Five years of traveling through and living within the Mojave Desert have instilled in geologist Ren Lallatin intimate relations to its geological formations. She studies the desert, tracing its volcanic and seismic actualities, locates water sources and the relics of previous inhabitants and identifies landscape features that will conceal her mobile shelter from public view. The film follows the geologist as she describes her interactions with the natural world, while conveying a persistent unease with civic life.

Production format: HD Video

Awards
Marian McMahon Award, Images Festival, 2014

Selected Screenings
Now Instant Image Hall, Los Angeles
Harvard Film Archive, Boston, MA
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
MOCA, Los Angeles
62nd Robert Flaherty Film Seminar
High Desert Test Sites, CA
Ballroom Marfa, TX
Belgrade Cultural Centre, Serbia
Centre for Contemporary Arts Afghanistan (CCAA), Kabul
Cinematheque de Tanger, Tangier
City Gallery, Kfar Saba
Fundacion PROA, Buenos Aires
GAMeC, Bergamo Italy
Hanoi DOCLAB, Hanoi
Istanbul Modern, Istanbul
Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Warsaw
National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA), Moscow
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
Para/Site, Hong Kong
Project 88, Mumbai
Tromso Kunstforening, Tromso
Whitechapel Gallery, London
Los Angeles Filmforum, CA
Sundown Salon, Los Angeles, CA
ARKIPEL, Jakarta, Indonesia
Images Festival, Toronto, CA
BAFICI, Argentina
Other Cinema, San Francisco, CA
Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA