A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Washington, USA
Born:
January 1, 1967
Deborah Stratman is a Chicago-based artist and filmmaker interested in landscapes and systems. Her films, rather than telling stories, pose a series of problems – and through their at times ambiguous nature, allow for a complicated reading of the questions being asked. Much of her work points to the relationships between physical environments and the very human struggles for power and control that are played out on the land. Most recently, they have questioned elemental historical narratives about faith, freedom, sonic subterfuge, expansionism and the paranormal. Stratman works in multiple mediums, including sculpture, photography, drawing and audio. She has exhibited internationally at venues including the Whitney Biennial, MoMA NY, the Pompidou, Hammer Museum, Witte de With, Walker Art Center, Yerba Buena Center, and has done site-specific projects with the Center for Land Use Interpretation, Temporary Services, Mercer Union (Toronto), Blaffer Gallery (Houston), Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (Yukon) and Ballroom Gallery (Marfa). Stratman’s films have been featured at numerous international festivals including Sundance, the Viennale, Full Frame, Ann Arbor, Oberhausen and Rotterdam. She is the recipient of Fulbright and Guggenheim fellowships, a Creative Capital award, and she currently teaches at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Camera Operator:
2018 Optimism
Cinematography:
1999 The BLVD
2016 The Illinois Parables
2018 Optimism
2021 Deborah Stratman to Nancy Holt: For the Time Being
Director:
1996 On the Various Nature of Things
1997 From Hetty to Nancy
1999 The BLVD
2001 Untied
2002 In Order Not to Be Here
2004 Kings of the Sky
2005 How Among the Frozen Words She Found Some Odd Ones
2007 It Will Die Out in the Mind
2007 The Magician's House
2009 O'er the Land
2010 FF
2010 Kuyenda N'kubvina (Walking Is Dancing)
2010 Ray's Birds
2010 Shrimp Chicken Fish
2010 The Name is not the Thing named
2011 These Blazeing Starrs!
2012 Village, Silenced
2013 Immortal, Suspended
2013 Musical Insects
2014 Hacked Circuit
2014 Second Sighted
2016 The Illinois Parables
2016 Xenoi
2018 Optimism
2021 Deborah Stratman to Nancy Holt: For the Time Being
2021 Laika
2023 Last Things
2023 Otherhood
2023 Vever (For Barbara)
???? Energy Country
???? Susurrati
Director of Photography:
1996 On the Various Nature of Things
1997 From Hetty to Nancy
1999 The BLVD
2001 Untied
2002 In Order Not to Be Here
2004 Kings of the Sky
2004 Los Angeles Plays Itself
2005 How Among the Frozen Words She Found Some Odd Ones
2007 It Will Die Out in the Mind
2007 The Magician's House
2009 O'er the Land
2010 FF
2010 Kuyenda N'kubvina (Walking Is Dancing)
2010 Ray's Birds
2010 Shrimp Chicken Fish
2010 The Name is not the Thing named
2011 These Blazeing Starrs!
2012 Village, Silenced
2013 Immortal, Suspended
2013 Musical Insects
2014 Hacked Circuit
2014 Second Sighted
2016 The Illinois Parables
2016 Xenoi
2018 Optimism
2021 Deborah Stratman to Nancy Holt: For the Time Being
2021 Laika
2023 Last Things
2023 Otherhood
2023 Vever (For Barbara)
???? Energy Country
???? Susurrati
Editor:
