Deborah Stratman is a Chicago-based filmmaker who leaves town a lot. Her films blur the lines between experimental and documentary genres, and she frequently works in other media including photography, sound, drawing and architectural intervention. Her films, rather than telling stories, pose a series of problems – and through their at times ambiguous nature, allow for a complicated reading of the questions being asked. Many of her films point to the relationships between physical environments and the very human struggles for power, ownership, mastery and control that are played out on the land. Most recently, they have questioned elemental historical narratives about freedom, expansion, security, and the regulation of space. Stratman works in multiple mediums, including photography, sound, drawing and sculpture. She has exhibited internationally at venues including the Whitney Biennial, MoMA, the Pompidou, Hammer Museum and many international film festivals including Sundance, the Viennale, Ann Arbor and Rotterdam. She is the recipient of Fulbright and Guggenheim fellowships and she currently teaches at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Deborah earned a 2nd Place Trophy at the 2006 Peripheral Produce Invitational.

Deborah’s Films Can Be Found On:
Something Like Flying (In Order Not To Be Here, Kings of the Sky & From Hetty To Nancy)

read Julie Perini’s fantastic interview with Deborah Stratman for INCITE

Artist website: http://www.pythagorasfilm.com

Garrett Scott, Deborah Stratman, Bryan Boyce