Joshua Gen Solondz

Joshua Gen Solondz is a singular architect of the flicker, a filmmaker whose work dwells in the volatile intersection of sensory overload and digital decay. Emerging from a background deeply rooted in the experimental tradition, his practice functions as a relentless interrogation of the moving image. By manipulating the textures of analog and digital media, he constructs kaleidoscopic landscapes that feel simultaneously like a fever dream and a technical autopsy, mapping the dissonance of modern existence through rapid-fire editing and jarring, evocative soundscapes. His body of work, which includes hypnotic pieces such as Still Raining, Still Dreaming and Luna e Strellas, has become a staple of the global avant-garde circuit. Solondz’s films have captivated audiences at prestigious venues including the New York Film Festival’s Projections, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Through a rigorous, visionary lens, he challenges the endurance of the viewer, inviting them to lose themselves within the vibrating, fractured beauty of his light-stitched abstractions.