[WTI-trainee] Exclusive invitation: The Arc of Oblivion: Film Screening + Discussion with Director Ian Cheney (register by March 7)

[Wu Tsai Institute News]

In conjunction with the Yale Peabody Museum and the temporary exhibit "Mind/Matter: The Neuroscience of Perception, Attention, and Memory,” the Wu Tsai Institute invites you to a special screening of the film The Arc of Oblivion, which will be followed by a discussion with the film's director, Ian Cheney.

WTI Director Nick Turk-Browne will moderate the discussion with Cheney, along with Daniel Colón-Ramos, WTI Associate Director, Director of the Center for Neurodevelopment and Plasticity, and curator of "Mind/Matter."

The WTI community is invited to register early<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-arc-of-oblivion-a-film-screening-and-qa-with-director-ian-cheney-tickets-1258558294739?aff=oddtdtcreator> before registration opens to the public this Friday, March 7.

"The Arc of Oblivion," A Film Screening and Q&A with Director Ian Cheney<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-arc-of-oblivion-a-film-screening-and-qa-with-director-ian-cheney-tickets-1258558294739?aff=oddtdtcreator>
Friday, April 4, 2025
7:00 - 9:30 pm
OC Marsh Lecture Hall
260 Whitney Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511

New York Times Critic's Pick<https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/15/movies/the-arc-of-oblivion-review.html> The Arc of Oblivion explores a quirk of humankind: in a universe that erases its tracks, we humans are hellbent on leaving a trace. Set against the backdrop of the filmmaker's quixotic quest to build an ark in a field in Maine, the film heads far afield – to salt mines in the Alps, fjords in the Arctic, and ancient libraries in the Sahara – to illuminate the strange world of archives, record-keeping, and memory. Playfully weaving stop-motion animation, spellbinding cinematography, and fascinating interviews from the director's inner circle and experts in the fields of science, culture, and art – including documentarians Werner Herzog and Kirsten Johnson – The Arc of Oblivion reveals how nature inspires the human drive behind filmmaking.


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