Drop in and watch Powaqqatsi, also known as Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation, a 1988 American non-narrative film directed by Godfrey Reggio and the sequel to Reggio’s experimental 1982 film, Koyaanisqatsi. It is the second film in the Qatsi trilogy.
Powaqqatsi is a Hopi neologism coined by Reggio meaning “parasitic way of life” or “life in transition”. While Koyaanisqatsi focused on modern life in industrial countries, Powaqqatsi, which similarly has no dialogue, focuses more on the conflict in Third World countries between traditional ways of life and the new ways of life introduced with industrialization. As with Koyaanisqatsi and the third and final part of the ‘Qatsi’ trilogy, Naqoyqatsi, the film is strongly related to its soundtrack, written by Philip Glass.
Release date: April 29, 1988
Director: Godfrey Reggio
Music composed by: Philip Glass
Sequel: Naqoyqatsi
Cinematography: Graham Berry, Leonidas Zourdoumis
Powaqqatsi will play as part of Xstine Cook’s Artist in Residency “This is Not My Culture” at cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub. Cook will be working on her art during the screening, and attendees are welcome to bring along a project they want to work on while watching and listening to the talk.
Free screening of this movie is presented as part of Xstine Cook’s “This is Not My Culture” artist residency at cSPace Eau Clair Neighbourhood Hub. Xstine will be modifying and altering reclaimed commercial plastic packaging material into an artistic creation during the month of September.
The cSpace Eau Claire Hub Artist in Residence program is supported by cSPACE Projects and The City of Calgary.
cSPACE Projects acknowledges that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy, which includes Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai. We also acknowledge the Tsuut’ina and Stoney Nakoda First Nations, the Métis Nation (Region 3), and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.
