Documentary Ethnography

DEC 9

5PM

ADDAMS GALLERY

A Video Installation Exhibit

Join us on Saturday, December 9th for our end-of-fellowship event with Sosena Solomon, who will present and curate a multi-projection exhibit consisting of the experimental video documentaries of students in her fellows course. The exhibit will take place at Addams Gallery at Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall at 200 S 36th Street. 

Featuring works by

Claire Elliot, Jixuan Guo, Di Tian, Tairan Hao, and Jiachen Sun

SOSENA SOLOMON

Sosena Solomon is an award winning social documentary film and multimedia visual artist from Ethiopia. Intuitively selecting subjects and stories, she is particularly interested in spaces of transition and change, acting as a cultural preservationist. Her work, whether presented as a film or an immersive 3-dimensional experience, explores cross sections of various subcultures and communities in flux, carefully teasing out cultural nuances and capturing personal narratives via arresting visual storytelling and cinéma vérité stylings. Sosena has worked for many years in the commercial and nonprofit sectors and has worked as a Director and Cinematographer on many short film projects including “Sole”, a documentary on sneaker culture that premiered on PBS affiliate MINDTV, and “MERKATO”, filmed on location in one of Africa’s largest open-air markets and exhibited internationally as an audio, visual, and sensory installation.