Integrative Cosmologies, screening + online conversation

Beginning with a screening of the prologue episode of his multi-part film project Mirage—which weaves together Sufi mysticism, particle physics, and Southeast Asian cosmologies—this session unfolds as a conversation with artist and filmmaker Riar Rizaldi. His practice challenges the nature of reality, positioning Western science as one methodology among a constellation of pluralistic worldviews that coexist and complicate one another. The discussion will depart from Mirage to explore how Rizaldi employs his distinctive blend of fieldwork and speculative fiction to navigate the entanglements of technology, spirituality, and cultural heritage, inviting us to reimagine the multiplicity of worlds already existing within this one.

Language: English with simultaneous translation into Spanish.

About the artist: Riar Rizaldi