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Film Screening: Marvel Harris: Everything Is Now
To commemorate the current exhibition Just Wide Enough To Hold The Weight featuring the work of artists Marvel Harris, Siddhartha Hajra, and Soumya Sankar Bose curated by Phalguni Guliani, Baxter St is excited to present a film screening of director Jessica Villerius’ powerful documentary Marvel Harris: Everything Is Now on Wednesday, May 18th at 6pm ET. This film follows the personal and artistic journey of Marvel Harris.
“I was determined to follow Marvel on this exceptional journey because I am convinced that he can educate and inspire people – others who consider themselves non-binary, and more broadly, anyone who knows someone who may be struggling with gender identity.” — Jessica Villerius
This film will be presented in Dutch with English subtitles.
This exhibition is part of Baxter St’s Guest-Curated Program and is made possible with the support of the Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation.
Marvel Harris is a photographer born and raised in the Netherlands. Marvel’s photographic work revolves around his experiences as an autistic, non-binary transgender artist who has struggled with mental health problems for many years. Marvel graduated from the University of Applied Photography in Apeldoorn in 2018. Marvel has since won several prizes with his work, including the 1st prize of the prestigious Zilveren Camera in the documentary category (2018), and was selected by LensCulture as one of the Emerging Talents (2019), and by Foam as one of the Foam Talents (2022). Marvel’s work is shown both in the Netherlands and abroad at fairs and exhibitions, such as Melkweg Expo (Amsterdam), World Press Photo Exhibition (Rotterdam), Museum Hilversum, Paris Photo, Musea Zutphen, and Webber Gallery (London). In 2020, Marvel self-published the photo book MARVEL. The book won MACK’s First Book Award and got republished in 2021.
Jessica Villerius is a documentary filmmaker whose expertise lies in human interest topics, mainly human and criminal behavior. Her production company, Posh Productions, is known for her documentaries on human suffering in many ways. Whether by diseases or by captivation, hurt, or trauma, she likes to educate people (viewers) by showing that there’s always more beneath the surface. Jessica has made documentaries and series for NPO, RTL, Videoland, LINDA, SBS, Net5, and National Geographic, among others.