Nightingale Projects: Sports Mysticism

The Nightingale is thrilled to announce that it will host six screenings in 2023 at the Gene Siskel Film Center under the title Nightingale Projects.

February 13

April 10

June 12

August 21

October 23

December 11

All screening dates fall on Mondays and all screenings are at 6pm.

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Monday, June 12th at 6pm

Order tickets on the Gene Siskel Film Center website.

Join Nightingale Projects for an evening of meta-physical education. To many, sports are akin to religion; an attempt to use your body and mind to reach higher planes of existence—to win, to defeat, to overthrow. However, there is more “at play” than the drive to win, there is opportunity for focused meditation, spiritual release, and group therapy. From childhood play to professional perfection, fans and athletes use sports as both an escape and a path to build community, not unlike making and looking at art. The short films in this program attempt to define the mystical and transcendent practice of playing and watching sports.

Program Lineup:

Jesse Malmed, A National Anthem, live performance, 5 min.

HIGH FIVE (1999, dir. Ben Stone, 1 min.)

SPACY (pictured, 1981, dir. Takashi Ito, 10 min.)

WHEN CANADIANS ATTACK (2005, dir. Brett Kashmere, 4 min.)

UNSPEAKABLE HEAP (2023, dir. Kara Ditte Hansen, 13 min.)

TOO SMALL TO BE A BEAR (2020, dir. Paige Taul, 5 min.)

BALLPLAYER (1986, dir. Chip Lord, 13 min.)

JOE DIMAGGIO 1,2,3 (1991, dir. Anne McGuire, 11 min.)

Followed by a conversation with Jesse Malmed, Paige Taul and curator Emily Eddy.