A collection of images of constructions of the artists’ son filmed over a period of three years. The duration of each shot is around 20 seconds, the length of time you can film with a bolex 16mm camera when winding it manually.

The Untroubled Mind is part of a larger research project on rhythm. It involves an exploration, through various film works, encounters and experiments, on how our individual rhythm (freed from societal rhythms), thanks to moments of empty time, creates a space for inspiration, concentration and creativity. (Manon de Boer)

Caco, João, Mava and Rebecca follows four teenagers improvising with dance and movement. The camera follows each of them in long continuous shots, observing an intimate process of play and research into the body’s possible movements. The subjectivity of each dancer is made palpable through the closeness of their breathing, emphasized by the contrasting sounds of the outside world and the other dancers off-screen. As in the first and last part of this trilogy, Bella, Maia and Nick (2018) and Oumi (2019), the film avoids building up tension and deviates from working towards an aim. Instead it explores the timespan between the already and the not yet, the time of potentiality.