Stephanie Comilang’s (lives and works in Toronto, Canada, and Berlin, Germany) documentary based works create narratives that look at how our understandings of mobility, capital and labour on a global scale are shaped through various cultural and social factors. Her work has been shown at Transmediale Berlin, Ghost : 2561 Bangkok Video & Performance Triennale, Hamburger Bahnhof, Tai Kwun Hong Kong, International Film Festival Rotterdam, and Asia Art Archive in America, New York. She was awarded the 2019 Sobey Art Award, Canada’s most prestigious art prize for artists 40 years and younger.
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Babaylans and Encanadores: A Conversation with Paul Pfeiffer, Simon Speiser, and Stephanie Comilang
In this talk, 2022 Biennial artist Paul Pfeiffer is joined by artists Stephanie Comilang and Simon Speiser for a conversation touching upon intersecting themes within their practices, including mythology, folklore, and spiritual iconography. Pfeiffer’s Incarnator series, on view at 72 Perth Avenue as part of the Toronto Biennial of Art…