The Illuminated Space: A Personal Theory & Contemplative Practice of Media Art

by M Freeman

With humor and humility, M Freeman reveals their innovative approach to making video essays and poems, a process developed over years of art-making, study and personal searching—a process of waking up again and again to the extraordinary possibilities hidden in everyday existence.

About the Artist

Writer and media artist M Freeman is author of The Illuminated Space (Winner of the Nautilus Book Award Gold Medal for Creativity & Innovation). Creator of Cinema Divina—short personal films made through and for creative contemplative practice.

Next Up

Dreaming Ecosystems: Film Poetry Workshop

Common OBJECTS
March 14, 2026
11 am – 5 pm

March 15, 2026
11 am – 5 pm

Space is limited

Cadence Casual [in person]

Northwest Film Forum
April 18, 2026
5:30 – 7 pm

ceaseless, of the earth

Frye Art Museum
April 30, 2026
6 – 8 pm