Franziska von Stenglin

Franziska VON STENGLIN (1984, Germany) is an artist and filmmaker based in Berlin. She grew up in the Czech Republic, Senegal, India, and Germany. She studied photography in London and art at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main. Her works often intertwine aspects of her own biography with local myths and stories. She bases her installations on metaphorical photographs and filmic works while using the entirety of her exhibition spaces to create narratives of everyday places, people and stories she encounters on her travels. Her debut feature-length film, The Dust of Modern Life (2021), had its world premiere at FIDMarseille and was screened at DOK Leipzig, CPH:DOX and the ICA London, amongst others.

Filmography

I’m a Stranger Here Myself (2016, short), Pa Va Hêng/The Dust of Modern Life (2021), Baħar Biss/Just Sea (2024, short)

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