Featuring Anisa Hosseinnezhad, Emmanuela Soria-Ruiz, Rami George
Curated by Ella Konefal
Saturday, November 28, 2026 - Sunday, December 20, 2026
Opening Reception: Friday, December 4, 2026 6-10pm
Opening Reception: Friday, December 4th | 6pm-10pm
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Stagecraft presents three video works:
Wherever the War, Whoever the Enemy (2021) by Anisa Hosseinnezhad
virtually every site one can visit virtually: gaza strip (2016) by Rami George
storm (2025) by Emmanuela Soria Ruiz
Each piece is a gorgeously wrought stage set for invisible actors, just off camera. Wherever the War, Whoever the Enemy (2021) traverses windswept landscapes from a U.S. Army advertising campaign with weapons and soldiers erased; ghostly artifacts remain where there were tanks and helicopters, and the trees are buffeted by strange and sudden winds. virtually every site one can visit virtually: gaza strip (2016) travels methodically through street-view panoramas of eighteen locations within Gaza, folding uncanny glitches into each landscape as we turn in place, people flashing in and out of sight; half-buildings, half-bodies, half-branches and their shadows struggle towards coherence in the digital realm. storm is a haunted play performed by its set; curtains glisten, a bucket and bin lid sing rain sounds, a painted backcloth crashes to the floor, kicking up dust. Stage crew in hard hats, a disembodied hand, and a pair of cranes gently ease the set into its choreography. Anisa Hosseinnezhad, Rami George and Emmanuela Soria Ruiz turn their attention to the edges of the frame, and to the frame itself with all its warps and refractions. War, genocide and a feeling of large-scale obfuscation eat at its edges. We chase anagnorisis around each corner but again it dashes away, just out of sight.
Curated by Ella Konefal
Image Credit: Emmanuela Soria Ruiz, storm, 2025, 16 minutes
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Anisa Hosseinnezhad (she/they) is an Iranian Artist and Filmmaker. Their film and video work focuses on issues of displacement, immigration, and the militaristic U.S. imaginary. Their research is centered on West Asia, as rendered through by western media. They hold their MFA from Temple University and currently live in Los Angeles.
Rami George (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist currently based in Lenapehoking in what is now called Philadelphia. They have exhibited and screened broadly and remain motivated by political struggles and fractured narratives.
Emmanuela Soria Ruiz (she/her) is an artist whose work encompasses sculpture, performance, video, and drawing. Born in Spain, she studied in New York and Philadelphia, where she earned a BFA from The Cooper Union and an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. After many years in the United States, she currently lives in Spain.
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Ella Konefal (she/her) is an artist across forms. Her practice studies memory and amnesia through translucent media. She lives and works in Philadelphia, where she is a current collective member at Vox Populi Gallery.
