In this episode we welcome experimental filmmaker, choreographer, dancer, film theorist, poet, and fearless explorer of ritual consciousness, Maya Deren into our Coven. We discuss her groundbreaking work in avant-garde cinema, her fascination with Voudon practices in Haiti, her complex relationship with ethnography, and her revolutionary ideas about time and perception in film. We also explore what it means to exist at "that point of contact between the real and unreal," while unpacking her powerful natal chart, full of Venus-Sun energy.
Coven is a Stars, Etc ProductionWritten & Hosted by Jenna Scott and Socorro Erekani Carillo-LopezExecutive Producer: Jenna ScottProduced and Directed by Sierra BarterAudio Engineer: Josh BrumleyAudio Assistant: Christopher Bryan AmaralGraphic Design: Jacob ScottMusic by Jeffrey Boyle and Jenna ScottCreated by Jenna Scott and Reilly Hail
Sources:
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/how-maya-deren-became-the-symbol-and-champion-of-american-experimental-film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoETYvwI7I0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpOkIWH3C2E
https://greyartmuseum.nyu.edu/2015/12/maya-deren-and-haiti/
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/0969725X.2022.2093972?needAccess=true
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvDELpYSUCo
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/divine-horsemen-living-gods-of-haiti_maria-do-carmo-seren/322061/item/10170631/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_new_condition_books_high_14637440387&utm_adgroup=&utm_term=&utm_content=545682125679&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA19e8BhCVARIsALpFMgEgHgh3uIcSNqyeoVwBQxS1ZwV5QKJT6VzcRXuSORiw5J_7dBSRXkwaAnMKEALw_wcB#idiq=10170631&edition=3706724