Gabi Dao
Gabi DAO is an artist based in Canada. She completed a BFA at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2014. In 2016 she was a recipient of the Portfolio Prize for emerging artists. Her work questions the condition of aesthetic experiences through installation-based work, bringing together elements of sculpture, sound and lighting. Dao co-organises exhibitions, readings, musical performances and other happenings at the studio and project space DUPLEX.
Filmography
(selection) The Protagonists (2019)
More info: gabidao.tumblr.com
Gabi Dao at IFFR
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Resurrect Me as a Parasite
Lou Lou Sainsbury, Gabi Dao | 10' | Netherlands | Dutch Premiere
Vampirism becomes a metaphor for changing landscapes, bodies and identities in this bloody and bold experimental short. -
descending notes
Lou Lou Sainsbury | 18' | Netherlands | World premiere (festival)
Cosmic love story beyond space and time, about resonance and dissonance in the relationship between three people. -
The Protagonists
Gabi Dao | 8' | Canada | World premiere
Dao makes a plea for ‘Domestic Cinema’: plants, a metronome, a clumsy animatronic hand and colorful smoke bombs become characters in her film.