Documentary Photography and Film
Natalia Gaia is a freelance photographer and independent filmmaker living in Mexico City. She studied photography and majored in graphic design at ENAP/UNAM. She has worked at El Economista, Casa del Lago UNAM and the Secretaría de Salud. Her work has been published in various outlets and magazines; she has also participated in collective exhibitions and collaborated on the book Sabores del Barrio (2018) from Casa Gallina.
Her first documentary, Poesía en la niebla (2019) follows a group of international artists visiting CECAM, a music school for children/teenagers in the mountains of Oaxaca. It documents an exchange of artistic traditions and the intergenerational collaboration of poetry and music. Other films include Stepping Back (2020) and Archive Litany (2021) both with the performance poet Anne Waldman; and Skid Bid (2021), a short film from a recording session with San Francisco poet laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin. Her most recent work is A Spark Catches (2022) which is episode 3 of her project Azotea, an ongoing poetry film series produced by Fast Speaking Music.
Her films have been screened internationally at Naropa University, Centre Pompidou, Fort Collins Book Festival, The Poetry Project’s Marathon, Festival Poet.e.s.s.e.s, among others.
FILMOGRAPHY
Screenings and Festivals
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Violence Beside (2023)
· East Window Gallery, Colorado, United States, 2023
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Pentagon Exorcism (2023)
· Allen Ginsberg’s The Fall of America Vol II, Howl Arts, New York, United States, 2023
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At Studio (2023)
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The Revolution Will Have Its Sky (2023)
· Galerie Z22, Berlin, Germany, 2023
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A Spark Catches (2022)
· Bread and Roses Film Festival, New Jersey, United States, 2023
· Cadence: Video Poetry Festival, Seattle, United States, 2023
· REELpoetry/HoustonTX International Festival, Texas, United States, 2023
· Diminuto Festival Internacional de Cine Mínimo, Mexico City, Mexico, 2022
· Festival Internacional Fotogenia, Mexico City, Mexico, 2022
· Nature & Culture International Poetry Film Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2022
* Winner: 2nd place, Maldito Festival de Videopoesía, Albacete, Spain, 2022
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This Is The Antithesis Reality (2021)
· Fort Collins Book Festival, Colorado, United States, 2021
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Fuego en el guetto (2021)
* Exhibition Fuego en el guetto (8’37’’), Clea rsky, Mexico City, Mexico, 2023
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Skid Bid (2021)
· The Genius of Others, Giorno Poetry Systems, New York, United States, 2023
· East Window Gallery, Colorado, United States, 2023
· Summer Writing Program Naropa University, Colorado, United States, 2022
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Braided River (2021)
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all rainbows in a brainstem that we be so contained (2021)
· Slant Spontaneous Combustion Festival, London, United Kingdom, 2021
· Festival Poetesses, Paris, France, 2021
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Archive Litany (2021)
· Duende Sessions Festival, Barcelona, Spain, 2021
· Nature & Culture International Poetry Film Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2021
· Midwest Video Poetry Fest, Wisconsin, United States, 2021
· The 47th Poetry Project’s Marathon, New York, United States, 2020
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Activity Demon (2020)
· The John Giorno Poetry Day, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, 2020
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Stepping Back (2020)
· Beat Poetry Festival, United States, 2020
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Poesía en la niebla (2019)
· 7 Colors Lagoon, Bacalar International Film Festival, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 2023
· Helios Sun Poetry Film Festival, Mexico City, Mexico, 2022
· Summer Writing Program Naropa University, Colorado, United States, 2020
· Marte Bebé Primer Festival de Videopoesía, Mexico City, Mexico, 2019