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A conversation between the artist and filmmaker Tiffany Sia, the writer Ed Halter, and the curator Matthew Lawson Garrett that covers topics including exilic aesthetics in cinema, filmmaker Jonas Mekas's concept of the politics of small countries, how the world's media landscape has changed since the 2010s, and running an independent art space. Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Appearance of Distance, curated by Matthew Lawson Garrett and on view at the Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, April 5 - May 25, 2025.