Stephanie Rizaj’s (1989) artistic practice is as manifold as it is consistent. Trained as an architect, designer and artist, her work ranges from performative sculptures to site-specific installations and videos. It focuses on the sociopolitical construction of identities and reflects on the relations between the body, labour and architecture.
Traces (2020)
Single-channel video
Traces unfolds itself gradually, from the urban architecture of a district in Marseille to the sculptural landscapes of a territory marked by the sea, alternating an objective point of view with the intuitive mindset of children’s experiences and dreams.
As If Biting Iron (2019)
Two-channel video
“What if women could move a house?” As If Biting Iron challenges this very question by witnessing the walls of a brutalist building, situated in a forest, being moved by the forces of over one hundred anonymous women.
