Five Minutes to Presence

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This film layers found footage, guided meditation audio, and guidelines for attending protests as an investigation of how we embody direct action and resist political oppression. The piece ends with an appropriated video by physical education instructor, Khing Hnin Wai, working out to the EDM song Ampun Bang Jago by Tian Storm and Ever Slkr (which is a symbol of protest), in front of military forces during the 2021 coup d’état in Myanmar.