Meet the artists | P. Staff


_Art Basel’s ‘Meet the artists’ series presents contemporary creatives shaping today’s cultural landscape_

In this episode of ‘Meet the artists’, we visit filmmaker, poet, and performance artist P. Staff in their Los Angeles studio. There, we glimpse into Staff’s creative process and their exploration of violence’s impact on the body, social interactions, and self-perception.

In their work, Staff trains a critical lens on the ways gender and identity are constructed and depicted in society. ‘For me it always comes back to this feeling that the body is a flashpoint, a crisis point,’ they say. ‘It’s a nexus of politics, the law, intimacy, and sensation’.

P. Staff is represented by Commonwealth and Council (Los Angeles, Mexico City). Their exhibition ‘In Ekstase’ will be on view at the Basel Kunsthalle from June 9 – September 10, 2023.

P. Staff will also take part in ‘From Constraint to Ecstasy: Reimaging Art with Tiona Nekkia McClodden and P. Staff’ during the Art Basel Conversations program. The talk will take place on June 16, 2023 at 1pm. More information available on artbasel.com.

Director / DOP: Daisy Zhou
Producer: Julia Kennelly
Editor: Benjamin Berry
Camera Assistants: Ariel Pomerantz and Sarah Maloney
Sound: Ian Clark Daugherty
Music: Don Davenport
Production Assistant: Tom Villareal

Art Basel 
Executive Editor: Coline Milliard 
Senior Editor: Alicia Reuter 
Video Commissioner: Jeanne-Salomé Rochat 
Creative Producer: Akiel Gallina
#Meet #artists #Staff

Latest

Get in the BOSS ZONE | Sportswear that keeps you locked in

The greatest athletes and everyday champions don’t just train their bodies - they master their mindset. Enter the BOSS ZONE: where relentless focus meets...

Imagining New Worlds: Pharrell Williams, Es Devlin & Yana Peel

Music producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer Pharrell Williams connects with Es Devlin, the artist and stage designer best known for her work with Beyoncé,...

When function dictates form — RICHARD MILLE

A shared interest in cycling between Richard Mille and four-time F1 world champion Alain Prost provided the inspiration for the 2017 RM 70-01 Tourbillon....

Sunseeker 95 Yacht engine room tour

Join Chris Lucas-Schreiber, Technical Sales Executive at Sunseeker International, on board the spectacular 95 Yacht for a tour of the engine room. The Sunseeker 95...

Les Récoltes Majeures: Dior’s Ode to the Timeless Beauty of the Centifolia Rose

“For this Récolte Majeure, I wanted to convey the impression of a Rose laid bare, a “real” Rose, in a single-floral fragrance that reproduces...