A room crowded with mounted animals, framed insects, and curiosities
Documentary · In Production

Still Life

Still Life is a film about the mortuary arts, told through a one-of-a-kind storefront in Chicago called the Insect Asylum. Through its artists and patrons, the film meditates on the power of preservation, the healing these artworks provide, and how the practice can shape our view of death, love, and identity.

Director, Cinematographer, Editor

Hands pinning an insect specimen
A mantis is staged, pin by pin
A vividly colored preserved specimen
Nina Salem, founder of the Insect Asylum
StatusIn Production
FormatDocumentary
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