The department of Film and Video at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design is pleased to welcome Nazli Dinçel to the MassArt Ciné Culture screening series on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 7pm EST, via Zoom.

NAZLI DINÇEL’s hand-made work reflects on experiences of disruption. They record the body in context with arousal, immigration, dislocation and desire with the film object: its texture, color and the tractable emulsion of the 16mm material. Their use of text as image, language and sound imitates the failure of memory and their own displacement within a western society.

Born in Ankara, Turkey, Dinçel immigrated to the United States at age 17. Dinçel resides in Milwaukee, WI. They obtained their MFA in filmmaking from UW-Milwaukee. Their works have been exhibited globally including the Museum of Modern art in New York, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Vienna Modern art Museum, Buenos Aires International Film Festival, Walker Art Center and Hong Kong International Film Festival. They were most recently a 2019/2020 Radcliffe Institute fellow for advanced study at Harvard University, and a 2019 Emerging Artist recipient of the Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowship.

In addition to exhibiting with institutions, Dinçel avidly self-distributes and tours with their work in micro-cinemas, artist run laboratories and alternative screening spaces in order to support and circulate handmade filmmaking to communities outside of institutions.

Dinçel transitioned to they/them in 2022. All genders in previous works and writings should be understood accordingly.

+ Attendees are invited to view selected works asynchronously* or in person on campus, at the Design and Media Center Lecture Hall on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 8:30pm EST, following a discussion with Ciné Culture guest Sarah E. Jenkins. Dinçel joins us via Zoom (livestreamed in the DMC Lecture Hall) on Tuesday 2/7 at 7m EST for a discussion / Q+A.

*Register for Zoom and Program links.

Registration closes on Tuesday, February 7 at 7pm EST.

These hybrid events are free and open to the public. Register via Eventbrite for links and details.

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The Massachusetts College of Art and Design Ciné Culture (MACC) screening series was established in 2018 by filmmaker and former MassArt Film/Video department chair Soon-Mi Yoo. Each semester, the series brings to campus a diverse group of filmmakers and moving image artists for screenings, panel discussions, master classes, and performances. The Spring 2023 installment of the Ciné Culture Screening Series is programmed and moderated by Rebecca Morrison. MassArt Ciné Culture is made possible with the support of MassArt's Office of Academic Affairs.

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