Location:
Main Hall
1 Spadina Crescent
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
University of Toronto
Suneil Sanzgiri leads an artist talk about the methods and material histories that inform his experimental filmmaking practice alongside his ongoing research into the anti-colonial liberation movements that brought an end to Portuguese occupation across Asia and Africa.
Suneil Sanzgiri is an artist, researcher, and filmmaker. His first institutional solo exhibition Here the Earth Grows Gold opened at the Brooklyn Museum in October 2023. His award-winning films have circulated widely at film festivals and art institutions across the world including Mass MoCA, Massachusetts (2024); Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio (2024); de Appel, Amsterdam (2024); Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh (2024); Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai (2024); BFI London Film Festival (2024); Blackstar Film Festival, Philadelphia (2020 – 2024); e-Flux, New York (2023); moCa Cleveland (2022); The Menil Collection, Houston (2022); International Film Festival Rotterdam (2020 – 2022); Viennale, Vienna (2021); Open City Docs, London (2021); New York Film Festival (2020); and many more.
This lecture is presented in partnership with the MVS Proseminar at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto.
fORUM is Mercer Union’s ongoing series of talks, lectures, interviews, screenings, and performances.
