Ann Steuernagel is an experimental video artist who creates "exuberant montages" out of found footage, skirting "cloying nostalgia. Instead, from a remove, Steuernagel dissects that nostalgia and hints at its dystopic underpinnings." (Kata Braciale, Director, Proof Gallery, Boston) Her work has been shown at festivals and galleries throughout the United States, including Boston, New York and San Francisco, as well as in Canada, Mexico and Europe. In 1994 Ann established boyrunning productions, and in 1999 she won the grand prize at the XX VideoArt Festival in Locarno, Switzerland for her video of the same name. She is the recipient of a Somerville Arts Lottery grant, a Massachusetts Cultural Council Media Fellowship, an LEF grant and a fellowship from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. In 2011 Ann's video "The Garden" was awarded Best of Festival at the 30th Black Maria Film + Video Festival. Ann is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art + Design at Northeastern University.

Tuesday, October 23, 12:30–2:00 pm
Room B113, SMFA

Image: Ann Steuernagel, "The Garden" (2010)