Emilie Slater
Emilie Slater, Together, beyond the black stump, 2024, Video, sound, office chair, 5:54 minutes
About
Emilie Slater's artistic practice is grounded in ethnographic theory and merges experimental moving image with media installations. Her art has been made alongside her time as a union organizer and brings with it ongoing inquiries surrounding the intractability of work and its effect on our lives. It draws on frameworks within ethnographic theory that look critically at the relationship between the subject matter and the viewing experience. Within these parameters, she probes themes of separation, connection, control, defense, similarity, self, and other. Emilie Slater holds a MFA from The University of Pennsylvania, a MS in Labor Studies from the University of Massachusetts, and a BA from Bennington College. She currently lives and works in New York.