chloe z
- Research Program Mentor
MFA at Brown University
Expertise
interdisciplinary arts and mixed media, documentary-based research projects, filmmaking, poetry and essays, environmental arts, oral history and interview techniques
Bio
Hello! My name is Chloe and I am an artist, filmmaker, writer, and educator currently based in Providence, RI. I have an MFA from Brown University and teach at Brown University, MassArt and RISD. My creative work spans analogue and documentary film, installation, drawing, sound, performance and writing (particularly poetry). My process is research-based and often engages with ecologies, documentary poetics and collaborative learning and making across disciplines. I have taught various creative practices in spaces including the Brooklyn Public Library, Genspace (a community biology lab), Swale House, Wendy’s Subway, Mono No Aware, MoMA, the Museum of the Moving Image, and the Queens Museum’s New New Yorkers Program. I also founded and facilitated the Mycological Research Playgroup, a research and production group for artistic and environmentally-minded humans to learn about and with fungi.Project ideas
Environmental research / creative work
Are you an artist or writer who cares about environmental issues? Would you like to create work based on research into your own interests re: your local ecologies, environmental history and justice, climate crisis, the more-than-human world, etc? I am happy to support you in researching the topic of your choice and integrating it into your artistic practice and creative work--from sculpture to social practice to film to poetry. My own research focus tends to be on fungi, water, pollution and entanglement, but I can support any topic you feel drawn to.
Documentary arts & film
Are you looking to make a short film? Do documentary research for an art project? Conduct oral history interviews? I can support mentees in documentary research and production for an artistic project in their media of choice (film, video, art, sound, installation, poetry, creative nonfiction, social practice, etc). Our process could support archival research, place-based observation, interviewing, technical and creative support (for recording audio, video or photo), pre- and post-production, and documentary ethics. If you're not sure what you want to make, we can think together on research topic, creative processes of inquiry, and artistic outcomes.
Poetry or essay writing
Do you love to write? Whether you're looking to try your hand at a new medium, or want to have feedback and support on completing a sustained writing project, I am happy to join forces. I can support mentees in a creative writing or book arts project of their choice. I specialize in poetry, hybrid (image-text and multimedia) work and essays.