Sabine Gruffat is French-American artist who works with experimental video and animation, media-enhanced performance, participatory public art, and immersive installation. Her current work AntiBodies is an Extended Reality (XR) artwork and installation that explores gender and race (mis)representation in the context of eating disorders and self-image.
She has produced digital media works for public spaces as well as interactive installations that have been shown at the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA), The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) Zolla Lieberman Gallery in Chicago, Art In General, Devotion Gallery, PS1 Contemporary Art Museum, and Hudson Franklin in New York.
She is also a filmmaker with a special interest in the social and political implications of technological globalization. Her experimental and essay films explore how technology, globalization, urbanism, and capitalism affect human beings and the environment. These films seek to empower people, encourage social participation, and inspire political engagement.
Sabine's films and videos have screened at festivals worldwide including the Image Forum Festival in Japan, The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Ann Arbor Film Festival and Migrating Forms in New York. Her feature film I Have Always Been A Dreamer has screened internationally including at the Viennale, MoMA Documentary Fortnight, Cinema du Reel at the Centre Pompidou, and The Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival. Her videos are distributed by the Video Data Bank in Chicago.