Public Studio: Elle Flanders & Tamira Sawatzky
Elle Flanders is a filmmaker and artist based in Toronto. She was raised in Montreal and Jerusalem and holds both an MA in Critical Theory and an MFA from Rutgers University. Her work has been screened and exhibited at the Berlin International Film Festival, the MOMA and festivals and museums worldwide. Her most recent work includes: What Isn't There, an ongoing photo installation project that documents Palestinian Villages that no longer exist; Road Movie, an in-progress 12- screen installation on the Apartheid roads in Palestine; Bird on a Wire: A Five City Symphony, a dual screen projection and live music performance; and the award-winning feature documentary Zero Degrees of Separation. Flanders is a PhD candidate at York University where she also teaches.
Tamira Sawatzky is an architect and artist working in Toronto. She was raised in Winnipeg and holds a BA in English from the University of Winnipeg and an M.Arch from the University of Manitoba. She has been working for the award-winning firm MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects since 1998, designing community centres and libraries. Most recently, she has been collaborating with Elle Flanders on What Isn't There, a photo installation project about Palestinian villages that cease to exist with the establishment of the State of Israel; Road Movie, an in-progress 12-screen installation on the Apartheid Roads of Palestine; and Road Shots, a series of still photographs with etched screens.
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition: Road Shots, March 17 – April 21, 2012
Selected Press
July 7, 2012: Which Side Are You On?, Steven Leyden Cochrane, Uptown Magazine
July 2012: Elle Flanders and Tamira Sawatzky: Road Movie, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art
April 7, 2012: Recommended mention, RM Vaughan for The Globe and Mail
March 2012: On Now >> Road Shots @ O'Born Contemporary, Heather White for ArtSync
September 9, 2011: At the Galleries: TIFF-Related Shows, Leah Sandals for The National Post
September 8, 2011: Road Pic Power, Fran Schechter for Now Toronto
