Pamela Breda (Coming soon)
Pamela Breda (1982) is an artist and filmmaker living in Vienna. She has been artist-in-residence at several international art institutions, including the Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris), the Pratt Institute (New York, USA), and the Botin Foundation (Santander, Spain). She has been the recipient of numerous art awards and grants, including the IMéRa Grant (Marseille), Cantica 21 (MibaC) and the Italian Council Award (MibaC). Her films and artworks have been screened internationally. Her research focuses on visual tropes and cultural traditions, the contingency of the artistic process and its multiple outcomes.
Her project at Villa Medici
Her art practice will focus on researching underrepresented European shamanic practices in light of the recent academic reassessment of indigenous cosmologies and the relationship between humans and nonhumans. The goal is to critically evaluate the role of shamanism through experimental and extended cinema. Combining artistic practice and research, anthropology and sensory ethnography, the research aims to provide new perspectives on shamanic worldviews and amplify underrepresented voices. The residency will result in the first film of a trilogy and an artist’s book.