1996 On the Various Nature of Things
1997 From Hetty to Nancy
1999 The BLVD
2001 Untied
2002 In Order Not to Be Here
2004 Kings of the Sky
2004 Los Angeles Plays Itself
2005 How Among the Frozen Words She Found Some Odd Ones
2007 It Will Die Out in the Mind
2007 The Magician's House
2009 O'er the Land
2010 FF
2010 Kuyenda N'kubvina (Walking Is Dancing)
2010 Ray's Birds
2010 Shrimp Chicken Fish
2010 The Name is not the Thing named
2011 These Blazeing Starrs!
2012 Village, Silenced
2013 Immortal, Suspended
2013 Musical Insects
2014 Hacked Circuit
2014 Second Sighted
2016 The Illinois Parables
2016 Xenoi
2018 Optimism
2021 Deborah Stratman to Nancy Holt: For the Time Being
2021 Laika
2023 Last Things
2023 Otherhood
2023 Vever (For Barbara)
???? Energy Country
???? Susurrati
Music:
1996 On the Various Nature of Things
1997 From Hetty to Nancy
1999 The BLVD
2001 Untied
2002 In Order Not to Be Here
2004 Kings of the Sky
2004 Los Angeles Plays Itself
2005 How Among the Frozen Words She Found Some Odd Ones
2007 It Will Die Out in the Mind
2007 The Magician's House
2009 O'er the Land
2010 FF
2010 Kuyenda N'kubvina (Walking Is Dancing)
2010 Ray's Birds
2010 Shrimp Chicken Fish
2010 The Name is not the Thing named
2011 These Blazeing Starrs!
2012 Village, Silenced
2013 Immortal, Suspended
2013 Musical Insects
2014 Hacked Circuit
2014 Second Sighted
2016 The Illinois Parables
2016 Xenoi
2018 Optimism
2021 Deborah Stratman to Nancy Holt: For the Time Being
2021 Laika
2023 Last Things
2023 Otherhood
2023 Vever (For Barbara)
???? Energy Country
???? Susurrati
Producer:
1996 On the Various Nature of Things
1997 From Hetty to Nancy
1999 The BLVD
2001 Untied
2002 In Order Not to Be Here
2004 Kings of the Sky
2004 Los Angeles Plays Itself
2005 How Among the Frozen Words She Found Some Odd Ones
2007 It Will Die Out in the Mind
2007 The Magician's House
2009 O'er the Land
2010 FF
2010 Kuyenda N'kubvina (Walking Is Dancing)
2010 Ray's Birds
2010 Shrimp Chicken Fish
2010 The Name is not the Thing named
2011 These Blazeing Starrs!
2012 Village, Silenced
2013 Immortal, Suspended
2013 Musical Insects
2014 Hacked Circuit
2014 Second Sighted
2016 The Illinois Parables
2016 Xenoi
2018 Optimism
2021 Deborah Stratman to Nancy Holt: For the Time Being
2021 Laika
2023 Last Things
2023 Otherhood
2023 Vever (For Barbara)
???? Energy Country
???? Susurrati
Screenplay:
1996 On the Various Nature of Things
1997 From Hetty to Nancy
1999 The BLVD
2001 Untied
2002 In Order Not to Be Here
2004 Kings of the Sky
2004 Los Angeles Plays Itself
2005 How Among the Frozen Words She Found Some Odd Ones
2007 It Will Die Out in the Mind
2007 The Magician's House
2009 O'er the Land
2010 FF
2010 Kuyenda N'kubvina (Walking Is Dancing)
2010 Ray's Birds
2010 Shrimp Chicken Fish
2010 The Name is not the Thing named
2011 These Blazeing Starrs!
2012 Village, Silenced
2013 Immortal, Suspended
2013 Musical Insects
2014 Hacked Circuit
2014 Second Sighted
2016 The Illinois Parables
2016 Xenoi
2018 Optimism
2021 Deborah Stratman to Nancy Holt: For the Time Being
2021 Laika
2023 Last Things
2023 Otherhood
2023 Vever (For Barbara)
???? Energy Country
???? Susurrati
Sound:
