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Deborah Stratman

Born 1967 - Washington DC

Filmmaker Deborah Stratman works in a territory between experimental and documentary genres.  In her films and frequent work in other media, including drawing, sculpture, sound, photography and small press, she explores the history, uses, mythologies and control of highly varied landscapes, from Muslim Xinjiang China to suburban southern California. Her recent work addresses American constructs of Freedom, the junction between technology and faith and contemporary locations of the supernatural. Stratman teaches in the School of Art & Design at the University of Illinois in Chicago.

Stratman was the subject of a mid-career retrospective,The Thing Unnamed, at MoMA New York in 2013. 

 


Available Titles by Deborah Stratman

Title Year Runtime Collection
The BLVD 1999 01:04:00 Single Titles
Energy Country 2003 00:14:30 Single Titles
FF 2010 00:02:50 Single Titles
For the Time Being 2021 00:06:40 Single Titles
Hacked Circuit 2014 00:15:08 Single Titles
The Illinois Parables 2016 01:00:00 Single Titles
Immortal, Suspended 2013 00:05:50 Single Titles
In Order Not To Be Here 2002 00:33:00 Single Titles
Kings of the Sky 2004 01:08:00 Single Titles
Kuyenda N'kubvina (Walking is Dancing) 2010 00:40:15 Single Titles
Laika 2021 00:04:33 Single Titles
Musical Insects 2013 00:06:30 Single Titles
O'er the Land 2009 00:51:40 Single Titles
Optimism 2018 00:14:43 Single Titles
The Paranormal Trilogy 2007 00:10:20 Single Titles
Ray's Birds 2010 00:07:00 Single Titles
Second Sighted 2014 00:05:05 Single Titles
Shrimp Chicken Fish 2010 00:05:15 Single Titles
The Name is not the Thing named 2012 00:10:30 Single Titles
...These Blazeing Starrs! 2011 00:14:14 Single Titles
Untied 2001 00:03:00 Single Titles
Vever (for Barbara) 2019 00:12:00 Single Titles
Village, silenced 2012 00:07:24 Single Titles
Waking 1994 00:07:00 Single Titles
Xenoi 2016 00:15:20 Single Titles

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