Evann Siebens

A collage of gestures referencing performance, media and visual artists by Evann Siebens, 2021
Evann Siebens
Born
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Known forPerformance art, media art, dance film
Websitehttp://evannsiebens.com/

Evann Siebens is a Canadian multi-disciplinary artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada while her lens-based practice negotiates the human body as an archival site and the politics of the female gaze.[1] Her practice cross-references film, media, photo, performance art, and dance. Siebens' film works have been shown both nationally and internationally and have won awards.[2] She worked as a dance cinematographer for many years and shot dancers such as Mikhail Baryshnikov and Lucinda Childs. Her work from ‘A Performance Affair’ in Brussels, Belgium was featured on the front page of the International New York Times in 2019.[3]

Siebens writes about dance films and techniques for applying filmmaking to dance, and has been praised for her practical insights into the filming of dance and the creative interactions between dance and film technique[4] which she credits for expanding the cinematic experience: “I’m interested in breaking the frame, in moving beyond the traditional two-dimensional space of film, in questioning the status quo. The visual transgressions of dance media, that on the surface seem so simple and pleasing, are an entry point for feminists and activists to have their say, an allowance for the complexity of politics, enabled by the moving body through time and space.”[5]

Siebens is represented by Wil Aballe Art Projects in Vancouver.

  1. ^ "'It's huge and intimidating:' Façade Festival 2017 set to transform Vancouver Art Gallery". CBC News. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
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  4. ^ Birringer, Johannes (2008). Performance, technology, & science (1st ed.). New York: PAJ Publications. p. 16. ISBN 978-1555540791.
  5. ^ Dance International (May 2018). "The Evolving Story of Dance on Film: An overview of new forms then and now". Dance International. 46: 10–16. Retrieved June 22, 2019.