Artist talk with Iyabo Kwayana

Please note that this event, previously planned to take place in person, will now take place online via Zoom. Please register in advance.

Stanford Department of Art & Art History presents, "Seeing Double: Exploring the Vision of the Eyes and the Vision of the Imagination," an artist talk by Iyabo Kwayana, filmmaker, cinematographer, and assistant professor in the Film & Media Studies Department at Dartmouth College. 

Iyabo Kwayana is an independent filmmaker who uses immersive techniques in cinematography, directing, and editing in order to mobilize and amplify the more discreet, often hidden aspects of film narratives, compelling viewers towards a transformative experience. Her career spans from serving as director of photography for fiction films, to director or (co)cinematographer for award-winning documentaries, to directing and editing archival experimental films that leverage minstrel imagery to NASA footage to articulate personal trauma and catharsis.

Kwayana's work has recently been acquired by The Criterion Channel (July 2021) and WORLD Channel (premiere date forthcoming) and has screened widely both domestically and internationally on the festival circuit. Building on past love of mixed media practices, her newest areas of research combine transmedia practices with storytelling and experiential and participatory film and media making approaches. Learn more at iyabokwayana.com.

Image from Practice (2017) by Iyabo Kwayana.

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This event will take place online via Zoom. Please register in advance (your name and email address are required). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing a link to join the Zoom meeting. 

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