In film, people with different brains are rarely in charge, though they are often characters. Co-created by the Neurocultures Collective (Sam Chown Ahern, Georgia Bradburn, Benjamin Brown, Robin Elliott-Knowles, Lucy Walker) and artist-filmmaker Steven Eastwood, the film is an experimental hybrid whose drifting form is built around the concept of an autistic camera. The curiosity of this camera discovers a relay of subjects who stray through the world, revealing environments often hostile to autistic experience —such as a hectic workplace and a crowded pub— and quiet spaces that offer a respite from them. All have a shared objective: to find a place where they are free to move and stim —common repetitive behaviors of Autism Spectrum Disorder performed as a means of calming down, concentrating or for pleasure—, uninhibited by the tests and restrictions of normative society.
Presented at the CPH:DOX.
The Stimming Pool
2024
14 years
67 min.
Documentary
United Kingdom
United Kingdom, documentary, neurodiversity, experimental, international film festivals
Colorido
The Neurocultures CollectiveSteven Eastwood
Gregory Oke
Sergio Veja Borrego
Dre Spisto, Robin Elliott-Knowles, Sam Chown Ahern
Chloe White
Whalebone Films
Tom Haines
Indox Films
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