Since completing his studies in film production at Concordia University, Roberto Santaguida’s films and videos have been shown at more than 400 international festivals, including Tampere Film Festival (Finland), CPH: DOX, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (Denmark), Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil (Brazil), Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (United States), Transmediale (Germany), and Message to Man (Russia). He has also taken part in artist residencies in numerous countries, including Iran, Romania, Germany, Norway, and Australia. Roberto is the recipient of the K.M. Hunter Artist Award and a fellowship from Akademie Schloss Solitude in Germany.
Summary:
I will investigate Methods of Coping — the techniques and processes implemented by artists who are facing personal challenges. I will engage in a form of cooperative dialogue with the consultants, based on asking and answering questions to draw out underlying ideas. An area of interest I will be examining with the group is the idea of bearing witness to one’s subterranean forces instead of attempting to ignore and hide from them.
Photo credit: Yasemin Ergin