In the face of god
Paige Taul 

Paige Taul’s work engages with and subsequently challenges assumptions about black cultural expression and notions of belonging through experimental cinematography. As part of her cinematic practice, she tests the boundaries of identity and self-identification through autoethnography to approach notions of racial authenticity. Her interest lies in observing environmental and familial connections to concepts tied to racial expectations, and in uncovering these boundaries of identity in various areas such as religion, style, language, and other experiences of the black community.

HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark presents Paige Taul’s video works I am (2017), In the face of god (2018), and 10:28,30 (2019).

In In the face of god (2018), Taul explores serendipity (accidental observation of something not originally sought) in her parents’ encounter, mediated by a championship boxing match.


Paige Taul (*1996 Berkeley, California; lives in Chicago) earned her B.A. in Studio Art with a concentration in Cinematography from the University of Virginia and her M.F.A. in Moving Image from the University of Illinois, Chicago. Her work has been shown at festivals and exhibitions including the Virginia Film Festival, Charlottesville, Virginia; SFMOMA, San Francisco, California; Rockaway Film Festival, New York; Chris White Gallery, Wilmington, Delaware. She held lectures at the Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois and among others assistant lecturer at the University of Illinois, Chicago; at the Institute for Everything Possible, Berlin; at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.