1996 On the Various Nature of Things
1997 From Hetty to Nancy
1999 The BLVD
2001 Untied
2002 In Order Not to Be Here
2004 Kings of the Sky
2004 Los Angeles Plays Itself
2005 How Among the Frozen Words She Found Some Odd Ones
2007 It Will Die Out in the Mind
2007 The Magician's House
2009 O'er the Land
2010 FF
2010 Kuyenda N'kubvina (Walking Is Dancing)
2010 Ray's Birds
2010 Shrimp Chicken Fish
2010 The Name is not the Thing named
2011 These Blazeing Starrs!
2012 Village, Silenced
2013 Immortal, Suspended
2013 Musical Insects
2014 Hacked Circuit
2014 Second Sighted
2016 The Illinois Parables
2016 Xenoi
2018 Optimism
2021 Deborah Stratman to Nancy Holt: For the Time Being
2021 Laika
2023 Last Things
2023 Otherhood
2023 Vever (For Barbara)
???? Energy Country
???? Susurrati
Sound Designer:
1996 On the Various Nature of Things
1997 From Hetty to Nancy
1999 The BLVD
2001 Untied
2002 In Order Not to Be Here
2004 Kings of the Sky
2004 Los Angeles Plays Itself
2005 How Among the Frozen Words She Found Some Odd Ones
2007 It Will Die Out in the Mind
2007 The Magician's House
2009 O'er the Land
2010 FF
2010 Kuyenda N'kubvina (Walking Is Dancing)
2010 Ray's Birds
2010 Shrimp Chicken Fish
2010 The Name is not the Thing named
2011 These Blazeing Starrs!
2012 Village, Silenced
2013 Immortal, Suspended
2013 Musical Insects
2014 Hacked Circuit
2014 Second Sighted
2016 The Illinois Parables
2016 Xenoi
2018 Optimism
2021 Deborah Stratman to Nancy Holt: For the Time Being
2021 Laika
2023 Last Things
2023 Otherhood
2023 Vever (For Barbara)
???? Energy Country
???? Susurrati
Sound Editor:
1996 On the Various Nature of Things
1997 From Hetty to Nancy
1999 The BLVD
2001 Untied
2002 In Order Not to Be Here
2004 Kings of the Sky
2004 Los Angeles Plays Itself
2005 How Among the Frozen Words She Found Some Odd Ones
2007 It Will Die Out in the Mind
2007 The Magician's House
2009 O'er the Land
2010 FF
2010 Kuyenda N'kubvina (Walking Is Dancing)
2010 Ray's Birds
2010 Shrimp Chicken Fish
2010 The Name is not the Thing named
2011 These Blazeing Starrs!
2012 Village, Silenced
2013 Immortal, Suspended
2013 Musical Insects
2014 Hacked Circuit
2014 Second Sighted
2016 The Illinois Parables
2016 Xenoi
2018 Optimism
2021 Deborah Stratman to Nancy Holt: For the Time Being
2021 Laika
2023 Last Things
2023 Otherhood
2023 Vever (For Barbara)
???? Energy Country
???? Susurrati
Sound Recordist:
1996 On the Various Nature of Things
1997 From Hetty to Nancy
1999 The BLVD
2001 Untied
2002 In Order Not to Be Here
2004 Kings of the Sky
2004 Los Angeles Plays Itself
2005 How Among the Frozen Words She Found Some Odd Ones
2007 It Will Die Out in the Mind
2007 The Magician's House
2009 O'er the Land
2010 FF
2010 Kuyenda N'kubvina (Walking Is Dancing)
2010 Ray's Birds
2010 Shrimp Chicken Fish
2010 The Name is not the Thing named
2011 These Blazeing Starrs!
2012 Village, Silenced
2013 Immortal, Suspended
2013 Musical Insects
2014 Hacked Circuit
2014 Second Sighted
2016 The Illinois Parables
2016 Xenoi
2018 Optimism
2021 Deborah Stratman to Nancy Holt: For the Time Being
2021 Laika
2023 Last Things
2023 Otherhood
2023 Vever (For Barbara)
???? Energy Country
???? Susurrati
Writer:
1996 On the Various Nature of Things
1997 From Hetty to Nancy
1999 The BLVD
2001 Untied
2002 In Order Not to Be Here
2004 Kings of the Sky
2004 Los Angeles Plays Itself
2005 How Among the Frozen Words She Found Some Odd Ones
2007 It Will Die Out in the Mind
2007 The Magician's House
2009 O'er the Land
2010 FF
2010 Kuyenda N'kubvina (Walking Is Dancing)
2010 Ray's Birds
2010 Shrimp Chicken Fish
2010 The Name is not the Thing named
2011 These Blazeing Starrs!
2012 Village, Silenced
2013 Immortal, Suspended
2013 Musical Insects
2014 Hacked Circuit
2014 Second Sighted
2016 The Illinois Parables
2016 Xenoi
2018 Optimism
2021 Deborah Stratman to Nancy Holt: For the Time Being
2021 Laika
2023 Last Things
2023 Otherhood
2023 Vever (For Barbara)
???? Energy Country
???? Susurrati
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