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Makes visual essays across live-performance, film and new media.

Her recent work includes the book-performances Constantinopoliad (2023), a response to the archives of poet Constantine Cavafy and queer archives through history,

and The Eagle and The Tortoise (2020), which traces the history of the aerial view in art, mythology, journalism, and warfare. Her essay video Our Ark (2021, co-dir Deniz Tortum) reflects on efforts to create digital archives and a virtual replica of the physical world; and Shadowtime (2023, co-dir Deniz Tortum) explores the history of virtual reality in relation to the climate crisis. Her work has been presented at festivals and venues including the Venice Film Festival, Onassis Stegi, Public Theater NYC, Internationaal Theater of Amsterdam, IDFA, CPH:DOX and Museum of the Moving Image.

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Sister Sylvester

Turkey

Sister Sylvester

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Makes visual essays across live-performance, film and new media.

Her recent work includes the book-performances Constantinopoliad (2023), a response to the archives of poet Constantine Cavafy and queer archives through history,

and The Eagle and The Tortoise (2020), which traces the history of the aerial view in art, mythology, journalism, and warfare. Her essay video Our Ark (2021, co-dir Deniz Tortum) reflects on efforts to create digital archives and a virtual replica of the physical world; and Shadowtime (2023, co-dir Deniz Tortum) explores the history of virtual reality in relation to the climate crisis. Her work has been presented at festivals and venues including the Venice Film Festival, Onassis Stegi, Public Theater NYC, Internationaal Theater of Amsterdam, IDFA, CPH:DOX and Museum of the Moving Image.

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