Meet the Residents: Ajunie Virk, Arielle Knight, Jason Rhee

Friday, April 17, 7 pm ET In-person at Squeaky Wheel and online Free or suggested donation; get tickets below Squeaky Wheel is pleased to present this hybrid artist talk with our Spring 2026 Workspace Residents! Ajunie Virk, Arielle Knight, and Jason Rhee will be presenting on their previous and current projects, along with a Q&A with the residents moderated by curator Ekrem Serdar. For in-person attendees: The event will take place at Squeaky Wheel. Please note that you cannot enter Tri-Main Center after 7:30 pm. Catering from Ali Baba Kebab, with vegetarian options, will be provided. For online attendees: A private link will be sent to you; the event will be available at the link at the start date and time. You will have access to the event for 24 hours; Squeaky Wheel members receive 72 hour access. Not a member yet? Sign up here. Accessibility: If you’d like to request ASL interpretation for either in-person or the online viewing, please contact ekrem@squeaky.org by April 2. You can view additional information on Squeaky Wheel’s accessibility information here. Ajunie Virk will be working on A Foot Off the Windowsill, a feature length experimental film which follows a recovering addict whose fragile first relationship and year of sobriety collide as she scours her house to destroy a shadow she judges to be a cockroach. The roach—an insect often seen as toxic, despite its essential role in ecosystems to break down remnants and waste—enters the character’s pristine home, disrupting their curated world and forcing a reckoning with societal expectation, relinquishment, and authenticity. The film blends the use of  3D animation, green screen performance, and motion capture to highlight the inconsistencies in the personas we build to dodge the shame inherent in pursuing perfection. Arielle Knight will be working on an installation version of And Counting… a hybrid documentary and fiction film that conveys the fractured experience of “carceral time”. The film follows a mother and her formerly incarcerated son’s journey home, confronting their wounds and their hopes to rebuild their bond. Knight’s approach draws on the power of hybridity not as artifice, but as a means of approaching reality more truthfully. During the residency, the filmmaker will repurpose and recontextualize materials that did not make it into the short film—outtakes, archival footage, and experimental sound pieces—integrating them into an immersive multi-channel environment. Filmmaker Jason Lee will be working on The Untitled EJ Lee Documentary, an intimate feature-length film  that goes beyond basketball to unveil the untold story of Eun Jung “EJ” Lee, a diminutive but powerful figure in the world of women’s basketball. The film tells a basketball story that’s never been told before: a female Asian immigrant in the southern U.S. who reached enormous heights on the biggest stages as a player and attempts to do the same as a coach. Following sports narratives  such as Last ...