Hito Steyerl (born 1 January 1966) is a German filmmaker, moving image artist, writer, and innovator of the essay documentary. Her principal topics of interest are media, technology, and the global circulation of images. (Tate)
Hito Steyerl was shortlisted for Artes Mundi 8 in Cardiff, but had to withdraw for personal reasons. Check out her some of previous work here:
The German artist Hito Steyerl addresses the way digital images are created, shared and archived. Her film 'How Not to Be Seen: A Fucking Didactic Educational .MOV File' (2013) takes the form of an instructional video which flips playfully between 'real world' footage and digital recreations.
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In Strike—which is forty seconds, and wordless—Steyerl cracks a TV. Upon impact, the black screen bursts into jagged color blocks; it looks like a digital Mondrian painting. Predating woke discourse about the pros and cons of visibility by at least half a decade, Steyerl asks what it would it mean for images to go on strike. (See Artspace article for more)
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