Emily Sasmor is a new media artist based in Brooklyn, NY. They create “operatic” visual albums, through videos, animations, and video games, that explore the aftermath of violence — from domestic abuse to political terror.
Their projects have appeared in shows, festivals, and screenings including; Curyatid in Hudson Yards (New York, NY), 20/92 Video Festival (Philadelphia, PA), Squeaky Wheel Animation Festival (Syracuse, NY), and Digerati Emergent Media Festival (Denver, CO). Recent awards include being shortlisted for a Creative Capital Grant, a Cultural Counsel Video Grant, and first place in Digerati Emergent Media Festival’s Digital Dialect section. They are setting up an experimental art publishing house, named NIGHT EYE TV and received a residency from the School of Poetic Computation. She received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a BFA from Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University.
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"FLORE" follows two lovers as they fall in love over the phone during an endless night. They can only escape it through each other.
