ariella tai (they/them) is an experimental filmmaker, video and installation artist, film educator, and programmer based in Portland, OR. All facets of their practice are rooted in fostering spaces for critical spectatorship around film and media, with a focus on

film from the Black Diaspora. As an artist, they create experimental, sample-based films and installations using digital and analog video processing tools. They use glitch editing and sound design to explore alternate storylines, endings, and futures. Their video and film methods are informed by research and pedagogical practices that center Black feminist and queer experimental film history, theory, and literature.

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