This short documentary in our STTLMNT series features video and sound artists Dylan McLaughlin, filmed at his studio in Albuquerque, NM as he shelters in place. “I think back on the work that I’ve been making over the last year which has been all about, to really simply put it, it’s been about listening…” “The STTLMNT video series is not only a response to the current state of the world, but illuminates the proactive nature and resilience of the artists, bringing back a sense of unity in a time where social engagement is limited. This short non-fiction narrative was created as part of a video series produced with Red Brigade Films, intended to provide additional access to select artists of the STTLMNT Digital Occupation” - Director Razelle Benally, Red Brigade Films This work can be viewed exclusively at www.sttlmnt.org/red-brigade-films Directed by Razelle Benally Executive Produced by Ginger Dunnill STTLMNT Project Concept Artist Cannupa Hanska Luger Cinematography by Adam Conte & Razelle Benally All music featured by Dylan McLaughlin Filmed on the ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Apache and Tiwa Pueblo of what is now known as Albuquerque, NM. All rights reserved, STTLMNT 2020 This has been a production of Red Brigade Films All work produced following New York City, NY Mandated Covid-19 guidelines Dylan McLaughlin is a video artist working to foster creative processes that inform multi-media installation, interactive, and performative works. McLaughlin is born of the Diné (Navajo) people. He received his BFA in New Media Art from the Institute of American Indian Arts and is pursuing an MFA in Art & Ecology at the University of New Mexico. His practice is rooted in place-based and land-responsive sound art, engaging through new media and performance the concepts that plants produce and detect frequencies for root growth and distress calls, and how human beings have disrupted this landscape communication with resonant infrastructure and deforestation.