i walked away with the garden's weeds (2025) [Upcoming/Unreleased]

16mm, B&W, 6 min, Sound




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Using garden weeds both as a subject and a material, I am creating a 16mm film that investigates the value we assign to plants in the context of gardening. The process involves crafting a black-and-white developer from weeds like goldenrod, Queen Anne's lace, and bull thistle, while also imprinting their forms directly onto film using direct animation. Through a queer lens, I explore the weed as a metaphor for transness and queerness—digging, spreading, and flourishing into untamed beauty while simultaneously facing efforts of control and eradication. This film weaves together experimental processes and metaphorical reflections, embracing the untamed and undervalued.


Sounds and composition by Annie Dodson.