemplary films from the Social Documentation M.F.A. cohorts (2021 and 2022) rotate in an exhibition called Frames Per Second. The films document communities, cultures, issues, and individuals who are marginalized in the current landscape of representation, and reveal how the documentarians are working for social transformation. Find more information about the filmmakers here on the Sesnon Gallery website. 

ADMISSION

• Attend in person
• Free and open to the public
• Please read and follow COVID-19 protocols as outlined here on the Arts website.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Sea State 
Oct 18–29, 2022
Hours of operation for the Sesnon Art Gallery

Frames Per Second 
Sept 20, 2022–Jan 14, 2023
Screening rotation schedule for the exhibition
Hours of operation for the Sesnon Art Gallery

SocDoc 
Nov 9, 2022
SocDoc screening at the Del Mar Theatre in downtown Santa Cruz

PARKING

• The closest parking lots to the Gallery are #124 and #125 at Porter College.
• Purchase a campus permit or use ParkMobile.
• Visitors with DMV placards or plates may park for free in DMV spaces, Medical spaces, or ParkMobile spaces without additional payment, or in time zones for longer than the posted time.
• See Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS) for visitor parking information, ParkMobile instructions, and a campus parking map.