A Screening & Exhibition Exploring Entanglement, Presence, and the Poetics of Connection
How do we touch across time? How does longing refract across parallel selves?
Quantum Intimacies considers the forces that bind us beyond proximity, the echoes of presence in absence, and the paradox of being both here and elsewhere. Drawing from quantum mechanics, somatic memory, and poetic speculation, this exhibition and screening bring together works that explore relationality across distance, the fluidity of time, and the ephemeral architectures of intimacy.
Quantum Intimacies is not an exhibition about intimacy but an intimate exhibition—one that extends care, insists on slowness, and recognizes softening as resistance. It is a space where grief, longing, and love exceed their representational limits and take shape as forces in themselves. It asks not just how we touch, but how we are touched—by each other, by time, by the things we cannot see but always feel.
Artists are invited to submit works that exist in multiple states at once—shifting, unfolding, and resonating across dimensions of time and space.
Exhibition & Screening Dates: June 19-20, 2025
Location: Millennium Film Workshop, Brooklyn, NY
Curated by: Michèle Saint-Michel
Deadline to Apply: Friday, May 16, 2025, at 5 PM EST
Early-bird Deadline: Friday, April 18th, 2025, at 5 PM EST
Notifications: May 23, 2025
What We’re Seeking
We invite submissions from artists, collectives, filmmakers, writers, and creative technologists working in time-based media. We are particularly interested in works that blur disciplinary lines and engage with quantum themes, including but not limited to:
— Non-Local Love & Entanglement: Relationships where time and space collapse—long-distance intimacy, ancestral memory, or digital remnants of lost connections.
— The Poetics of Probability: Works embracing randomness and probability, reflecting the uncertainty of quantum states and the delicate balance between chance and intention.
— Superposition & Multitemporality: Projects that unfold multiple realities simultaneously—films that change with each screening, interactive experiences shaped by viewer choices, or zines with fragmented narratives that shift depending on reading order.
— Somatic Frequencies & Resonance: Interactive works using biofeedback, heart rate sensors, or soundscapes that respond to the body in real time, creating immersive, body-responsive environments that amplify presence and sensation.
How to Apply
Complete the Submission Form: https://forms.gle/dZMBmpevFax6mDWCA
Provide basic contact details and a short artist statement or bio (100 words).
Add Your Submission
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Film/Video: Provide a Vimeo or YouTube link (include password if applicable).
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Gallery Submissions: Send proposals (up to 3 pages including sketches detailing scale, materials, and setup) as a single PDF to badsaturnmedia@gmail.com. NOTE: the gallery space is quite limited.
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Single Poem/Digital Poetic Instance: Send a single poem or project description as a PDF of up to 3 pages to badsaturnmedia@gmail.com.
Project Description
Add a 100-word description of how your work engages with the exhibition’s quantum themes, considering ideas of simultaneity, resonance, and entanglement.
Payment
Multiple entries permitted. Payments are accepted via Venmo and PayPal through our publisher. Submissions will not be reviewed until payment is received.
We look forward to your submissions!
About the Curator
Michèle Saint-Michel is an artist, filmmaker, and curator whose work explores power, feminist ecologies, somatic memory, and the intersections of grief, longing, and digital embodiment. Saint-Michel has curated and exhibited internationally, crafting spaces where moving images become sites of intimacy, resistance, and transformation. Her curatorial practice foregrounds experimental film, immersive installation, and the ways technology reshapes identity and presence. As the curator of Between a Frame and a Soft Place, she brings together a diverse group of artists whose works challenge the boundaries between physical and digital realities, inviting audiences to reconsider what it means to inhabit a body in an era of infinite screens.
About Millennium Film Workshop
Since 1966, Millennium Film Workshop has been a cornerstone of the experimental film movement, offering resources, workshops, and screening opportunities to filmmakers pushing the boundaries of cinema. Building on its storied history, Millennium continues to cultivate powerful new voices in independent film and remains an influential hub for creative collaboration.
About Bad Saturn Media
Bad Saturn Media is an independent publishing and arts platform dedicated to amplifying experimental voices in literature, visual art, and beyond. With a focus on interdisciplinary collaboration, Bad Saturn supports artists who challenge form and convention, creating space for radical storytelling and aesthetic exploration. From artist books to critical essays, hybrid zines to experimental music, the press fosters projects that exist at the margins of traditional publishing.
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