Sarra Brill is an American filmmaker and video curator who has been based in Rome, Italy since 2003. Her work entails video and film installation and the mediation of video technology in live art events. Both her artistic practice and curatorial work focus on how conventions of cinema and cinema culture are decoded in the context of contemporary art. Her research investigates the disparities and similarities of gallery-based film and video and experimental cinema. In 2005 she co-founded “Open Video Projects”, an eclectic collection of film and video work from artists around the world, and she continues to curate video programs for contemporary art spaces and film festivals throughout Italy and Europe. She is currently working on a feature-length documentary on artist Poul Gernes.
