JONATHAN JOHNSON
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The Silent Garden

Experimental documentary short film, 4 min, HD video, Super 8mm, color, sound, English and Spanish subtitles.
Synopsis:
A child reads Edith Södergran’s “The Great Garden”, while moving image and sound wash over the words. A space is created to imagine beginnings and meditate on the potential of innocence and finding one's place.
Screenings:  West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival (Morgantown, WV), Cyrus Running Gallery (Moorhead, MN), CAULDRON INTERNATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL (Salt Lake City, UT), Mykonos Biennale (Greece), The Magikal Charm Experimental Video & Film Fest (NY, NY)
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© Jonathan Johnson 2025


  • Home
  • FILM
    • Fjord Time
    • High Coast Diary
    • Silent Garden
    • Forest Language
    • A Story From Shaba's Family Hairstyling
    • I'm Listening, I'm Listening
    • Low Season
    • River Ghosts
    • Flee
    • Mountain Funeral
    • Archival Footage Experimental Films
  • Photography
    • Outer Hebrides
    • The Space Between Two Rocks
    • Backyard Topographic
    • Excerpts from Low Season and Green Country
    • Invisible Being
    • Buildings of Skagaströnd
    • Sky Grid
    • Walking Paths of Saxnäs
    • Collage and Postcard
    • Húnaflói
    • Photo Zines
  • about
    • news+exhibitions
    • art practice
    • purchase+contact me
    • More >
      • Collaborations + Teaching