Both commissioned by The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain and premiering at the 59th Annual New York Film Festival (NYFF) as part of the ‘Currents’ section of films, La Nature is Armenian director Artavazd Peleshian's first feature film in 27 years and Andrei Ujică's 2 Pasolini debuts 20 years after its initial creation. We briefly explore both as contributions to the story of aesthetics and the avant-garde.